SATA Hd copy to SS hd question(s)

[Da Mail Man]

Greetings all,

Win 7, 32bit, 1 TG hd...

I have a quick question, simplistic as it sounds...

I have a desktop computer that, I want to install a 1tb SS hard drive into...In effect, clone my 1TB SATA hard drive onto the SS hd...

Would that SS hd have the same sata connections?....Also, I had read some time ago that it was not a "good thing" to defrag a SS-hd...
Please advise...

Thanks

 

[voyagerfan99]

If it's a SATA SSD yes it is the same connections.
If it's an NVmE drive they are not the same connections.

Also yes you do not defrag SSD's. It reduces the life and is not needed because of the way SSD's operate.

 

[Da Mail Man]

Thanks for the reply...

IF, and I say "IF", I transferred the contents (clone) a sata hd to "SS" and it was fragmented, would not then what would appear on the SS hd be also fragmented with no solution to cure that?

 

[beers]

You want SSD data to be fragmented.

 

[Da Mail Man]

Thanks for the reply...I "WANT" the data be be "fragmented?....HUH?

 

[voyagerfan99]

Thanks for the reply...I "WANT" the data be be "fragmented?....HUH?

Fragmented data on an HDD means the data bits are all over the platter and not sequential. Which increases read time.

On an SSD the read time is nearly instant because it's data written on a chip. You therefore want the data fragmented to reduce wear on the SSD, which keeps it from dying quickly.

 

[beers]

Thanks for the reply...I "WANT" the data be be "fragmented?....HUH?

SSDs fragment your data in between chips anyway, then they can push/pull from them in parallel to increase performance.

Fragmentation sucks in HDDs because you have to wait on a mechanical lever.