You need to defragment the drive on a regular basis.
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Defragment
//diːfɹæɡˈmɛnt//
Synonyms for "defragment" (3 found)
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4 entriesTranslations
17 translations across 16 languages.
Bengali
1 entries- ডিফ্র্যাগমেন্ট করা verb (to run a process to make file fragments on a hard disk contiguous)
Czech
1 entries- defragmentovat verb (to run a process to make file fragments on a hard disk contiguous)
Dutch
1 entries- defragmenteren verb (to run a process to make file fragments on a hard disk contiguous)
Finnish
1 entries- eheyttää verb (to run a process to make file fragments on a hard disk contiguous)
French
1 entries- défragmenter verb (to run a process to make file fragments on a hard disk contiguous)
Galician
1 entries- desfragmentar verb (to run a process to make file fragments on a hard disk contiguous)
German
1 entries- defragmentieren verb (to run a process to make file fragments on a hard disk contiguous)
Hungarian
1 entries- töredezettségmentesít verb (to run a process to make file fragments on a hard disk contiguous)
Indonesian
1 entries- mendefragmentasi verb (to run a process to make file fragments on a hard disk contiguous)
Italian
1 entries- deframmentare verb (to run a process to make file fragments on a hard disk contiguous)
Malay
2 entries- mendefragmentasi verb (to run a process to make file fragments on a hard disk contiguous)
- menyahserpih verb (to run a process to make file fragments on a hard disk contiguous)
Māori
1 entries- whakatōpū kongakonga verb (to run a process to make file fragments on a hard disk contiguous)
Polish
1 entries- defragmentować verb (to run a process to make file fragments on a hard disk contiguous)
Portuguese
1 entries- desfragmentar verb (to run a process to make file fragments on a hard disk contiguous)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- defragmentirati verb (to run a process to make file fragments on a hard disk contiguous)
Spanish
1 entries- desfragmentar verb (to run a process to make file fragments on a hard disk contiguous)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
SSDs don't need defragmenting. Windows wont' even let you try to defragment an SSD. However, if you could defragment an SSD, you might shorten the device's lifespan.
Source: wiktionary
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