Windows 10: cant optimize the ssd drive windows 10

cant optimize the ssd drive in windows 10
it goes through the motions but then still says this

:)

 

Windows 10 can not optimize HDD, says it is a SSD Help

Hi Steve,

Thank you for posting your question in the Microsoft Community.

Appreciate your efforts to work on this issue.

• Does the BIOS recognizes the disk as HDD or SSD?
  

Suggest you to set the Optimize Drives Service to start automatically from the services window to check if that helps.

1. Open the run window, type ‘services.msc’ and press Enter.
   
2. Search for Optimize Drives Service and select the start-up type as automatic. Also ensure to start the service.
   

If you have set SATA controller to AHCI mode for Solid State Drive, in Device Manager it would show as SATA hard disk.

Follow these steps:

1. Click start, type “Defragment” and click “Defragment and Optimize your drives”.
   
2. On the “Defragment and Optimize your drives” window. Make sure that your SSD is categorized as an SSD.
   
3. If it’s not, then you can set it as a SSD on your bios. This way, you don’t have to exclude your SSD or disable any scheduled defragmentation.
   

Disclaimer: Modifying BIOS/ complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) settings incorrectly can cause serious problems that may prevent your computer from booting properly. Microsoft cannot guarantee that any problems resulting from the configuring
of BIOS/CMOS settings can be solved. Modifications of the settings are at your own risk.

Hope this helps.

Let us know if you got the help you needed.

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Srimadhwa B

Microsoft Community-Moderator

 

External SATA3 SSD to USB (512GB Crucial MX100 SSD) showing up as a Hard drive in Windows 10 Defragment and optimize drives?

Hi Anup,

Thanks for your suggestions. I ran the Hardware and Devices trouble shooter and it did find a problem with my

Bluetooth adapter (despite the fact that I've never used it and have no Bluetooth devices). I reinstalled and/or

fixed all three ASUS G751JY notebook Windows 10 drivers successfully. However, the external 512GB Crucial MX100

SATA3 to USB3.0 SSD remains listed as hard disc drive on Windows 10 Defragment and Optimize drives feature.

I also tried your second suggestion and ran the DISM using Command Prompt (Admin.).

It returned a Windows 10 latest build 100% system image health. The external 512GB Crucial MX100 SATA3 to USB3.0

SSD still comes up as a hard disc drive in Defragment and Optimize drives Windows 10, Control Panel feature.

 

Should "Defragment and Optimize Drives" be running for an SSD?

I have read conflicting reports for the last five years about optimization, defragmentation, and TRIM. Some reports suggest that Windows is smart enough to know what to do with the SSD and some reports suggest that the SSD's architecture has outrun Windows 10 implementation tactics.

A small example of this would be the fact that I have the most current Crucial SSD firmware to date for my particular drive, and yet Windows 10 still chooses to see it as a HDD :






More alarming, is the fact that it fragments at a rate of 3% an hour on average even with TRIM enabled when the scheduled optimization is turned off for all drives.


I have about had it with the conflicting reports that Windows 10 knows what it is doing with my SSD when it can't even display correctly in an optimization GUI. My SSD is a permanent fixture within my enclosure and I do not swap it around from computer to computer via a cable.


Any suggestions or proof that TRIM is doing its job when Windows 10 is too inept to even have my drive listed correctly in an optimization GUI? I mean for the love of whatever, it has the audacity to list that the drive is fragmented; but unfortunately, it cannot be run on a regular schedule because it will eventually degrade the SSD according to the manufacturers of SSD's.


So in retrospect and looking forward, I would like to come across an article that addresses specifically how an SSD should be treated when a OS refuses to see the drive for what it really is.


I remember the days when you were able to lie to the computer when hooking an incompatible piece of equipment to it, and it would work because you had the option to choose a set of parameters that the computer didn't know to flag as unusable.

Now, it is the complete opposite; I have an OS lying to me about what type of drive I have installed for who knows what reason. In other words, I miss being in control of something I own because someone in a cubicle somewhere half-way around the world feels it is important for the end user to not be in control of their equipment.