Windows 10: How to stop Windows from optimizing Solid StateDrive

As the subject says, how can I stop Windows from optimizing my SSD? Isn't it bad for SSD to get defragmented? Please help : I am no expert to computers but I've read some articles that optimizing SSD is bad. It reduces the lifespan of the drive.

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Disk optimization scheduling in Windows 10

Hi,

Welcome to Microsoft Community.

I suggest you to follow the below steps and check if it helps.

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  In search select Defragment and optimize drives
  
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  Click on change settings
  
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  In optimization schedule
  
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  In frequency select the options accordingly.
  

Please let us know if you need further assistance.

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Running Optimize literally does nothing; in PS it yields an error

After doing a clean install of Windows 10 20H2 (OS Build 19042.906) and fully updating it, and updating all of the Dell drivers from Dell.com, I tried the following Optimize and Defrag options from How to Optimize and Defragment Drives in Windows 10 (tenforums.com/tutorials/8933-optimize-defrag-drives-windows-10-a.html):

• OPTION ONE: To Optimize Drives in Optimize Drives Tool: Steps 2, 3, and 4,
• OPTION TWO: To Optimize Drives in Command Prompt: Step 2, and
• OPTION THREE: To Optimize Drives in PowerShell: Step 3

The four steps attempted from Options 1 and 2 resulted in no notice action; i.e., it appeared as though nothing happened after executing the commands.

When I ran Step 3 of Option 3, I received the following error message.

What does this mean and now what do I do?

Thanks!

 

Unable to run disk optimization in windows 10

Hi,



Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.



I understand your concern and will assist you to resolve this issue.

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  What exactly happens when you try to optimize the drive?
  
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  Are you getting any error message?
  
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  Since when are you facing this issue?
  

I suggest you to use Administrator account to perform Optimization and check if it helps.

I suggest you to follow the steps below.

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  Go to Search, type services.msc and hit Enter
  
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  Make sure that following services are set to Automatic:
  
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  Remote Procedure Call (RPC).
  
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  DCOM Server Process Launcher.
  
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  RPC Endpoint Mapper.
  

And also refer the link below.

Windows help & learning - Microsoft Support



Keep us posted on this issue so that we can assist you better.

Thanks and Regards.