NIS 2011 Defrag VS Optimizing

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Hi all, just wondering if I need to use the Optimize function in NIS 2011, if Windows 7 automatically defrags my system, anyway ?

Any thoughts ? Is it worth doing, or should I just leave Windows to it's own devices ? Thanks F4E

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No, you don't need to run the optimizer if you use the Windows defragmenter on a schedule or if you use a third-party defragmenter. The optimizer just uses the Windows defragmenter anyway.

 

And if your system disk is an SSD, you shouldn't run a defragmenter at all on it.

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Bombastus, thanks for your reply. Windows is set to defrag on schedule, as part of the settings, so I've disabled the Idle time Optimize function, in NIS 2011. Rgds F4E