![]() ![]() Audio and video are basically the ONLY such things that require massive amounts of space, perhaps some audio files in 24/96 or even higher bit/sample rates, and of course video sucks up space like a sponge in water, and with 4K becoming a standard and now 8K moving in soon enough. If all you've got on the drive are large media files and all you're really doing with it is playback primarily (after it's stored on the drive of course) then defragging may not do much for you unless you've got like 75% fragmentation or some insane amount of it. OK, the basic gist of it is this: if you've actively using a fucking shitload of small files on that drive, I mean actively like daily writing, reading, erasing, writing new files, reading new files, deleting old ones, constantly thrashing it to high degrees with files that have content that actively changes then sure, a massive defrag operation can improve performance, absolutely, because the small files will fragment like crazy. ![]() So what should I do?Ģ.) If I recall correctly, MS automatically defrags internal HDDs via the "Optimize Drives" application? My "Scheduled Optimization" is "On" so if I have less than 15% free space, that could cause a problem? That's an insane amount of storage space I'd be giving up if this were true.īut some are saying if It's not 15-20% free, the HDD will work a lot harder, be slower and the risk of failure will go up.Īnd I guess Microsoft's own documentation says 15%īut still, giving up 1.5 terabytes seems kinda insane. My OS isn't installed on this HDD, just self-created media files ranging from 4 GB to 80 GB. However, I believe I've heard others say this practice has been irrelevant since Windows Visa, and depending on who I talk to, a little over 200 MB to a few GB is enough to defrag a mechanical hard drive. ![]() 1.) So, some people, such as the person in this article:Īre suggesting 15% free space for a mechanical hard drive defrag. ![]()
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