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Thread ID: 84561 2007-11-10 04:16:00 De Frag Flash Drives? SurferJoe46 (51) Press F1
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610060 2007-11-10 04:16:00 Before I screw one up royally (no offense to the King and/or Queen)...is it bad to defrag a flash drive/pen drive? :eek: SurferJoe46 (51)
610061 2007-11-10 05:11:00 Shouldn't be needed, there's no moving head having to seek. The flash memory has a controller that allocates memory locations so as to even out usage. PaulD (232)
610062 2007-11-10 07:46:00 No, I just format/re-format them and they're fine. beeswax34 (63)
610063 2007-11-11 08:08:00 I never needed to honestly even on my 4 GB Flash drive. They're usually very fast and responsive and defragging isn't really needed. but I see no harm in doing it if u feel it's better. MaXimus (13013)
610064 2007-11-11 19:31:00 MaXimus is right, generally no need, although there's nothing stopping you.

I occasionally remove all the data, format mine, then copy it all back...
Chilling_Silence (9)
610065 2007-11-11 20:04:00 ditto MaXimus (13013)
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