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anyone know why win7 insists on DEFRAGING my SD cards and USB flash drives

I thought win7 was supposed to be "Flash Aware"

I  find the results in the event viewer any time I leave an SD card or USB drive plugged in overnight

this is an SD card

Log Name: Application
Source: Microsoft-Windows-Defrag
Date: 04/07/2012 03:04:16
Event ID: 258
Task Category: None
Level: Information
Keywords: Classic
User:  N/A
Computer: Cube
Description:
The disk defragmenter successfully completed defragmentation on TRANSCEND2G (F:)

this is a USB flash drive

Log Name: Application
Source: Microsoft-Windows-Defrag
Date: 27/06/2012 03:45:51
Event ID: 257
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: Cube
Description:
The volume KINGSTON4GA (G:) was not defragmented because an error was encountered: The disk was disconnected from the system. (0x89000011)it is a bad idea and many people have commented on this. To avoid it:

1. Right click a drive in Windows Explorer
2. Click on Properties - Tools - Defragment Now - Configure Schedule
3. Click on Select Disks and check that only hard drives are listed, and uncheck new disks
4. Set the scheduled time you want
OK;
 
done that,

when I clicked to open the "Configure Schedule"
 I was greeted with a dialog:
"... schedule was configured by another PROGRAM ...  click remove settings ..."

the "another program" was PROBABLY the HP "tune up" util.  aka system pre-load bloatware
which I had already turned off on day one of SETUP
 
good thing I'm not freaked out by dialog boxes
clicked the "remove settings" to set it back to normal
and finished the rest of the process 

all disks were checked for schedule
and of course the "add new disks" was also checked

- just another example of the newer version isn't always an improvement
too many buried settings to "find" to shut stuff off that shouldn't be on / enabled in the FIRST place
C:\ or the Winders install location should be the only "disk" / partition enabled by default

cheers I've been using Windows 7 for 2 years after having used XP for 8 years, and I would never go back. Just stay with it. It is a vastly better operating system.



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