[SOLVED] Does it hurt to defrag my games

[thedeadlylordgaming]

Hey i use razer game booster and i was wondering if it damages my system to defrag my games often

 

[13thmonkey]

HDD no problem (but no real benefit), SSD do not do it, there's also no need and it will age the SSD.

 

[Lutfij]

Are the games on a mechanical drive or an SSD? If an SSD, it's as good as dead right now. If it's an HDD, it'll die in a few months. The moment you start defragmanting, that's when everything goes downhill from there. You're advised to not defragment anything. Just keep a tidy habit with your files and a healthy habit when t comes to browsing the web.

 

[geofelt]

1. defrag is of value only on Hard drives.
It gathers up possibly separate parts of a file so they can be read with minimal mechanical motion.
On a ssd, there is no mechanical motion.

2. Depending on the defrag utility., you should be able to first do a scan to assess the possible value of a defrag.
Once you have defragged, it is unlikely that there is any benefit to doing it again.
And, if you have lots of free space, files on the HDD are going to be placed well in the first place.

 

[thedeadlylordgaming]

Ok thank you for your help!

 

[thedeadlylordgaming]

hey i was wondering if turning my pc on and off mulitple times a day will damage it. My mom and dad dosent live together and i go back and forth a lot and i dont know when i do go there or there so its hard to know when i should turn it off and not.