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    Why samsung Magician is doing what it is doing?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Sirios, Apr 12, 2014.

  1. Sirios

    Sirios Notebook Enthusiast

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    Just look at the picture:


    Someone, please explain to me, why it is necessary to make a bunch of 4GB files in the root folder and then delete them during "Performance optimization"(manual TRIM)?

    Thanks in advance

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    Sirios, Apr 12, 2014
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  2. Quix Omega

    Quix Omega Notebook Evangelist

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    It's not using trim, it's re-arranging you files on the disk. It actually says that right on that screen. Trim happens behind the scenes, you don't need to do anything manual. That tool is for older non-trim SSDs/OSes.
     
    Quix Omega, Apr 12, 2014
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  3. Tinderbox (UK)

    Tinderbox (UK) BAKED BEAN KING

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    Is it zeroing your free space?

    John.
     
    Tinderbox (UK), Apr 20, 2014
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  4. HTWingNut

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    It's not rearranging, it's "optimizing". Meaning manual TRIM basically. It is really for systems without TRIM, basically by filling up your drive, it forces the Garbage Collection (GC) routine to enable so it clears out all those pages with deleted files, helping to improve performance.
     
    HTWingNut, Apr 23, 2014
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