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    Just to be clear: defragmentation on HDD with SSD caches

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by kisetsu17, Sep 3, 2012.

  1. kisetsu17

    kisetsu17 Took me long enough

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    I installed a 64gb mSSD cache on my HP dv6 last month. Now I know SSD's aren't supposed to be defragmented, but that only works if you use it as storage or as the main drive, right? Does that mean I can defrag my hard drive if I have the SSD set as a cache?
     
    kisetsu17, Sep 3, 2012
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  2. namaiki

    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    If you defrag the main drive, the SSD drive won't be defragged but it might reduce the effectiveness of the cache as things have been moved around.
     
    namaiki, Sep 6, 2012
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