I know that there is no point (in fact it is a bad idea) to run Defrag on an SSD. What about a virtual machine running on an SSD, should I defrag it's hard drive since it is basically accessing the Hard Drive the same way?
Mac – Should I defrag the hard drive running on a Virtual Machine
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Best Answer
I do defrag my VHDs but for reasons of space, not time:
I use the dynamically-allocated option for VHDs, so they start small and expand as needed. But as the VHD (not necessarily the files) becomes fragmented, it expands to include all of the allocated blocks. Defragging the VHD is the first step to compacting it again.