W10 v2004 update puts SSD at risk

Box Brownie · 27 Aug 2020

Hi all

Saw ref to this on my Google feed

Windows 10 update could be damaging your SSD

Earlier Windows 10 update caused issues with the drive optimization tool

www.techradar.com

Makes me wonder if I need to disable SSD trim as a precaution?

Box Brownie · 27 Aug 2020

What I find bizzare reading the article is that the update is designed to help with HDD defragmentation......but oh so many PCs have SSD installed, so what were the update programmers thinking in regard to the effects on SSD's ???

Graulges · 4 Sep 2020

I found this useful. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...t-defragger-bug-defrags-ssd-drives-too-often/

hunnymonster · 4 Sep 2020

More to the point why is anyone defragging an SSD in the first place.

Box Brownie · 4 Sep 2020

FWIW

I did check the status of W10 settings and it has never 'optimised' the SSD's that I have installed i.e. it is a purely user selected operation.

In regard to TRIM this is what Crucial say about it:-

What is Trim?

The Trim command is used with Active Garbage Collection to clean up SSDs to ensure they continue to work quickly. Find out more with Crucial.

www.crucial.com

Mr Bump · 4 Sep 2020

hunnymonster said:
More to the point why is anyone defragging an SSD in the first place.

you can't defrag an SSD the OS detects it and just performs a TRIM

Snapsh0t · 6 Sep 2020

Mr Bump said:
you can't defrag an SSD the OS detects it and just performs a TRIM

I think O&O would disagree with you.

W10 v2004 update puts SSD at risk

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