Defragging and CBT

This may seem pretty obvious, but it just occurred to me that if I defrag my HDD then I assume this will cause the CBT to note that most of the blocks have now changed and need backed up, essentially requiring another full backup.

If that’s the case then I assume the correct strategy is to schedule defrags just before a full backup was due anyway.

Yes, also without CBT it needs to transfer them if they have been moved.

It is becomming less relevant with SSDs, though.

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