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No, what I'm talking about is my storage drove, not my C drive. I wipe the C drive with every Windows install but let the Storage HDD as-is so I can carry over my games/music/docs etc without having to back them up to a flash drive and then drag them back onto the storage drive once I've installed Windows.

Then yes. The position of the data on the drive that isn't wipes does not change regardless of the new OS so fragmentation that was present before the fresh install would be present after it. I don't know if you can clone the data over, reformat then move it back, but that is what I would try to do.

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So I have a 1TB laptop drive that I use for storage. The thing has been through countless Windows installs, remaining as-is while I reinstall Windows on my main SSD. My question is pretty simple but it worries me a bit as the 1TB laptop drive has been extremely slow lately:

 

When you have an install of Windows with two main drives (C drive and D drive for storage), does the fragmentation of the storage drive that you don't modify with a new install of Windows still carry over with a fresh install? Because, if that were the case, my drive would be like 50% fragmented from various previous Windows installs. It would explain why it's so slow.

 

I have CrystalDiskInfo installed and it says the HDD is fine. 

 

EDIT: I should point out that Windows 7's defragmenting software says the drive is at 0% fragmentation but refuses to run a defragging of the drive.

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So I have a 1TB laptop drive that I use for storage. The thing has been through countless Windows installs, remaining as-is while I reinstall Windows on my main SSD. My question is pretty simple but it worries me a bit as the 1TB laptop drive has been extremely slow lately:

 

When you have an install of Windows with two main drives (C drive and D drive for storage), does the fragmentation of the storage drive that you don't modify with a new install of Windows still carry over with a fresh install? Because, if that were the case, my drive would be like 50% fragmented from various previous Windows installs. It would explain why it's so slow.

 

I have CrystalDiskInfo installed and it says the HDD is fine. 

 

EDIT: I should point out that Windows 7's defragmenting software says the drive is at 0% fragmentation but refuses to run a defragging of the drive.

 

 

 

Considering part of a fresh install is wiping of the os drive... I can't see how it could possibly result in fragmentation...

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Considering part of a fresh install is wiping of the os drive... I can't see how it could possibly result in fragmentation...

No, what I'm talking about is my storage drove, not my C drive. I wipe the C drive with every Windows install but let the Storage HDD as-is so I can carry over my games/music/docs etc without having to back them up to a flash drive and then drag them back onto the storage drive once I've installed Windows.

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No, what I'm talking about is my storage drove, not my C drive. I wipe the C drive with every Windows install but let the Storage HDD as-is so I can carry over my games/music/docs etc without having to back them up to a flash drive and then drag them back onto the storage drive once I've installed Windows.

Then yes. The position of the data on the drive that isn't wipes does not change regardless of the new OS so fragmentation that was present before the fresh install would be present after it. I don't know if you can clone the data over, reformat then move it back, but that is what I would try to do.

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Then yes. The position of the data on the drive that isn't wipes does not change regardless of the new OS so fragmentation that was present before the fresh install would be present after it. I don't know if you can clone the data over, reformat then move it back, but that is what I would try to do.

OK, so just "drag and drop" so to speak, all my stuff over to flash drives, reformat the storage drive, then copy it all back?

Will do when I get the chance, need the drive at the moment.

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OK, so just "drag and drop" so to speak, all my stuff over to flash drives, reformat the storage drive, then copy it all back?

Will do when I get the chance, need the drive at the moment.

Yea, that's the best thing I can think of. 

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