Windows 10: Hard disk is recognized as ssd instead of Hdd, how to fix it?

Windows 10 is recognizing my Hard disk drive E as ssd instead of HDD and when I use defrag tool, it is now trimming my hdd instead of defragging but it was working normally before

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Hard Rectangular Drive Could be the Hard Disk Answer to SSDs

You're probably right but until SSD's come down to a more reasonable price-level, I'm all for this kind of stuff. Can probably be a perfect stepping-stone from HDD to SSD.

If it ever gets to stores that is *Smile

 

disk usage at 50% and hdd usage at 100%

Thank you for your message. Please follow these steps and let me know if your C drive is an HDD or SSD:

1. Open Task Manager.
   
2. Click on the "Performance" tab at the top, next to "Processes."
   
3. Look for "Disk 0" and "Disk 1" in the left sidebar.
   
4. Identify the one that shows "C:" next to it.
   
5. Check the details of this disk to see if it's labeled as an SSD or HDD, based on the storage type or the name of the drive.
   

If you need any further assistance, feel free to ask!

 

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.

Regards,

Srimadhwa B

Microsoft Community-Moderator