Windows 10: About trimming SSD

Hello everyone. I would like to ask how often I should trim my SSD by using the disk defragmentation utility of Windows 11. Thanks.

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ssd trim problem

Hi Kashefch. I'm Greg, 10 years awarded Windows MVP, specializing in Installation, Performance, Troubleshooting and Activation, here to help you.

Enable by all ways and Troubleshoot SSD trim not enabled Windows 10:

https://www.digitional.com/enabling-trim-for-ss...

https://www.windowscentral.com/how-ensure-trim-...



https://thegeekpage.com/activate-trim-for-your-...

https://www.tenforums.com/performance-maintenan...

Run the SSD toolkit for your model SSD from it's Support Downloads webpage, which will check Trim and also run Diagnostics that may fix this.

Feel free to ask back any questions. Based on the results you post back I may have other suggestions if necessary.

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TRIM for SSD drive

I have a new Dell desktop PC with WIN 10. It has a hard drive (D and a SSD (C. In the past I have always defragged my hard drive but I understand that I should not optimize/defrag the SSD - that WIN 10 by default uses TRIM to optimize the SSD. I read
that TRIM is set as a default in WIN 10 and that it optimizes the SSD once a week. But when I look at the properties for the SSD drive, it shows that it has not been optimized for 14 days.

1. How do I know that TRIM is working?

2. If it isn't set as a default, how to I change that?

Thanks.

M Walsh

 

Windows does not Trim SSD on schedule

Optimization for HDD is only defragmentation, optimization for SSD may be TRIMming or defragmentation if SSD is too fragmented.

One may say TRIM is OS dependent because there must be someone to send SSD information about file deleting. So, e.g. Windows XP does not support TRIM and one have to install additional programs for TRIM functionality.

Garbage collection is SSD internal mechanism, it works much better if SSD gets TRIM information.

To determine does TRIM works or no there are some third party programs. But please note, even if SSD have got TRIM information this does nor mean it will use it immediately. It may delay it for sometime even for day or more if it have a lot to do due to garbage
collection.