How to manually trim an SSD in Windows 7?

I would like to manually trim my SSD in Windows 7. Is this possible?

JL.

Posted 2010-10-27T15:05:13.127

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Possible duplicate of this thread...http://superuser.com/questions/64121/ssd-and-trim-on-windows7

– Moab – 2010-10-27T15:32:03.793

And this one...http://superuser.com/questions/145697/how-do-i-know-if-my-ssd-drive-supports-trim

– Moab – 2010-10-27T15:32:40.313

Can't find steps in both questions on how to issue a TRIM manually. – Sathyajith Bhat – 2010-10-27T16:37:46.287

What kind of SSD? – Shinrai – 2010-10-27T16:59:31.647

OCZ vertex turbo. – JL. – 2010-10-29T12:38:32.483

Answers

Some SSD manufacturers have provided utilities on their websites that allow you to perform a "TRIM" like function manually. Check yours and see if it has that.

Joshua

Posted 2010-10-27T15:05:13.127

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I wrote an article about TRIM; it also refers to a tool to manually TRIM your SSD: ForceTrim (download ForceTrim.zip, scan report at VirusTotal).

OCZ's forum is gone, but an archived version of Here's a tool to force-TRIM your entire drive is available. The source code is unfortunately lost.

at0m

Posted 2010-10-27T15:05:13.127

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The source code is unfortunately lost, but it appears that the tool writes <DRIVELETTER>:\_TRIM_, invokes TRIM on that and then removes it again. – Lekensteyn – 2014-10-03T12:05:21.157

2I have the source code if you need, I remember the original thread a few years ago and having checked the source code, it's made in Delphi. – hikari – 2014-10-14T08:03:34.800

3Please, would love to have that. – James King – 2016-03-09T17:43:25.950