[SOLVED] Samsung NVMe Driver

[Spazzo]

Hello,

I've been reading that the Samsung NVMe Driver is more optimized than the driver from Microsoft. I have two Samsung SSD drives, 960 EVO M.2 and an 850 EVO Sata SSD. Is it safe for me to install the Samsung driver over the Microsoft driver even though the SSD drives have a lot of data on them or should I have installed the Samsung drivers when the drives were new (empty)?

 

[USAFRet]

1. "Is it safe" - You should always have a backup, just in case.
2. That NVMe driver only works with the 960 EVO.

 

[popatim]

What he is saying is that there is no Samsung Sata driver; only one for their NVME drives.

 

[Spazzo]

Thanks for the replies. My mistake, I didn't mean to list the SATA drive.

Do you recommend the Samsung driver over the Microsoft driver? Am I good to download it even though my M.2 drive is 1/3 full?

Thank you

 

[USAFRet]

Thanks for the replies. My mistake, I didn't mean to list the SATA drive.

Do you recommend the Samsung driver over the Microsoft driver? Am I good to download it even though my M.2 drive is 1/3 full?

Thank you

Yes.
But as always, have a backup.
I recently updated the firmware on a couple of my drives.
A full drive backup before, just in case.
Nothing bad happened, but better safe than sorry.