Most SSD users are aware that TRIM is an essential Windows command that prolongs SSD life and ensures that their SSDs stay speedy. TRIM kicks-in after a file deletion in Windows and notifies the SSD ...

Hard drives need defragmentation to ensure pieces of data are stored in contiguous cells, preventing longer seek times. SSDs, on the other hand, store data a bit differently than HDDs. Flash storage ...

Windows users can adjust Power Modes by navigating to Settings -> System -> Power & battery. If you're set to Best Power ...

SSD slowdowns aren’t always age, often it’s firmware, cache, TRIM, or free space. Here’s the checklist I use to keep things running smoothly.

I run a computer repair business and I have been upgrading laptops and desktops to SSD's for about 5 years. Recently though I've had a small handful of customers reporting slow down. Upon running HD ...

Along with the Windows 7 launch last week, came the long-awaited support for TRIM. As the OS natively supports the new storage command, if there’s an SSD installed and no other storage drivers are ...

Solving The TRIM Problem, Without TRIM? To date we’ve seen numerous attempts by SSD manufacturers to remedy performance degradation issues with varying degrees of success; drives using Samsung ...

I thought TRIM was a Good Thing(™). So I enabled it as soon as the OS started supporting it. However, a recent SNAFU teaches me that TRIM makes data recovery well-nigh impossible. I can't seem to find ...

Five months ago we published a review of the Sandisk Extreme 240GB SSD. This drive, the first of its kind in more ways than we knew at the time, started a long and frustrating experience. The Extreme ...

Former CNET editor Dong Ngo has been involved with technology since 2000, starting with testing gadgets and writing code for CNET Labs' benchmarks. He managed CNET's San Francisco Labs, reviews 3D ...