Microsoft Windows 7 and newer supports TRIM for SSDs (if the disk supports it)
To check if TRIM is enabled in Windows, follow these steps:
- Press Windows + x, click Search.
- Type
cmd
in the Search box. - Right-click Command Prompt entry.
- Select "Run as administrator".
- Enter
fsutil behavior query DisableDeleteNotify
. - Press Enter.
There are two possible outputs of running the above command:
DisableDeleteNotify
=1
, which means that TRIM is disabled on the SSD.DisableDeleteNotify
=0
, which means that TRIM is enabled on the SSD.
If TRIM is disabled, it can be enabled by following these steps:
- Right-click the Windows icon, click Search.
- Type
cmd
in the Search box. - Right-click Command Prompt.
- Select "Run as administrator".
- Enter
fsutil behavior set DisableDeleteNotify 0
. - Press Enter.