SSD performance issues? Learn how to free space, enable TRIM, optimize settings, and update firmware to speed it up.

Hello all. I just completed a new machine and I've run across an issue that google can't seem to provide me with a clear answer for. I'm hoping you experts out there can tell me if I need to re-do my ...

So, let's say you don't have TRIM available on your external 500.GB USB3 connected SSD. Let's also say your 500.GB SSD is filled up, but it has 10.GB of over-provisioning. You then delete a 30.GB file ...

About two years ago, several users of the Samsung 860 EVO SATA SSD started reporting issues on their drives in Linux. Later it was also established that the same or very similar problem also existed ...

Solid State Doctor will force your SSD to clean house and deliver its best performance, as well as clone it, diagnose it, and secure erase it. For anyone not running Windows 8.1 with its “optimize ...

Enjoying the speed of one of Intel's recently-launched 34nm SSDs? We've good news, as your already-potent drive is now likely to get a whole lot quicker courtesy of a couple of new Intel-provided ...

Apple has added limited TRIM support to the latest developer release of Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, which should enhance the long term performance of Solid State Drives. While Apple has already started ...

Apple has begun enabling TRIM support in its latest OS update if you install a third-party SSD -- but be advised, some SSDs don't work with the chosen method of TRIM. By Joel Hruska June 30, 2015 ...

Reader Richard Spitzer is concerned about using a third-party SSD drive with his Mac running Yosemite. He writes: I just read an article that Apple is disabling the TRIM function for third-party SSDs ...

OCZ has just released details of its latest and greatest solid state drive. The Sandforce-based Vertex limited edition drive is designed around a totally new architecture which provides the Vertex LE ...