You should change this setting immediately after installation

If you install Windows 11 and have a modern PC, you should first deactivate a point in the settings in order to extend the life of your SSD. Microsoft has this setting still active under Windows 11, although it damages your hardware in the long run.

Windows 11: Switch off defragmentation of the SSD

Most modern PCs, laptops and tablets rely on SSD storage for the operating system, which ensures high performance during operation. Although this was already the case in the times of Windows 10, Microsoft installed the operating system not recognized which memory you are using. Now one could have assumed that this would change with Windows 11 – but it doesn’t. Therefore you have to deactivate the automatic defragmentation manually immediately after the installation if the operating system is installed on an SSD. To do this, proceed as follows:

1. Go with the right click on your hard drive C
2. There then on Settings
3. Choose the tab Tools out
4. Under “Optimize drive and defragment” you choose Optimize out
5. You will now see an overview of your hard drives and there drive (C 🙂 identified as a solid-state drive
6. Now select the item under “Planned Optimizations” Change settings
7. A new window opens in which you put the first check mark Execution on schedule (recommended) away
8. After that it goes on OK and Shut down
9. The automatic defragmentation is now switched off under Windows 11

Why is it so important to switch off the function in Windows 11?

Defragmenting a normal hard drive makes sense, because you can clean up the data and, in the best case, increase performance. But an SSD is so fast that you don’t need this function. On the contrary, the high number of read and write accesses actually reduces them Lifetime of the SSD considerable and in the worst case even has to replace them.

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When does Windows 11 appear?

Microsoft has so far released a test version of Windows 11, in which you should of course also change this setting in order not to unnecessarily reduce the service life of your SSD. At the October 20, 2021 the final version should be ready. All Windows 10 users receive the free update to Windows 11. The rollout is not expected to start until the beginning of 2022.