Running Optimize can immediately reclaim that space back and improve the SSD performance. For example, you’ve just deleted a large chunk of data from the drive. Manually running an Optimize to a drive could be very useful sometimes. In Windows 10, Trim has surfaced in the Tools menu in Drive properties in a feature called Optimize.Ĭlicking on Optimize button takes you to Optimize Drives app that allows you to execute Trim on a predefined schedule or run it manually. Trim has been available since Windows 7 but back then was pretty much invisible to the end-user. It’s an important feature that helps SSD manage space that contains data that has been deleted by the operating system.

Trim is more visibleĪ Trim command is initialized to allow the operating system to inform an SSD which blocks of data are no longer considered in use and can be wiped out for writing the data. Now it’s Windows 10’s turn to bring in more improvements designated only for SSDs. Windows 8 inherited these features and were moving forward with more enhanced features. Windows 7 is the first Windows version that recognizes SSD drives, therefore, optimizes itself to work better with them. Put all fancy new features aside, Microsoft also did a good job that makes SSD’s life a lot easier, healthier, and longer.

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