[section label=”Introduction”] Several years ago, we published our first SSD Optimization Guide for Windows 7, which was very popular among our readers.At the time, SSDs, or Solid State Drives ...

To use the new SSD as your boot drive: shut down your PC, replace the old SSD, restart your PC, enter BIOS or UEFI settings (press F1/F2/DEL/Esc during startup), and set the SSD as the boot drive ...

Leave it on the SSD and don't disable it-- just let Windows manage it. If you have 16GB RAM, Windows will tend to manage the file very conservatively-- only writing to it on fairly infrequent ...

Step 5: Wait for the format to finish, then reboot the PC and see if the drive is recognized. Why is my SSD showing up in BIOS, but not Windows? In the event that your SSD is visible in BIOS, but ...

SSD Tweaker & Tweak-SSD are free SSD optimization tools for Windows 11/10 that let you tweak, optimize and speed up your Solid State Drive by configuring best settings and reducing read and write ...

In this post, we will see how Windows 11/10/8 treats Defragmentation on Solid-State Drives. A Solid State Drive or SSD is a relatively new kind of drive, which consists of an array of flash memory ...

Here’s a piece of software that could prove handy for some mobile folks (perhaps including me). SSD Tweaker is a one-stop shop for optimizing Windows for your solid state drive. The open source ...

Windows 7 and 8 should detect an SSD and enable TRIM automatically if the drive supports it—but it’s a good idea to check anyway. Open the command prompt and type fsutil behavior query ...

TRIM is an essential feature for an SSD to keep it on top performance and helps the drive to last much longer. Here's how to make sure the feature is enabled on Windows 10.

Installed Windows 10 Pro from OEM disk, no crapware, just Microsoft stuff. 2. Installed Samsung Magician software from the disc that came with the SSD drive. 3. (Tried to) enable encryption.

A solid-state drive is one of the best upgrades you can make to your desktop computer. And it’s not very hard to set up: Physically install it, connect the right cables, and reinstall Windows ...

Migrating a Windows installation can be tricky. Thankfully, our guide will show you how to move Windows 10 to an SSD from your dusty old hard drive in no time.