From the reports of BGR, several users are facing defragmentation issues with their SSDs, where theyโre fragmented too much to wear out soon! This was reportedly happening for users whoโve updated their system to Windows 10 May 2020 update, which brings up the version to 2004 and has several bugs when released. Though Microsoft made a fix, itโs still limited to Windows Insider users only.
Bug in Windows 10 Ruining SSDs
Since January, most of the monthly updates rolled out by Microsoft has more bugs than fixes. One such update thatโs highly criticized is the May 2020 update, which levels up the Windows 10 version to 2004 build, and promised many new features and improvements in designs. Yet, it has several bugs similar to previous updates.
One critical bug thatโs reported widely by the community is about the Disk Optimiser, which manages the disk defragmentation and checks the fragmented records. This has been affected by a bug in Windows 10 2004, where itโs now performing defragmentation of the disk, especially SSDs every time when theyโre connected and started.
The frequency has gone so up that, itโs now fragmenting 30 times more than regular, thus ruining its lifespan in the long run. Microsoft has acknowledged this issue and readied a patch, but itโs only available to Windows Insider users as of now. Yet, thereโs a manual workaround. Hereโs how;
- Open Command Prompt with โRun as Administratorโ option. For this, press Windows key + Q and type โcmdโ in the box.
- Paste These Below Commands and Hit Enter
REG ADD โHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Dfrg \ BootOptimizeFunctionโ / V Enable / T REG_SZ / DN / F
REG ADD โHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Dfrg \ BootOptimizeFunctionโ / V OptimizeComplete / T REG_SZ / D No / F
REG ADD โHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ OptimalLayoutโ / V EnableAutoLayout / T REG_DWORD / D 0 / F