So why might you need Windows Optimization if you know that TRIM is working on your SSD? Comfort.
#Trim enabler windows windows 8
Windows 8 went one step further by providing the ability to schedule this activity that allows you to set TRIM for a specific period, be it a day, year or month. Normally blocks of deleted data are wiped shortly after deletion or in idle time, thus the origin of ITGC or Idle Time Garbage Collection. This is very important in the case of an SSD, because unlike that of a hard drive, new information cannot simply be placed over old information, that space must be cleaned which can slow your drive significantly if it occurred while you were writing that information. The OS then initiates garbage collection which wipes clean the space that files were recently deleted. If you are utilizing an SSD, you can manually run ‘Optimize Drive’ which sends the TRIM command to the OS.
More specifically, Windows Assessment Tool determines initially whether you are using an SSD or HDD and then sets the environment accordingly.
#Trim enabler windows windows 7
Windows 7 Defragmentation Scheduling has now developed into Windows 8 Optimize Drive and Optimize Drive is good.įirst off, Optimize Drive recognizes if your storage medium is a hard drive or SSD and, if it is a HDD, disk defragmentation can be scheduled and will occur.
Windows 8 has changed the rules just a bit though. We have been saying this since 2007 and there have been some interesting threads throughout the years regarding our many SSD optimizations, just about everyone one of which is the mainstay of any SSD Optimization Guide these days. Historically, the company party line is to always shut down Windows Defragmentation. Being a Windows 8 holdout, I elected to sidestep Windows 8 optimization questions until late and have recently discovered a tool in Windows 8 that benefits the SSD user, at least by way of comfort. It is inevitable that we receive a great deal of questions regarding both Windows and SSD optimization on a regular basis here at TSSDR Headquarters.
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