A bug in Windows 10 could be slowly wrecking your SSD

by PatrolX on 8/28/2020, 7:04:25 PM with 3 comments

  • by satya71 on 8/28/2020, 9:08:43 PM

    Bug introduced in May 2020 update (Version 2004). Unfortunately, Microsoft's QA strategy today is testing on Home SKU users as guinea pigs. I use Windows 10 Pro and delay feature updates by 180 days at least.

    You can do this for Home versions too, by using regedit.[1]

    [1] https://www.ghacks.net/2018/09/27/how-to-delay-feature-updat...

  • by colejohnson66 on 8/28/2020, 7:20:07 PM

    I keep seeing this reported, but are we sure it’s defragmenting? It says “Not Optimized”, and Windows knows to run TRIM, not a defrag on SSDs.

    EDIT: Apparently, it does defrag if you have “Volume Snapshots” enabled, but I don’t know anyone who uses that feature.

    > But if volume snapshots are enabled (so you can revert to a backup using System Restore), it will in fact defrag the drive even if it is an SSD.