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Old Jul 31, 2013 | 6:04 am
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Originally Posted by Zarf4
Unmesh is right about performance degradation over time in XP since it doesn't natively support TRIM (unlike Win 7/8, Linux, etc.) Basically it starts running slower as you fill the SSD. You can mitigate this effect in XP by running the manufacturer's utility (Intel SSD toolbox, Samsung Magician, etc.) once a week or so to optimize the drive which effectively performs a single TRIM on demand. My only disagreement would be that some Samsung drives come with Norton Ghost for migration (forgot the version #) and it's a bit of a pain to use compared to the EASUS software.
Really? I'm typing this on a 5+ year old Thinkpad X300 running XP. I haven't done a thing to this PC since I bought it in March of 2008. And the SSD runs just as fast as it ever did.

I've done the occasional defrag, even though I'm not sure if it helps or not. And the speed of a defrag is a pretty good indicator.
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