Durability of solid state memory

[762X39]

SSDs don't like (or need) to be defragged in the traditional way.

Why? Is there a non traditional way they should be defragged?

 

[opie]

Yes with my HP & Sony laptop's (17" & 16.5" screen size respectively) because the HDD's are contained in a sub-assembly that can be removed very easily without opening the case.

On netbook models, this may not be the case.

It depends on if want to preserve the data on the drive you want to swap. If you don't care about the current setup, drives only come in a couple of physical sizes, so it should be plug and play (ish).

On my hp mini 110-1125nr, I dont see any way to take the case apart in order to get to the HD. There is access to the RAM, which Ive already upgraded.

Behind the battery there are 2 screws holding down 2 metal tabs, but they look like they go into the case. I dont see how removing them would grant access to anything on the inners of the unit.

 

[ThomD]

Why? Is there a non traditional way they should be defragged?

I'm not sure. Wikipedeia probably has a good answer. I don't do much with this sort of thing (we have another department that does the desktop support), but I did some quick reading that the defrag process is different on SSD. Possibly because the SSD firmware works some mojo on true location of the data. Newer 3rd party defrag utilities (perfect disk for example) are supposed to handle this situation.

 

[off-roader]

On my hp mini 110-1125nr, I dont see any way to take the case apart in order to get to the HD. There is access to the RAM, which Ive already upgraded.

Behind the battery there are 2 screws holding down 2 metal tabs, but they look like they go into the case. I dont see how removing them would grant access to anything on the inners of the unit.

It's the same situation on my Acer. Like I mentioned it's easy on some laptops and not so easy on others.

You may be able to find video's on YouTube showing how to disassemble your notebook. I did for my acer anyway.

 

[PhulesAU]

Why? Is there a non traditional way they should be defragged?

Grenade or baseball bat??:smilies27

 

[opie]

It's the same situation on my Acer. Like I mentioned it's easy on some laptops and not so easy on others.

You may be able to find video's on YouTube showing how to disassemble your notebook. I did for my acer anyway.

Yeah... Thats what I think too. Ive been searching but to no avail.