Windows 10: Optimizing SSDs is bad?

I've been in the habit of going into the "defragment and optimize drives" menu and noticing that it will say something like "20 days since last run" even though it's scheduled for weekly.. Not sure why.. so I always click "optimize" and do it manually for both "Windows (C: )" and "Recovery Image" (both are SSD). The other two things in the list say "never run" and "needs optimization" but nothing happens when I click optimize. Anyway, I just came upon a blog post that says you're not supposed to optimize SSDs and this shortens their lifespan. So is what I've been doing bad? Should I stop doing this?

:)

 

Optimization not available Windows 10 Pro

An SSD shouldn't be defragmented. It's not really necessary and will shorten the SSD's useful life.

That's why Microsoft changed the name from 'defragment' to 'optimize.' For a HDD, 'optimize' means defragment; for an SSD, 'optimize' means running the TRIM command and performing a procedure known as 'garbage collection.' If you have a hybrid, both definitions
apply to the respective components.

Whatever the type of drive, Windows checks whether it needs to be optimized on a regular schedule, but the procedure only happens when it's actually necessary. Improvements in HDD and SSD logic make regular optimization less necessary.

 

SYSReserved on SSD win10pro 64 !

hello, y cant i optimize my SYS Reserved on SSD ? or just optimize the SSD and will do it for me behind the scene ? thanks

 

Yes.. you don't need to optimize or defrag an SSD. The extra writes that are performed can shorten the life of the SSD.

One link to check out:
defragment - Is it bad to defrag a ssd? Or just pointless? - Super User
Fragging wonderful: The truth about defragging your SSD | PCWorld

 

How much damage have I done? I've probably done this 50 times over the course of the 1 year I've had the laptop.

 

You should be fine. I would not do it again.

Jeff

 

Thanks. I'm wondering why it even allows you to do this, then? Particularly without a warning message or anything

 

Also, why is it an automatically scheduled task? This seems ridiculous. Should I turn that off?

 

if both your drives are SSD's then the optimize Windows is doing is nothing but using the TRIM Command which does NOT Harm your SSD at all, and IS normal. *Smile
Windows 10 does recognize the difference between a Spinner drive and an SSD drive.

 

Excellent news...thanks

 

No problem , I also have two SSD's and 1 spinner drive on my Windows 10 Pro. *Smile