A potential workaround would be to backup the FAT32 filesystem, plug into a modern system, format as NTFS, manually TRIM
That's redundant. Formatting will automatically trigger TRIM in modern OS.
I must be some kind of standard: the anonymous gangbanger of the 21st century.
if you don't use the machine every day and use a SSD with good internal garbage collection you really don't "need" TRIM, sure it helps, but your SSD will work fine without it.
The Serpent Rider wrote on 2021-02-04, 03:12:A potential workaround would be to backup the FAT32 filesystem, plug into a modern system, format as NTFS, manually TRIM
That's redundant. Formatting will automatically trigger TRIM in modern OS.
Thank you for that info . Could you please be more specific about what constitutes a modern OS in this context (other than Windows 10, obviously), in regards to both Windows and, if possible MacOS and Linux ?
IMHO, though it may be redundant, it would definitely not the be longest part of the process if you decided to do it any way (a few mouse clicks and seconds worth of waiting) .
You can get a Pata or Sata ssd to release all allocated blocks jn Dos by doing an AT secure erase command. I tried it out, but I’m worried that it screwed up the flash wear leveling. There were some warnings I should have paid more attention to when I ranit. I need to test it out some more.
Could you please be more specific about what constitutes a modern OS
Windows 7+, Ubuntu 14.04+ based builds.
I must be some kind of standard: the anonymous gangbanger of the 21st century.
