SSD & Trimming on a XP/Win 7 Dual boot

chenw

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Hey all,

My google-fu came up that since Windows XP does not support TRIM, I'd need a manufacturer specific tool to perform the TRIM manually.

I plan to dual boot XP and Windows 7 on 2 seperate SSDs on my HTPC, with both SSDs being hooked up all the time, my question here is, would Windows 7 automatically TRIM the SSD that my XP is installed on when I boot into Win 7, or would I have to do it manually like in XP?

My HTPC case has a slim drive slot, and I am still deciding whether to install a SSD cage to swap between the XP/Win 7 SSDs, or go dual boot with the 2 SSDs wired in the case, and use a Slim CD/DVD drive. The above is one factor.

Thanks!
 
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If both OSs are installed on different disks than each OS will behave like it's only one. But, you can trim drive with XP on it from W7, it might even do it automatically if you set so in W7. Of course, it will happen only when W7 is running.
If both OSs are installed on different disks than each OS will behave like it's only one. But, you can trim drive with XP on it from W7, it might even do it automatically if you set so in W7. Of course, it will happen only when W7 is running.
 
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