Is it even worth it to defrag HDDs now? My last PC, I did a defrag and my boot ini got messed up and the drive itself started making these weird noises. Alas, the HDD gave in.
Because of this experience, I'm hesitant to defrag my drives. Is it useful still or pointless to do?
Because of this experience, I'm hesitant to defrag my drives. Is it useful still or pointless to do?
Quote:As a computer professional of 20 years standing, it is my opinion that defragging is purely an amateurs' time-wasting exercise that "seems" like a good idea. After all, you get to use important-sounding words like "contiguous". Maybe it was a good idea 20 years ago, but now all it does is thrash the HDD. By the way, NTFS was intended to obviate the need for defrag.