Disk Defragmenter Question...

[John]

Out of curiosity, does running disk defragmenter reduce the life of a hard
drive?

How often should disk defragmenter be run?

Thanks...

 

[sgopus]

only as much as running it daily would do, how often is strictly up to the
user.

 

[Jerry]

Out of curiosity, does running disk defragmenter reduce the life of a hard
drive?

How often should disk defragmenter be run?

Thanks...

Disk defragmenter offers you the opportunity to analyze your disk, it will
tell you if it's needs to be defragmenter or not.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Out of curiosity, does running disk defragmenter reduce the life of a hard
drive?

No.


How often should disk defragmenter be run?

There's no answer that's right for everyone. It depends on how you use
your computer and it depends on how much you use your computer.

You should defragment your drive when doing so results in a speed-up.
Here's what I recommend. Pick some arbitrary interval--for example
once a month. Defragment on that interval a few times, and assess
whether the computer generally feels faster after doing so. If the
answer is yes, defrag more frequently. If the answer is no, defrag
less frequently.

Repeat a few times, and you'll soon settle into a frequency that works
well for you.