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After purchase, when first running Defraggler, my drive was about 4% fragmented.  I run Defraggler once or twice each day.  Now a little over a month later, I'm can't get less than 15% fragmented.  Typically there are 10 to 15 files causing the fragmentation.  However, if I defragment them individually, I can still only get to 15%.  Why does the fragmented portion keep increasing and what can I do to make it go the other direction?  My disc is a Samsung SAMSUNG MZ7PA128HMCD-010H1

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Such a small amount of fragmentation should be left alone. There's no such thing as 0% fragmentation, Windows becomes a messy child while you defrag (it refrags). Don't forget that over defragmenting (doing it too often) can/will kill a hard drive.

 

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please don't defrag a SSD.

there is simple no point any more, it's a left over constraint from the HDD days.

the physical differences in the way SSD's store data eliminates any need for defragging.

all you need is an occasional Optimise.

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It's an HDD.  In running my multiple defrags, I found it was the index files that were causing the biggest issue.  The page files are large, but I wouldn't expect them to be defragged.  The index file kept getting larger and larger.  So I rebuilt the index, it reset at a much smaller size and now I'm running 2-4% fragmentation.  Much better!

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Are you sure it's a HDD? All googling turns up SSD for the model number you provided

 

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DON'T JUST CLEAN EVERYTHING THAT'S CHECKED OFF.

Do your Registry Cleaning in small bits (at the very least Check-mark by Check-mark)

ALWAYS BACKUP THE ENTRY, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'LL BREAK IF YOU DON'T.

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Pro users file a PRIORITY SUPPORT via email support@ccleaner.com

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