Anyone who installs Windows 11 and owns a modern PC is often advised to deactivate a point in the settings in order to extend the life of the built-in SSD. This is a big mistake, as a closer look shows.

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Windows 11: Do not switch off defragmentation on SSD

Most modern PCs, laptops and tablets rely on SSD storage for the operating system, which ensures high performance during operation. That’s why you can often find tips on the Internet to help you find the automatic defragmentation should be deactivated immediately after installation in order not to unnecessarily shorten the life of the SSD. You can find the option here:

  1. Go with the right click on your hard drive (C 🙂
  2. There then on settings
  3. Choose the tab Tools the end
  4. Under “Optimize drive and defragment” you choose Optimize the end
  5. You will now see an overview of your hard drives and there the drive (C 🙂 identified as a solid-state drive
  6. Now select the item under “Planned Optimizations” Change settings
  7. A new window will open with the first tick under Execution on schedule (recommended) is activated
  8. You are not allowed to change that under any circumstances

Of course, you cannot defragment SSDs, but Windows 11 does not do that either, although it is described as such there. Instead, the SSD is recognized as a solid-state drive and only the TRIM command activated. This ensures that deleted memory blocks are marked as rewritable. If you deactivate the “defragmentation” in Windows 11, this no longer happens and the SSD becomes slower and slower. A clearer description from Microsoft would be useful here so that the option is not deactivated.

In this Video do you see all the new features of Windows 11:

When does Windows 11 appear?

Microsoft has so far released a test version of Windows 11, in which you should of course also change this setting in order not to unnecessarily reduce the life of your SSD. At the October 20, 2021 the final version should be ready. All Windows 10 users receive the free update to Windows 11. The rollout is not expected to start until the beginning of 2022.