[Shop-talk] OT IT question

[Douglas Shook]

The system partition is not user accessible, it is managed by the OS. That is why you cannot execute utilities option it under normal operating conditions, nor diets it require any.

Best,

Doug
mobile
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From: Tim . <tims_datsun_stuff at outlook.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 11, 2026 12:34:59 PM
To: Douglas Shook <dirtbeard at gmail.com>; Shop Talk <shop-talk at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: OT IT question

I used "defrag" because I am somewhat old school.

When I ran the utility it was actually "trim", not defrag. Defrag is not an option on the screen I see.


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From: Douglas Shook <dirtbeard at gmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 11, 2026 11:34 AM
To: Tim . <tims_datsun_stuff at outlook.com>; Shop Talk <shop-talk at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: OT IT question

You do not need to defrag solid state drives as there are no moving parts. The consensus is that repeated defragging actually can harm them over time.

There is a TRIM function in Windows II that optimizes solid state drives, but you do not need to run defrag, particularly aftermarket utility defrags on solid state drives.
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From: Shop-talk <shop-talk-bounces at autox.team.net> on behalf of Tim . <tims_datsun_stuff at outlook.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 11, 2026 6:19 AM
To: Shop Talk <shop-talk at autox.team.net>
Subject: [Shop-talk] OT IT question

Shop content first: this old laptop will be my shop computer once I set up my new laptop that is sitting in the dining room right now.

I have a 5+ year old laptop that was (forced) to be "upgraded" to Win11 last fall when support for 10 was discontinued.

It's been running slower than normal so I've been doing some maintenance clean up stuff.

While doing a defrag I clicked on advanced view and saw this:

[cid:98528347-2f64-43a4-8aa4-cc26e86d320b]

The bottom "drive" said had a message that is had been over 60 days since optimization (or some such wording).

My question is: what is this bottom volume? I cannot seem to find it in windows (a google search turned up the expected nothing). My IT education stopped at XP and 2000 so am way out of touch.

Thanks
tim
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