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  • arciere
    arciere Posts: 1,361 Forumite
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    AndyPix wrote: »
    ^^ Shouldnt be an issue with windows 7 onwards as scheduled defrags are default behaviour
    The more you use a disk, the less efficient a defrag becomes, even if you run it on a daily basis, especially when you have small files that occupy more space than they need to.
    That being said, SSD drives do not normally require defragging at all.
  • coffeehound
    coffeehound Posts: 5,741 Forumite
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    A relatives laptop suffered with the same symptom, only worse. It turned out there were three separate security programs running disk scans at start-up. Reducing this down to one sped things up considerably as youd expect
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