mevurx.blogg.se - Windows optimize drives

We've all been told that SSDs don't last forever and when they die, they just poof and die. There's a general rule of thumb or statement that "defragging an SSD is always a bad idea." I think we can agree we've all heard this before.

It is safe to close the Optimize Drives window once you have set the right schedule.There has been a LOT of confusion around Windows, SSDs (hard drives), and whether or not they are getting automatically defragmented by automatic maintenance tasks in Windows. When hard drives are getting defragged, there is a slight performance hit on the rest of the PC operations for example. The schedule is allowed to be customized so you can pick a time when your PC is on but not in active use. Even if the scheduled run is missed, Windows Task Scheduler attempts the same operation again. You don't need to worry that your hard drive won't be defragged or your SSD won't get the TRIM command.

Next to Drives, you can click the Choose button to specify the drives you want to schedule optimization for.

You can also turn on the option Notify if three consecutive scheduled runs are missed to stay notified about missed optimizations.

When the schedule is enabled, you can select Daily, Weekly, or Monthly frequency according to your needs.

Untick the check box Run on a schedule to disable it completely.

The next dialog will allow you to adjust the schedule settings.

In the next window, click on the Change settings button as shown below.Switch to the Tools tab and click the button Optimize under Optimize and defragment drive.Right click the drive you want to change the schedule for and select Properties from the context menu.To optimize drives by schedule in Windows 10, do the following. Note: You must be signed in with an administrator user account for changing these drive optimization options. If you need to change the default schedule, you can do so for individual drives or disable it completely. Modern Windows versions are smart enough to pick the right optimization method and time period depending on your drive specifications. SSDs have very fast access times for data stored in any part of the drive and do not need to defragmented but they need to be sent a TRIM command which tells the SSD controller to erase unused blocks which are no longer in use, so that when the time comes to actually write new data to those blocks, performance isn't affected. During active use, hard drive performance suffers due to file system fragmentation which notably slows down the access time.

Out of the box, Windows 10 performs disk defragmentation once a week for hard drives and SSD TRIM operation for SSDs.