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Is TRIM supported on RAID 0 configurations for SSD drives in Windows 7?
I know this question has probably been asked at some point in the past, but I am trying to figure out if Windows 7 supports passing TRIM commands through RAID controllers yet.
I am trying to decide ...
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How can I see if Windows 7 is using TRIM for my SSD drive?
I recently upgraded the firmware on my SSD to support TRIM and upgraded to Windows 7. How can I tell whether Windows is recognizing the drive as SSD and using TRIM correctly?
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Can I emulate TRIM by writing all zeros?
Before an SSD sector1 was ever written to, it looks like all filled with zeros.
So, if I write all zeros to a sector, for the purpose of functionality, it will look just like a free one. Thus the ...
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VirtualBox and SSD's TRIM command support
I am aware of the huge number of posts on the internet saying that this would not work and why and I really spent days looking for the solutions months ago but I've found yesterday some tips how to "...
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What is TRIM exactly?
From the Wikipedia page of TRIM I get the impression that TRIM was introduced to lower the writes to a SSD, but letter the file system taking case of which blocks are unused.
If that is correct, does ...
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How to TRIM/DISCARD a whole SSD partition on Linux?
My partition /dev/sda3 on an SSD drive doesn't contain any filesystem, but it contains garbage. How do I do a TRIM/DISCARD operation on the whole partition?
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How do I verify that TRIM is activated? (Linux)
I have kernel*.32 and I use ext4 on my drive. Now I just don't know how to check if trim support is enabled?
Found this:
http://blog.patshead.com/blog/2009/12/a-quick-and-dirty-wipersh-fix-for-...
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Windows 10 "optimize drives" shows SSD as "hard disk drive"
I upgraded my old computer with a Samsung EVO 850. I did a clean Windows 10 installation.
Installed Samsung Magic and fixed all the AHCI settings. Now I have full 6Gb/s transfer speed.
However, my ...
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Does having TRIM enabled affect other hard drives on a computer (and how do you know when Windows is using it)?
I recently purchased a new solid state drive (an OCZ Vertex 2 (80 GB)) to use primarily for my operating system. I also have three other SATA hard drives of assorted sizes for long-term data storage. ...
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Does Windows trim unpartitioned (unformatted) space on an SSD?
Laptop with Windows 10 Pro v1511 x64, with 512 GB Samsung SSD 850 PRO as system drive.
In an attempt to overprovision space on the SSD, I just shrunk the system partition from about 475 GB to 400 GB. ...
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How do I determine whether my SSD (Samsung UM41) supports the TRIM command?
I'm running Ubuntu 10.04 and lshw shows a "SAMSUNG SSD UM41". Any way for me to determine (1) that my SSD supports TRIM, and (2) that my OS and FS (ext4) are actually using this?
Update: Rather than ...
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Do I need to enable TRIM in all OS if multibooting?
I multiboot. Does one OS issuing TRIM to my SSD cover all partitions or not?
I have a MacBook Pro (Core2Duo version 2.1 - late 2007) with the HDD replaced with a SSD. I am multi-booting it with ...
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How badly do SSDs degrade without TRIM?
SSDs have been out for a few years, and have seen all kinds of usage patterns. Windows and Linux support the TRIM command, with Mac OS still trailing behind here. Update (2011): It appears OSX Snow ...
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What does TRIM on an HDD mean?
I was examining a new hard drive when I noticed something peculiar:
It's a 1 TB HDD from Seagate, and CrystalDiskInfo shows that it supports TRIM! AFAIK, TRIM is some SSD feature that allows the ...
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Is there Linux support for TRIM on SSD drives?
Does any know if there is a way to enable TRIM support on Linux for SSDs? This is included with Windows 7, and I was surprised that I couldn't find much information about it under Linux.
Info on SSD ...
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