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Should you defrag your flash drive? The answer is no. This article will gives you two reason why you shouldn’t do so.

1. Flash drive does not work like a hard disk. There is no read/write head exist. Therefore, no matter where the data is save, it will not burdened the flash drive.
2. There is a limit in the number of time that you can write to your flash drive. Defrag process involves read and write. As a consequence, your flash drive will die sooner.

So, don’t waste your time defragging the flash drive. Save it for your hard drive.

note: This article shows how long does a flash drive will last.

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