Is my Intel SSD running as it should be? TRIM on and minimum writes to disk..

weird_dave · 30 Jan 2010 at 18:44

Thanks Boro, much easier in English

Will start a new thread probably Monday (busy weekend...)

Mick-1965 · 30 Jan 2010 at 22:00

Found this and thought of you

Q: "How do I know if TRIM is working in Windows 7?"

A: Go to the Command prompt and type:

fsutil behavior query disabledeletenotify

DisableDeleteNotify = 1 (Windows TRIM commands are disabled)
DisableDeleteNotify = 0 (Windows TRIM commands are enabled)

BoroRob_UK · 31 Jan 2010 at 00:07

Mick-1965 said:
Found this and thought of you

Q: "How do I know if TRIM is working in Windows 7?"

A: Go to the Command prompt and type:

fsutil behavior query disabledeletenotify

DisableDeleteNotify = 1 (Windows TRIM commands are disabled)
DisableDeleteNotify = 0 (Windows TRIM commands are enabled)

DisableDeleteNotify = 0 - Why thankyou kind sir.

weird_dave · 31 Jan 2010 at 10:08

Wasd that from this thread

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18108821

AMDPower · 31 Jan 2010 at 12:23

CrystalDiskInfo only reports which commands are supported, and the command issued by the OS is not necessarily being interpreted by the controller.

It's really simple if you are running Win 7, and using the default MS HDD controller drivers (and it appears you are). TRIM will run in the background without any input required from you.

If you are using alternate drivers, Intel Matrix (or newer RST) for example, then you can run TRIM manually and / or set up a schedule using the SSD Toolbox.

how can you tell if you are using the default MS HDD controller drivers??

I had the exact same drive but 80GBG2, did not flash to the latest firmware?(worried i was going to brick it). I was under the impression that if you did not have the latest firmware then you cannot enable TRIM even if windows reports that its enabled.

I need to know if TRIM is running.

Mick-1965 · 31 Jan 2010 at 16:41

weird_dave said:
Wasd that from this thread
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18108821

I was looking through a tweak guide HERE its towards the bottom

weird_dave · 1 Feb 2010 at 09:27

I think that's the same guide I used, it's pretty in-depth.

Mick-1965 · 1 Feb 2010 at 09:56

weird_dave said:
I think that's the same guide I used, it's pretty in-depth.

Yeah, does seem a pretty decent guide.

Cant help thinking though If you do happen to do all of the tweaks, you may as well throw windows 7 away and just install win2k

Ziggy4 · 1 Feb 2010 at 10:08

how can you tell if you are using the default MS HDD controller drivers??

I had the exact same drive but 80GBG2, did not flash to the latest firmware?(worried i was going to brick it). I was under the impression that if you did not have the latest firmware then you cannot enable TRIM even if windows reports that its enabled.

I need to know if TRIM is running.

The issue with drives being bricked is fixed with the latest firmware (02HD) and you will need it for TRIM support. Check your HDD controllers in Device Manager to see which driver you are using. If you did not install storage drivers such as Intel, NVIDIA, etc then chances are you are using the MS drivers.

Found this and thought of you

Q: "How do I know if TRIM is working in Windows 7?"

A: Go to the Command prompt and type:

fsutil behavior query disabledeletenotify

DisableDeleteNotify = 1 (Windows TRIM commands are disabled)
DisableDeleteNotify = 0 (Windows TRIM commands are enabled)

Same applies here as in my comments above about the TRIM info in Crystal, this only lets you know TRIM is supported, and not an indicator that it is actually running i.e. the OS is sending the command but your HDD controller may or may not be implementing it.