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Re my Dell Venue 8 Pro, is there any benefit in defragmenting the drive? I assume that as it is solid state, there would be no benefit, in contrast to a disk drive, but would appreciate advice. Many thanks. Re the tablet, itself, it is working extremely well and I am very pleased with it!
Most defrag apps will not even run on an SSD drive. Windows itself manages SSD collection thru a process called TRIM, Intel SSD drives also provide an app that does the TRIM, basically cleanup and making small pockets of unused space available - and moving a few files into a more readily available location.
Win 8.1 is smart enough to not run a defrag and to auto TRIM SSD's .. no need to do anything. It will actually show OPTIMIZE in the Win 8.1 defrag util - you can Run the optimize (TRIM) manually, it should be scheduled to run weekly and in some cases monthly.
A good info. sheet on Windows 8 Optimize / TRIM functioning--automatic, but also can be run manually.
http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/8615-optimize-drives-defrag-hdd-trim-ssd-windows-8-a.html
Many thanks, DLenos, for your explanation - I was not aware of the TRIM function and I have now looked it up on Wikipedia - very interesting! I assume that Windows 8.1 does this automatically but please advise if I have to start it manually. I have disabled the routine defragging on my tablet - not sure if this is strictly necessary as your post infers that it might well not operate at all on my tablet anyway. Presumably, disabling it will do no harm?
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From what I have read, one should NOT defragment an SSD, as it is not necessary and wears the SSD down.