why is defragging not really a thing anymore?

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I was born in 1973, got my first computer in 1994, defragging was part of regular maintenance. I can’t remember the last time I defragged anything, even though I have several devices with hard drives, including a Windows laptop. Has storage technology changed so much that defragging isn’t necessary anymore? Is it even possible to defrag a smart phone hard drive?

edit to add: I apologize for posting this same question several times, I was getting an error message every time I hit “post”… but from looking around, it seems I’m not the only one having this problem today.

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Defragging was a killer of HDDs, I’ve got HDDs that still work after 15 years, but defrag people are lucky to get 3 years. Lots of wear and tear defragging all the time

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I was born in 1973, got my first computer in 1994, defragging was part of regular maintenance. I can’t remember the last time I defragged anything, even though I have several devices with hard drives, including a Windows laptop. Has storage technology changed so much that defragging isn’t necessary anymore? Is it even possible to defrag a smart phone hard drive?

edit to add: I apologize for posting this same question several times, I was getting an error message every time I hit “post”… but from looking around, it seems I’m not the only one having this problem today.

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Anonymous 0 Comments

Defragging was a killer of HDDs, I’ve got HDDs that still work after 15 years, but defrag people are lucky to get 3 years. Lots of wear and tear defragging all the time

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