Having computer problems? Here is how to defragment a hard drive or trim an SSD in Windows so you can get your PC back in working order.

Intel SSD Optimizer and firmware upgrade work with Windows 7's 'Trim' tools to increase performance on Intel's X25-M SSDs by 40 percent Intel announced the availability of a tool kit to optimize ...

Well, TRIM is a series of commands that are sent back and forth between the SSD and the rest of the computer that tells the SSD when files are no longer being used so that they can be deleted or ...

If you have ever wondered whether TRIM actually works on your SSD or not, look no further. There is a little freeware utility now available that simplifies TRIM functionality testing.

TRIM allows the OS to pass this deleted file information down to the SSD controller, which otherwise would not know it could trash those blocks.

Trim command support also enables the SSD to identify and free up blocks of deleted files, helping with write speed gains.

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Some SSDs can cope well without TRIM, notably Sandforce-based ones as their write compression mostly compensates for the erase overhead, however, this benefit only applies with compressible data.

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, were still a relatively new ...