Does it do as good job on an SSD as it does on an HDD? Or does it not matter with what you optimize an SSD because it is a - SSD? Opinions? Tests? Articles?
If the app defrags a SSD exactly like it would for an HDD, that's bad in the log run... too much unneeded WRITING of the storage element (the bane of SSDs as far as life is concerned). As you've probably heard many times, SSDs really do not require a defragging process like an HDD does. Windows, itself, will perform a very small defragging process on certain Windows file structures (on SSDs) to make Windows access to those structures much more efficient... the amount of WRITING is very small. I'm really not sure why people seem to feel they need to defrag an SSD. Products that say SSDs require special defragging say that mostly because they want to sell themselves, not because the SSD really needs it done. If you really feel it needs to be done, the OPTIMIZATION process available in W8+ is more than enough. The same process may be performed in W7 using the SSDtool. If you really feel you need to defrag an SSD, you may use any standard disk defrag tool (the ones that move everything) and run it no more than yearly... that won't excessively WRITE that device if used only once a year. Personally, periodic OPTIMIZATION monthly (when a System is actively TRIMming SSDs) is more than enough.
Ok. I was just thinking that since IOBit`s defrag tool is considered doing a better job than other tools with its features on an HDD that it would also do a better job on optimizing an SSD. Maybe. I have understood that it has a couple of special features to handle an SSD and thought that it was therefore, maybe, a better tool even on an SSD. What you say is that it does not matter?!
Smart Defrag will usually recognise that a drive is a SSD, in which case it will only give you the option to Trim the drive, and not defrag it. If it incorrectly thinks the SSD is a hard drive, move the mouse over the hard drive icon and then you will see some arrows on the right. Click on the arrows to make Smart Defrag identify the drive as a SSD.
