Windows 10: MicroSD seen as HDD - How do I mark it as a ssd for proper handling in defragment/optimize...

I am currently on my Surface pro2017 -i7 The microSD card slot in the back, is showing as a physical Hard drive, and I am wondering how I can change how it looks inside the defragment/optimize drive.

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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

 

Win 10 SSD "Needs Optimizing" How is this handled in Win 10?

Here are some results from the search I suggested:

The ultimate guide to proper SSD management

10 Tips for SSD Optimization in Windows 7 - Part 1

HTG Explains: Should You Use an SSD Optimization Utility?

The benefits of a web search are:

• much more information than you can get from a community forum
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And its faster too.

 

Windows Defrag Showing HDD as SSD

I checked the Windows Defrag application today and noticed the following issues:

1. My SSD (OS drive) is coming up as an SSD yet shows that it is being optimized - I was under the assumption that windows would not optimize/defragment an SSD.

2. My Data drive (512GB HDD Toshiba) is also showing up as an SSD but says optimization is not available - This is definitely not an SSD and I would imagine defragmenting should be allowed.

I did some reading and the two main possible fixes I found were to set the "Optimize Drives" service from manual to automatic (delayed start), or to run winstat formal from an elevated command prompt. I modified the optimize drives service to start automatically
to no avail and have yet to try the winstat command.

Does anyone have any ideas why this is happening or if something has been corrupted to cause this?

Thank you!