Remember how we told you that a bug in Windows 10's built-in drive optimization tool could be crippling your solid state drive (SSD)? Well, good news folks—the latest cumulative update (this month's ...

This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter’s approach. Enhancements to server and ...

As SSD remains a substantial investment, Infortrend has integrated drive wear level monitoring and indication. Users get real time details on the status of every SSD, pre-empting potential problems ...

Samsung today announced the release of the 990 EVO SSD, delivering solid performance for everyday tasks, improved interface compatibility to match the system’s consumer’s own, and better energy ...

If you're a proud owner of an SSD and wish to optimize its performance, understanding the SSD TRIM command is very important. This guide will discuss this process and everything you need to know about ...

Defragmentation actively harms SSDs. Flash memory cells can only handle a limited number of write cycles before they wear out ...

The latest Windows 10 update appears to be running the automatic hard drive optimization process more often than it needs to. While this is a necessary part of a hard drive’s upkeep, and letting ...

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 the ...

DirectStorage, the API that supercharges data processing in Microsoft's Xbox Series X, is coming to Windows to optimize high-speed PCIe 4.0 SSD speeds. Today Microsoft re-confirmed DirectStorage is ...

This is because of how they store data. Unlike HDDs, SSDs don’t have any moving parts. Instead, data is saved to a pool of NAND flash. That is the primary reason why SSDs have an excellent read and ...

We’ve grown accustomed to hearing about Windows 10 updates causing problems for users, especially with regards to the May 2020 Update. In many regards, the May 2020 Update has been as notorious at the ...

With the release of Windows 10 version 2004, the Windows Defragger has become a mess as it starts to defrag SSD drives too often, perform trim on non-SSD drives, and forgets when it last optimized a ...