Windows 10: I have a Dream Quest mini computer with a 425 Gig SSD , and a 2T external SSD attached. I...

I have a Dream Quest mini computer with a 425 Gig SSD , and a 2T external SSD attached. I would like to clone the main drive and partition the external drive to fit it. I need to know if the partition should be Logical or Primary. Also, can you tell me if I need some wiggle room in the partition, or am I better off with an exact fit. Lastly, most partition programs say the data on the partition can be changed as I go. Does this mean that if I clone my drive tomorrow, and then add 5 new programs, will the clone re do itself with the additions blended in or will the additions just be put on as

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External SSD

I have recently bought external SSD, I want to know what are the things i need to take care of before using my external SSD? Any tips and suggestions are welcome. Thank you for your support.

 

External SSD not recognized as SSD in Windows 10

Hello community!

(this topic applies to Windows 10 and Windows 8.1 equally)

my question concerns an external 240GB SSD drive connected to my laptop via an USB 3.0 port. The SSD works fine, but when using the "Optimize Drives" utility, the drive is listed as "Hard Disk Drive" under media type. As stated by almost all SSD manufacturers,
standard defragmentation on a SSD can actually harm the SSD and over time reduce performance and life-cycle. A test revealed that the optimization for the external SSD is actually performed like on a regular HDD and the TRIM command is not used. This would
also indicate that the regular TRIM commands issued by Windows are not applied to the external SSD drive either. Short of turning off automatic optimization, is there a way to tell Windows that this is an SSD drive and to treat it as such (regardless of
the information provided by the disk- or case-controller) ?

See also picture attached -

Drive C: is a SanDisk SDSSDXP480GR131 SSD drive built in the laptop and recognized properly as an SSD.


Drive F: is Lite-On LMT-256M6M SSD drive attached via one of the USB3.0 ports and classified as regular HDD.

 

External SSD Not Detected On Computer

This morning I discovered that my external ssd drive is not showing up on file explorer. It shows up on the taskbar to be ejected, but that is all. I have tried it in other USB ports an another computer. It is nor recognized using dskmgmt.msc. I have tried restarting the computer and even tried a hard shutdown and restart. It worked until this morning and formatting it is not an option. I would appreciate any suggestions.