Question Windows does not optimize system SSD monthly

[danny009]

Hello friends,

I did set up built in Optimize and Defragment drives thing 44 days ago as monthly, however today I noticed it did'nt optimize my SSD at all as "last run re-trim 44 days ago" as the utility shows in the GUI. I did checked the Services.msc where it's service already enabled. Should I hit the checkbox "increase the priority if the service missed three times"? Does that do anything? My only concern for that not checking that in the first place is me doing heavy tasks at same time, so disk usage may jump around. I don't want my pc to be frozen or hung up for a long time, I'm aware disk usage is one the main reasons a system can hung up if it's too high, as if Windows log files isn't enough already, anyways

Any help and thanks

 

[kerberos_20]

• You might find that scheduled task hasn't defragmented all volumes. This is typically because:
  • The process won't wake the computer to run.
  • The computer isn't plugged in. The process won't run if the computer is running on battery power.
  • The computer is resumed from being idle.

so that means if that task is scheduled and your PC is turned off or not idle, it wont defrag it (that includes re-trim)

 

[Bob.B]

Hello friends,

I did set up built in Optimize and Defragment drives thing 44 days ago as monthly, however today I noticed it did'nt optimize my SSD at all as "last run re-trim 44 days ago" as the utility shows in the GUI. I did checked the Services.msc where it's service already enabled. Should I hit the checkbox "increase the priority if the service missed three times"? Does that do anything? My only concern for that not checking that in the first place is me doing heavy tasks at same time, so disk usage may jump around. I don't want my pc to be frozen or hung up for a long time, I'm aware disk usage is one the main reasons a system can hung up if it's too high, as if Windows log files isn't enough already, anyways

Any help and thanks

Set the schedule to daily and see what happens.

 

[geofelt]

Defrag should apply to HDD devices only.
If used on a ssd, it causes extra wear with no performance benefit.

 

[Rokinamerica]

Defrag should apply to HDD devices only.
If used on a ssd, it causes extra wear with no performance benefit.

It is called Defrag and Optimize. The Optimize part is for the SSDs. You can do it manually and it takes all of a couple of seconds per drive.

It is not that hard to figure out guys. You literally hit a button called "Optimize".