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Ummm why is Windows defragmenting my SSD
Setting up a new PC, clean W11 install, I was trying to perform the maintenance and cleanup stuff. From "Security and Maintenance" applet in Control Panel, I manually invoked/started "Maintenance" th...
On older systems or setups, Windows sometimes defaults to defragmenting drives, thinking they’re HDDs. But SSDs don’t need traditional defragging — it doesn’t improve performance and can actually wear them out faster. Instead, SSDs use TRIM commands to keep themselves in shape.