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Performing defragmentation on an SSD generates unnecessary data movement and write operations, accelerating flash cell wear and is therefore harmful.

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8/31/2026

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Defrag98: A Nostalgic Browser-Based Simulator That Recreates the Windows 98 Disk Defragmenter

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