defrager alternatives.

sherlock62 wrote:

fj12ryder wrote:
Haven't seen the need since Windows XP.

Hope you are kidding.. Anyway, Auslogics FREE. Get it here.

Nope, not kidding in the least. I've seen too many comparison by third parties with no real bias, that show running a third party defrag program on Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1 make no difference in the real world operation of the computer. Some benchmark programs can be run to show that they help, but they just convince the already convinced that they work.

Why cause even more wear and tear on your hard drive? And an excellent way to shorten the life of a SSD in pretty short order. Can't hurt? Maybe, maybe not. Hard drives have finite read/write cycles, why push your luck for no real benefit.