Ask HN: How do you format / speed up a SSD?

Posted by laserstrahl on Sunday July 23, 2023 @03:37PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I wanna know how to speed up or format old SSD's.

Is there a program or a guide you can recommend? Windows or Linux.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you format / speed up a SSD? by Breadmaker on Sunday July 23, 2023 @04:20PM (#36839410)

sudo fstrim / -v

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Re:Ask HN: How do you format / speed up a SSD? by helph67 on Sunday July 23, 2023 @05:16PM (#36839919)

Vopt is an excellent defrag/trimmer/cleaner for Windows, now made freely available by the author. https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/vopt.html

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Re:Ask HN: How do you format / speed up a SSD? by LoudPipes on Monday July 24, 2023 @09:51AM (#36847993)

spinrite from grc.com works on SSDs. It can speed them up, from what Steve Gibson says. I don't have a way to measure my SSD speed, so I can't provide evidence.

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