According to _windows 7 for Dummies_, you can not defrag a solid state drive, like a flash drive. I don't know if this includes external hard drives.

If you go into the defrag screen by typing "defrag" in the search box or by using the control panel, you can tab to a combo box that lists your drives. My guess is that, if you can defrag a hard drive, you would do it by choosing it in that combo box.

about your problem, though, it sounds like something got synced somewhere. I find itunes confusing. It sometimes tells me I have recordings I've removed from the computer, and it doesn't always see other recordings I do have even when I import them. Maybe an iTunes guru can explain. My own impulse would be to erase things from the hard drive or reformat it.

On 10/8/2013 4:46 PM, Sherry Wells wrote:
 
I have an external hard drive (F) I use with ITunes.  For at least a year, all I’ve done is use ITunes to download podcasts.  I move the podcasts to my Stream once downloaded so these are not kep on the F drive.  I know I did not accidentally copy instead of move because these podcasts no longer show up when I open ITunes.  Now suddenly my F drive is full and I get errors saying I cannot download any more podcasts.  Do I need to compress this drive? Defrag it?  Both?  If so, how do I find how to do this in Windows 7.  I tried right clicking on the drive but of course it couldn’t be that easy.  Any advice would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks.
 
Regards,
Sherry Wells

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