Is Windows 10 Optimizing My SSD Drive

cyberpunk1161 said:

I have mine scheduled to run daily (optimize SSD) but just checked and it has not run in 8 days. So how is this fixed to have it run? Seems the only way to have it run it to do it manually. Attachment 31259

It is still not running even tho it is scheduled. Showing that its been 19 days since it ran now. Still set up for daily too.

I havebeen fortunate as I haven't noticed a drop in performance with my 850 evo 256gb at all?
Truly I do like Windows 10 and I am sure eventually it will suit me right down to the ground. :)

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cyberpunk1161 said:

It is still not running even tho it is scheduled. Showing that its been 19 days since it ran now. Still set up for daily too.

Seems to have been an issue even in Windows 8.1, mine is set weekly (default setting) does the same thing.For now just keep tabs on it do it according to how much you write and erase, as daily is too often anyway.

jds63 said:

Seems to have been an issue even in Windows 8.1, mine is set weekly (default setting) does the same thing.For now just keep tabs on it do it according to how much you write and erase, as daily is too often anyway.

I agree but if scheduling does not work what else does not work?

cyberpunk1161 said:

I agree but if scheduling does not work what else does not work?

Good question, meaning think Trim might not work or what else does not work on OS ?

Hi,

There's a lot of urban myth on defragmenting spinners and aging them just as there seems to be a lot of confusion floating about on how to properly maintain SSDs.

For spinners, the best defragmenting program is the one that makes sure your drive doesn't get fragmented in the first place and does not require user interference.
Not sure if there's a W10 version available but either way, this level of programming does not come cheap.
It will however, contrary to popular belief, make your spinner last longer and it will definitely run faster.

For SSD, of course these get fragmented too but the bottom line is that it really doesn't matter as the read/write latency is so short it's doubtful anyone notices the difference in practice.
Furthermore, actually defragmenting this will reduce its lifetime although nowadays their lifetime is likely to surpass any spinner.

Trim does not defragment anything, it just flags cells as being available for writing again.

Worried about fragmentation of your drive? Image it and restore it subsequently. It will be defragmented automagically.

Cheers,

Hi,
@Reddwarf4ever, did you run into a misalignment problem BTW ?

Note also that most (if not all) of the current manufacture SSD don't require over-provisioning as the earlier ones did from the SATA II era or thereabouts.
Although I confess I never really bothered with that either. It can only become a problem once your drive runs out out of cells to write to. IOW, filled to the nook.

Cheers,