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Is it safe to defrag a compressed disk?

Anonymous
2025-05-14T14:32:19+00:00

im looking to defrag my disk(HDD) since it is kinda slow

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  1. Ivan B 108.3K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2025-05-15T10:06:48+00:00

    Hi ,

    Well, I generally believe that it can be done in 1 to 2 months.

    For more information, I recommend checking the disk health in cristaldiskinfo to see if it is healthy enough to perform the defragmentation.

    Hope this helps.

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-05-15T07:13:52+00:00

    do you need additional information so you can correctly tell me whether or not it is safe? thank you for the answer

    And how often do you think someone should defrag their computer?

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  2. Ivan B 108.3K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2025-05-14T15:10:54+00:00

    Hi ,

    I am Ivan, I will help you with this

    Well, generally yes, according to HDD, it is not recommended for SSDs. In this case, it may even improve performance, but depending on how the disk is compressed, there is no risk since defragmentation actually reorganizes the data and blocks of information on the HDD.

    However, the process is time-consuming and if you cancel or restart the PC during the defragmentation process, it may damage the HDD and the data on it.mance, however, depending on how the disk is compressed, there is no risk since defragmentation actually reorganizes the data and blocks of information on the HD.

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