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I used "defrag" because I am somewhat old school. </div>
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When I ran the utility it was actually "trim", not defrag. Defrag is not an option on the screen I see. </div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Douglas Shook <dirtbeard@gmail.com><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, April 11, 2026 11:34 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Tim . <tims_datsun_stuff@outlook.com>; Shop Talk <shop-talk@autox.team.net><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: OT IT question</font>
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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.</div>
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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.</div>
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<div id="x_divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> Shop-talk <shop-talk-bounces@autox.team.net> on behalf of Tim . <tims_datsun_stuff@outlook.com><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, April 11, 2026 6:19 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Shop Talk <shop-talk@autox.team.net><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Shop-talk] OT IT question</font>
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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. </div>
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I have a 5+ year old laptop that was (forced) to be "upgraded" to Win11 last fall when support for 10 was discontinued. </div>
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It's been running slower than normal so I've been doing some maintenance clean up stuff. </div>
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While doing a defrag I clicked on advanced view and saw this: </div>
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The bottom "drive" said had a message that is had been over 60 days since optimization (or some such wording).</div>
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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. </div>
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Thanks</div>
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