How to activate TRIM Command to Extend the Lifespan of your SSD Hard Drive

Of course, maintaining an expensive SSD hard drive should be a priority, as you don’t want to invest in something that will easily deteriorate over time. In the world of computers, we have discussed many topics that can help you understand how to benefit from this type of hard drives and how to maintain them to the maximum. We have also highlighted some things you should not do with an SSD hard drive in order to avoid such mistakes, one of which is not activating TRIM with an SSD hard drive. Today, we will explain what this command is, how to check if it is enabled on your hard drive, and how to activate it if it is not.

The TRIM feature appeared with Windows 7, continued through Windows 8, and even in Windows 10. It is a permanent deletion of files from the hard disk without them being present in the disk’s file table. This means that when you delete files, they are only removed from your view, but their location is stored on the hard drive. When adding new files, the data of old files is deleted from the hard drive first, and then the new files are placed in their location. This can slow down the hard drive and reduce writing speed on it, and the TRIM command directly deletes files. Therefore, this command is very important for SSD hard drives to speed up their performance and because they have a limited number of write times on the hard drive, this command is very beneficial.

Type cmd in the search bar, then select Command Prompt by right-clicking, and choose Run As Administrator to open the command prompt window in front of you.