Oussebon
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The short version that's almost 100% correct is you don't need to defrag an SSD.
SSDs don't need defragging like traditional HDDs do. They do need 'Optimising' which Windows 10 does automatically.
Defragmenting an SSD is said to be a bad idea because it's not needed like it is for an HDD, while the writes to the drive through the process wear it out faster. That said, modern SSDs tend to have endurance sufficient for that to not be too much of an issue..
The fuller answer is here: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/forums/threads/defrag-or-not.53493/
See this article that will introduce you to 'Optimise' and 'TRIM', and debunk various other fables about managing an SSD.
Don’t Waste Time Optimizing Your SSD, Windows Knows What Its Doing
Solid-state drives aren't anywhere near as small and fragile as they used to be.
www.howtogeek.com
Don't defragment the SSD. Do let Windows optimise the SSD.
Ignore people online telling you to do weird voodoo things like disabling indexing, moving the page file to a different drive, etc.
Most of the 'tips' about SSD management you see online relate to 2010/2011 when SSDs were 32/64gb and had low endurance. You even had people saying things like to put Windows on the HDD and keep the 64gb SSD for games
Plus SSDs were new so everyone was convinced there must be some kind of dark magic to keeping them running. The truth, especially these days, is that the SSD sits there, and you use it without needing to think about it. Even by 2014, drives of 240gb were common, and people were writing petabytes of data to the drives before they died. There's no harm to storing documents on an SSD. So don't worry about what you put on it being a 'problem'.
That said: you don't want the drive to get too full, and some types of files (most notably music and movies) get no benefit from being on the SSD. So music and movies may as well continue to live on the HDD.
Perfect
You've saved yourself a load of cash (or at least deferred buying a new PC) and by extending the lifespan of your old system you've done the environment a favour too. Relax and enjoy the PC.
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