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    35GB under Auslogics\Rescue\Sony Maintenance on my Z

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by 18000rpm, Nov 13, 2010.

  1. 18000rpm

    18000rpm Notebook Consultant

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    Hi,

    I just noticed that this folder on my Z11 has a few files that together take 35GB of space:

    C:\Users\Bryan\AppData\Roaming\Auslogics\Rescue\Sony Maintenance

    Anyone know what it is and whether it can be deleted? I searched Google and this forum and couldn't find much info strangely.
     
    18000rpm, Nov 13, 2010
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  2. 18000rpm

    18000rpm Notebook Consultant

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    Nobody else has this folder on their Z??
     
    18000rpm, Nov 13, 2010
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  3. Blahman

    Blahman Notebook Consultant

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    Nope, must've been something you downloaded or maybe it came preinstalled. Uninstall Auslogics software from the Programs and Features control panel.
     
    Blahman, Nov 14, 2010
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  4. ngvuanh

    ngvuanh Notebook Deity

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    Auslogics is a defragmenter program.
    I believe you can uninstall it without causing a problem.
     
    ngvuanh, Nov 14, 2010
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  5. Lazlow

    Lazlow Notebook Enthusiast

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    You shouldn't be defragmenting a SSD anyway...
     
    Lazlow, Nov 14, 2010
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  6. arth1

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    That's a common misconception. You shouldn't defragment an SSD often, because it (a) doesn't slow down due to head repositioning on fragmented files, and (b) extra writes decrease the life span of an SSD.
    However, SSDs also suffer from another effect of fragmentation: an excess number of continuation blocks, which take up valuable space on the disk and make disk garbage collection less effective.

    So yes, you should defragment an SSD, just not often, and only by straight files-only or consolidation-only passes. Never use any tool that repositions files to make a drive "faster".
    The free Microsoft Sysinternals "contig", run every few months, is a good solution.

    But even more important is to never fill an SSD up. That causes fragmentation en masse, and seriously reduces the effects of garbage collection and wear leveling.
     
    arth1, Nov 14, 2010
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