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Can any data be recovered from an SSD after you reset windows?
If you reset your PC (windows reset), and you have a SSD, can anything be recovered?
What difference does choosing the “clean the drive” option make in terms of recovery?
Also, if you quickly turn off ...
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Windows Server Scheduled Drive Optimization (defrag/TRIM) drives list is empty
I want to setup scheduled drives optimization on Windows Server 2019 (defrag HDDs and TRIM SSDs).
The Optimize Drives main window lists my drives properly. But when I want to select the drives that I ...
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How do you TRIM unallocated/unformatted space after partition shrinking on an SSD in Windows?
How do you TRIM completely unused, unallocated, unformatted, unpartitioned space (but other volumes still exist) on an SSD in Windows 11, that used to contain data, for over provisioning? (For note: ...
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Could a low quality SSD enclosure prevent the TRIM functionality on my SSD?
I'm about to purchase an external SSD enclosure (case) for my Samsung 860 QVO. Some case manufacturers mention "supports TRIM" in the description, some don't. Reading online, I only could ...
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TRIM disabled but it behaves like enabled though
I disabled TRIM option and filled my SSD with random files so that there whould be no free space. However, when I deleted these files from bin and downloaded something else, I did it with no problem. ...
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Does TRIM option in SSD always work?
Recently I used Disk Drill on my laptop with SSD and it showed that some deleted data can be recovered, but I checked if the trim option in my SSD is turned on, so how it is possible? Is it because ...
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How often do windows and mac run the trim command and therefore when will a deleted file become unrecoverable?
I am trying to determine the security of an SSD drive and comparing Windows vs Mac for a project. Reading online, I understand all about trimming and how that process works, however I can’t determine ...
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Does Windows send TRIM command with every delete?
I understand the concept behind TRIM. I know you can schedule TRIM through the "optimization schedule" part of "defragment and optimize drives". But does Windows send a TRIM ...
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How long does TRIM take on NVMe SSD / Difference between TRIM applications & Optimize drives
I have set TRIM to be done weekly using the program that is used for WD BLACK SSDs:
This schedule should be fine since I don't really write that often to the drive, and I read that some I/O or OS ...
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Bring worn out (?) USB stick back to old performance
I've got a USB stick (SanDisk Cruzer Facet 64G) which seems to be worn out. I had filled it to the brim with a lot of small-ish files (500kB each), which went well, no performance issues; and when I ...
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Defrag on SSD when DisableDeleteNotify
What does the scheduled defragmentation really do on a SSD when DisableDeleteNotify is manually set to 1 on recent Windows versions like Win 10?
Assuming that the SSD is properly detected by ...
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How to tell whether zeros originate from trim or from actually writing zeros on an SSD
Say if I write zero to a certain range of LBAs of a drive, then I TRIM those logical blocks (say, with blkdiscard or even hdparm). Given the drive has the Read Zero After TRIM behavior, is there a way ...
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Does a windows 10 quick format still send a TRIM command on SSD?
A little while ago I used the "Reset this PC" feature on windows 10 with my samsung 850 EVO. I chose remove my files but I cant quite remember if I chose to fully clean the drive or just ...
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Boot SSD Already At 86% Health?
In late November I started using a new SSD, the Sabrent Rocket 4 Plus 2TB, as my boot drive. The drive is rated for 1400 TBW but is already saying it's at 86% health despite only having 12TB written ...
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Does TRIM instantly deletes files deleted in on SSD?
If i deleted something from recycle bin, is it instantly gone when i have TRIM enabled? I deleted a file and i’d like to get it back but i don’t know if it’s even worth to try.
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