Using windows 7 trim in bootcamp?

When you install Windows 7 on an SSD, Windows will detect and enable TRIM by default if the drive supports it.

I am running OWC SSD in my MacBook Pro

Misses the fact that TRIM is OS dependent, and will only be enabled on Windows and NTFS.

I had a long post on TRIM support on Mac but that was "taken down" and removed.

Apple System Profile has had an entry for TRIM (yes/no) and there is none, and the SSDs Apple uses have been low end models.

No, Mac OS X has zero support for TRIM.
Windows 7 does.

Wikipedia: SSD article and TRIM.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Write_amplification


The Sandforce based controllers are currently the only devices that effectively mimic the functionality of TRIM in the SSD firmware. For that reason alone, a Sandforce drive would be my choice.

The OWC drives use a Sandforce controller which performs much the same function as TRIM in the drives firmware. At least that is the idea. Tests do seem to support this is the case.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SandForce

I bought Corsair F Series. They are on drives used only with Windows 7, and latest Diskeeper that has SSD support.

With Mac OS X, I don't use Disk Utility, I use SoftRAID 4 to format drives, which has more support and features including support for SSDs for $149.

http://www.diskeeper.com/blog/post/2010/12/31/Inside-SSDs.aspx

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/e7/archive/2009/05/05/support-and-q-a-for-solid-state-dr ives-and.aspx

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/e7/archive/2009/05/05/support-and-q-a-for-solid-state-dr ives-and.aspx