Sep 8, 2019 · 1 Installing programs will not change. They will, by default, install on your OS drive, which ought to be the SSD. 2 You will do well to change where you save your own files to [be they large or small]. There are three elements to achieving this and they are all easy.

Jan 9, 2022 · By default CCleaner just deletes files, so is safe to use on an SSD. It does have an option in Options > Settings to perform a secure delete, but that is not selected by default. Just check that it's turned off and that 'normal deletion' is selected before you run the clean up.

Feb 8, 2022 · My suggestion: Install their software just for the purpose of checking to see if there is a firmware update for your SSD, then uninstall it. I have the same drive in a machine, and it runs great without it. I do install it once every 6 months or so to check for firmware updates. As for cloning software, use whatever you are comfortable with.

Jan 31, 2022 · Nearly all Consumer HDD and SSD's are *not* self-encrypting. Most higher end HDD's and SSD's can be ordered with self-encrypting hardware built-in. However they cost much more and are generally used for specialized enterprise data center purposes. Now, BitLocker on W10 may not actually encrypt your data even if you enable it.

Feb 9, 2021 · However, this meant that about half of the space on the new M.2 SSD was unallocated. So I used AOMEI Partition Manager to move the Bios Recovery Partition to the far end of the new M.2 SSD and expanded the data partition to over 600 Gb. Still boots fine. Notes: Disk 1 is the original 500 Gb SATA SSD. On that drive, the OS appears now as E and ...

Jan 26, 2018 · Thanks for explaining that. I was mystified. I built this system as a Windows 8 machine several years ago and the storage system was a little different. The original disk 0 was a 256GB SSD, disk 1 was 128GB SSD and the data drive was 512GB SSD. At some point, I upgraded to Windows 10.

Mar 3, 2016 · People buy an SSD to make the system faster, then they go and tweak everything and actually slow the system down or even make it unstable. Windows 7 through 10 were written with SSD's in mind, just let Windows take care of everything. Once you have you're install or image on the SSD, just run winsat formal in an Admin command prompt and reboot ...

Mar 10, 2019 · It looks like it is OK and advisable to turn on System Restore on the SSD when your SSD is the system drive. Its a bit confusing because Windows 10 defaults to System Restore being disabled. You have to manually turn it on in order to use it.

Feb 23, 2018 · I am using Win 10, and I just installed a Samsung SSD in my Dell Optiplex desktop computer, and my keyboard and mouse no longer work. I cloned my hard drive info to the Samsung SSD (USB connection) using the Samsung data migration software, then installed the SSD in my computer, replacing the old hard drive.

Sep 24, 2021 · That means it won't work with a SATA SSD. Now, with an NVMe SSD in the adapter, you can use it on the laptop via USB because Windows has it's own NVMe driver. But you can't boot your laptop from it because your laptop firmware (BIOS) does not have NVMe support. To use the SATA SSD on the desktop computer you have two choices.