Do I Need to Optimize My Ssd?
The Answer Is Short and Simple — Do Not Defrag a Solid State Drive. at Best It Won't Do Anything, at Worst It Does Nothing for Your Performance and You Will...
The answer is short and simple — do not defrag a solid state drive. At best it won't do anything, at worst it does nothing for your performance and you will use up write cycles. If you have done it a few times, it isn't going to cause you much trouble or harm your SSD.
Should you optimize your SSD?
Solid-state drives aren't anywhere near as small and fragile as they used to be. ... You don't need to worry about wear, and you don't need to go out of your way to “optimize” them. Windows 7, 8, and 10 automatically do the work for you.
What does optimizing your SSD do?
Optimize and TRIM
With hard drives, Optimize will do a minor defrag or file system check; with SSDs it forces the TRIM command. ... Forcing TRIM can restore most of your SSD's missing performance, but if you want all of it...
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