Windows 10: Is driver performance impacted by if its on a SSD or SATA drive?

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  1. BOB IS INTERESTED
    Bob Is Interested Win User

    Is driver performance impacted by if its on a SSD or SATA drive?


    Does a driver need a fast hard drive to work its best? Does it matter? Many programs don't care if they are on a fast SSD or a typical 7200 rpm SATA drive. But some do. But what about drivers? Say for a video card?

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    Bob Is Interested, Apr 23, 2023
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  2. RPB57
    RPB57 Win User

    SATA HDD recognised as SSD

    Just occurred to me. Could it be that the primary boot drive is the Linux SSD. I've got a feeling this could

    be the problem. I'm not sure how to configure Windows 10 to boot from the SATA HDD. I will try reinstalling the drivers and look into the BIOS but would appreciate your take on my suggestion.
     
    RPB57, Apr 23, 2023
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  3. RPB57
    RPB57 Win User
    SATA HDD recognised as SSD

    Hi. My SATA HDD is recognised as a SSD and Windows 10 will not perform defragmentation on it as a result; which I appreciate. I've tried many of the prescribed procedures mentioned on forums but to no effect. I'm pretty convinced that the problem lies
    in the fact I have installed a SSD in my machine. Windows is recognising the correct size of my SATA HDD however and the SSD isn't showing up quite rightly as its Linux formatted. Using a third party defragmentation program exactly the same problem occurs,
    however I was able to defragment my C drive using it as it just warned against it and didn't prohibit me. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
     
    RPB57, Apr 23, 2023
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  4. ROBERTMETH
    ROBERTMETH Win User

    Is driver performance impacted by if its on a SSD or SATA drive?

    sata ssd

    I installed a sata 6 internal ssd and my cpu is not recognizing the drive what must I do?
     
    ROBERTMETH, Apr 23, 2023
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