Editing USB flash drive (section)

====Defragmenting====
Flash drives can be [[defragmentation|defragmented]]. There is a widespread opinion that defragmenting brings little advantage (as there is no mechanical head that moves from fragment to fragment), and that defragmenting shortens the life of the drive by making many unnecessary writes.<ref>[http://ask-leo.com/should_i_defragment_my_usb_flash_drive.html Should I defragment my USB Flash drive?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707180424/http://ask-leo.com/should_i_defragment_my_usb_flash_drive.html |date=2011-07-07 }}. Ask-leo.com (2008-02-19). Retrieved on 2011-05-18.</ref> However, some sources claim<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wizcode.com/articles/comments/flash_memory_fragmentation_myths_and_facts/ |title=Flash Memory Fragmentation – Myths and Facts |website=Wizcode.com |access-date=2017-06-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170614154251/http://www.wizcode.com/articles/comments/flash_memory_fragmentation_myths_and_facts/ |archive-date=2017-06-14 }}</ref> that defragmenting a flash drive can improve performance (mostly due to improved caching of the clustered data), and the additional wear on flash drives may not be significant.