Installing FSX on an SSD drive/defrag?

Odie

Odie

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I'm getting ready to do a new FSX install on my gaming PC. The main drive (C) is an SSD drive. In the past, I
know the process for an FSX install is to defrag, reboot, install fsx, load the default flight, reboot, defrag, install Acceleration,
load the default flight, reboot, and defrag again.

Not having used an SSD drive before:

1. Is a defrag needed?
2. Is it okay to use the default Win7 defragger for an SSD drive?

Thanks in advance....:mixedsmi:
 
I have a Samsung 750 gig SSD hd and the consensus is that defragging is not required and only increases the number of writes that hastens the demise of an SSD hd.
 
Sounds good Cleartheprop and Roger...appreciate the response! I'll keep that in the mental notes and file it away.
 
Don't defrag and, if possible, don't put any unneded folders (e.g. for downloads, media of all kind, documents, etc...) on it to further conserve r/w cycles.
 
Odie said:
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1. Is a defrag needed?
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On tradicional HDDs the files are splitting into different parts on the HDD while the drive is used (by deleting files and writing them on the HDD). The drive becomes fragmented. This increases movements of read/write heads of the HDD and slowes it down. That is why defrag speeds up HDD by cathering together those parts of file that are in split parts on the HDD.

On SSD drive there is no such thing as read/write heads. Data is written (and read) on every part of the drive by approximatelly the same speed. No defrag is needed. It is considered a slightly negative operation because every write wears out the drive a little bit.

Pekka
 
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