Defrag Utility for SSD - HD in WinXP?

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2010/04/16 22:36:48 (permalink)

Defrag Utility for SSD - HD in WinXP?

I'm considering purchasing an SSD HD to hold my sample libraries, but have read that performance slows noticeably after the drive is written to. My understanding is that Windows 7 has the TRIM util that "defrags" SSD's, but I'm still on XP Pro and will be for awhile. Is there a tool available for XP that will defrag my newly written SSD?

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Paul Baker
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    DW_Mike
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    Re:Defrag Utility for SSD - HD in WinXP? 2010/04/16 23:00:29 (permalink)
    I like Auslogics Disc Defrag. And it's free too.

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    bmdaustin
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    Re:Defrag Utility for SSD - HD in WinXP? 2010/04/16 23:10:56 (permalink)
    Does it work on SSD drives or just the traditional platter drives?

    Paul Baker
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    bmdaustin
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    Re:Defrag Utility for SSD - HD in WinXP? 2010/04/16 23:27:08 (permalink)
    Upon further reading it seems that the common wisdom is to NOT defrag an SSD drive, except for maybe once a year, if at all so this thread now seems moot.

    Please return to your regularly scheduled programming.

    Paul Baker
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    Re:Defrag Utility for SSD - HD in WinXP? 2010/04/17 10:29:22 (permalink)
    perfect disk is one of the very few that works on SSD

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