TRIM support for XP

[blackrain]

I am planning a new gaming build. I understand that getting an SSD is supposed to be one of the most effective changes to a PC. While Anandtech seems to cast some doubt on the effectiveness on gaming performance, I plan on keeping windows XP (and dual-booting with windows 7). So where are the SSDs with TRIM support for windows XP?

http://www.myce.com/news/ocz-first-to-introduce-trim-for-ssd-drives-15771/

 

[DukeN]

AFA I understand, TRIM as a native command set won't be coming to XP unless Microsoft adds it as a service pack which IMO is very unlikely.

Best bet for XP is to get an OCZ drive and run the wiper utility once a night.

 

[Marmion]

Or wait untill Intel figures out its loader problem for its firmware and run their SSD Toolbox kit (OS independent), similar to the OCZ wiper tool. It can be run as a scheduled task. You will just need to make sure disk defrag etc is disabled. Windows 7 does all this automatically when it detects an SSD.

 

[taltamir]

while trim will not come, the intel tool and the ocz wiper tool work just as well really. And they support XP and vista.

 

[Old Hippie]

I used this handy guide on my Intel G1 RAID0 array yesterday and my average HDTune read speed went from 472 to 502 MB/sec.

It's impossible for me to tell a difference in read speed but I played with installing a few programs and the drives felt like when they were new.

 

[chrisf6969]

I have the X25-M G2 with Win XP. All you have to do is set up the TRIM tool once.

I ran the Intel SSD Toolbox once, then set it to (automatically scheduled) TRIM my drive weekly. It recommends to do it daily to keep the drive performing optimally, but I tested it after a few days and the performance doesn't drop fast, so weekly should be good enough for me.

BTW, "TRIM'ing" the drive takes all of about 3 seconds. Unlike defragging a harddrive that can take forever!

 

[wtfbollos]

the intel ssd toolbox says it only needs to run once a month..


does this "ocz wiper tool" do the same thing as the periodic task on the intel toolbox?

i've gone to w7 and am not liking it, so want to go back to xp..

i've got an ocz onyx2..

 

[AySz88]

Just an update since this thread seems to be one of the top Google results on TRIM-like tools for XP:

These sorts of wiper tools appear to be no longer needed with modern SSDs (and firmware) - at least for OCZ and Indilinx, according to this official OCZ FAQ entry.

 

[hhhd1]

I used this handy guide on my Intel G1 RAID0 array yesterday and my average HDTune read speed went from 472 to 502 MB/sec.

Trim is not about getting better read speeds, its about getting better WRITE speed,
Those 2 reads speeds are not significant.

 

[Coup27]

Intel and Samsung both provide a toolbox utility which can manually run the TRIM command on their drives. Nobody else provides such tools. There are "other" tools, but they are not the same thing. If you are running XP, stick to one of those.

 

[hhhd1]

there is a tool called "ssdtool.exe" or "ssd tool 0.95" that is supposed to be capable of running trim on free space on any drive, not sure how it would run on windows xp.

 

[thelastjuju]

I've had a Crucial M4 in a PC with winXP for like 6 months. I've never ran any TRIM or any third party approach.. it seems the drive's built in "garbage collector" is getting the job done just fine as I've never had a single issue.

Only the earliest SSDs were troublesome with winXP. You're fine nowadays, but always interesting to see others still rocking good ol' XP. SSD really breathes life into XP, and the only thing truly obsolete is the XP Theme. :thumbsup:

 

[nk215]

I also had the m4 as a data drive on my XP work laptop (boot drive is mechanical is encrypted so I couldn't image it - I didn't try the sector-by-section method yet). Never use any thing to simulate TRIM. Performance didn't go down at all in the last 2 months. I last AS SSD score is in the same range as the first one.