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Defragmentation and RAM question
On Tue, 21 Nov 2017 23:08:11 +0100, "s|b" wrote:
On Mon, 20 Nov 2017 20:40:49 +0000, Scott wrote: What's your external drive? For instance, I have a LaCie Rikiki which doesn't have any moving parts. AFAIK there's no point in trying to defragment it, just like you wouldn't defragment a USB flash drive. WD My Book 4TB. Technical Specs nor Product Overview show what sort of hdd is inside. Maybe contact WD Support and ask them about defragmenting? What makes you think they will be more knowledgeable than contributors here? I have always found posters helpful and knowledgeable. Maybe you take a different view? |
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Defragmentation and RAM question
On Wed, 22 Nov 2017 20:41:21 +0000, Scott wrote:
Technical Specs nor Product Overview show what sort of hdd is inside. Maybe contact WD Support and ask them about defragmenting? What makes you think they will be more knowledgeable than contributors here? It's a good thing you don't have a job as mind reader, because you suck at it. That's not at all what I thought. I have always found posters helpful and knowledgeable. Maybe you take a different view? First time I visited Usenet was in 1998. For some time Deja News (later Google Groups) was a goldmine of knowledge. If I wanted to know something I searched through the archive and I usually found an answer. A lot has changed since then and not only Usenet. Nowadays almost every product has some sort of support. So why not make use of that? Is it your experience that the people that offer support are idiots? -- s|b |
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Defragmentation and RAM question
On Wed, 22 Nov 2017 23:24:05 +0100, "s|b" wrote:
On Wed, 22 Nov 2017 20:41:21 +0000, Scott wrote: Technical Specs nor Product Overview show what sort of hdd is inside. Maybe contact WD Support and ask them about defragmenting? What makes you think they will be more knowledgeable than contributors here? It's a good thing you don't have a job as mind reader, because you suck at it. That's not at all what I thought. It was certainly my interpretation of your comment. I'll leave others to form their own view. I have always found posters helpful and knowledgeable. Maybe you take a different view? First time I visited Usenet was in 1998. For some time Deja News (later Google Groups) was a goldmine of knowledge. If I wanted to know something I searched through the archive and I usually found an answer. A lot has changed since then and not only Usenet. Nowadays almost every product has some sort of support. So why not make use of that? Is it your experience that the people that offer support are idiots? No, I think technical support can be very good at providing advice about the product they are supporting. However, I don't believe my question was specific to one manufacturer or one product but was a general question about hard drives. This was why I thought asking the group would be a good idea. I don't think you really understood the question when you started on about drives with no moving parts. Given that an 'Acronis backup' is likely to be a back up of the whole computer, how do you think that would fit a SSD? |
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Defragmentation and RAM question
On Wed, 22 Nov 2017 22:50:53 +0000, Scott
wrote: I don't think you really understood the question when you started on about drives with no moving parts. Given that an 'Acronis backup' is likely to be a back up of the whole computer, how do you think that would fit a SSD? That depends on how big the SSD is and how much of the rest of the drives are filled. To put things in perspective, a 1TB SSD is not that uncommon (I have one), and the used space on my C: and D: drives total about 800GB. So, yes, a backup of my whole computer would fit on my SSD. |
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Defragmentation and RAM question
Ken Blake wrote:
On Wed, 22 Nov 2017 22:50:53 +0000, Scott wrote: I don't think you really understood the question when you started on about drives with no moving parts. Given that an 'Acronis backup' is likely to be a back up of the whole computer, how do you think that would fit a SSD? That depends on how big the SSD is and how much of the rest of the drives are filled. To put things in perspective, a 1TB SSD is not that uncommon (I have one), and the used space on my C: and D: drives total about 800GB. So, yes, a backup of my whole computer would fit on my SSD. The OPs external capacity is 4TB. I see several products fitting that description on Newegg, as SSD type. This one is $1600. Which would be an uncommon choice for a "backup drive". When you can get a MyBook rotating HDD 4TB for so much less. https://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...9SIAEX86DU3716 Paul |
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