MiniTool Partition Wizard says I should defrag my SSD as too fragmented.

[savePinball]

Trying to shrink Partition to install Ubuntu. I've tried Disk Management but it can only shrink 172 MB.( I have 45GB of free space)
Heard that the next best thing is MiniTool Partition Wizard Free.
It obviously couldn't run while I was using the partition so I restarted it. It got to the progress bar but didn't budge from 0%.
It then came up with an error message saying that my drive is too fragmented and that I should defrag my drive. Knowing it's an SSD i'm hesitant to do so.
Wanted to know an expert opinion on what to do next.
Thanks in Advance!
Specs: Windows 7 Professional 64bit. HP EliteBook 8440p

 

[Puff3r]

Do NOT defrag a SSD. In all honesty, doing it once or twice won't hurt it, but it is completely pointless and uses unnecessary write cycles on the drive. I have never used the software you are referring to so I cannot comment on it. Have you tried disabling system restore and ensuring TRIM is enabled on the drive?

 

[savePinball]

Do NOT defrag a SSD. In all honesty, doing it once or twice won't hurt it, but it is completely pointless and uses unnecessary write cycles on the drive. I have never used the software you are referring to so I cannot comment on it. Have you tried disabling system restore and ensuring TRIM is enabled on the drive?

Thank you for the suggestion!
I have just made sure TRIM is enabled and have disabled system restore now.
Will try to shrink partition space again and see if it works now.

 

[savePinball]

Didn't work i'm afraid. Still says that my disk is too fragmented.

 

[Puff3r]

Will Windows allow you to resize the partition, or is that the Windows error too?

 

[savePinball]

Will Windows allow you to resize the partition, or is that the Windows error too?

Decided to not dual boot it but just wipe it completely.
Sorry if I wasted your time.
Do you know how to delete threads?

 

[Puff3r]

No worries. Just choose an answer and it will close itself.