I am at my breaking point with Windows since I am forced to use it since Linux doesn't run good on my machine and even if I were to switch, there are some major applications I use that doesn't have a reliable Linux alternative and can't be ran using Photon the same way.
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DragonMals
Sicklyboy
Just to be sure - you're not making any other hardware changes between when you test WIndows vs Linux for this, right? Adding/removing other PCIe components or SSDs, or moving THIS SSD to a different slot?
Also, I assume this is an nvme SSD, and not a SATA one?
Also, I assume this is an nvme SSD, and not a SATA one?
Sicklyboy
Also also, regardless of whether it's SATA or NVME, it's connected via the mobo and not some sort of USB enclosure/adapter?
DragonMals
> you're not making any other hardware changes between when you test WIndows vs Linux for this, right?
All I am doing is plugging the NVMe SSD from my Windows machine to my Linux one, and on Linux, it ran fine meanwhile on Windows, there were pauses, and with the 2nd answer, it's answered to the unit itself using the cable that came with it plus other cables.
All I am doing is plugging the NVMe SSD from my Windows machine to my Linux one, and on Linux, it ran fine meanwhile on Windows, there were pauses, and with the 2nd answer, it's answered to the unit itself using the cable that came with it plus other cables.
DragonMals
This is a laptop, so I'm not moving any other SSDs around and whatnot outside of the external one that's having problems on Windows.
Sicklyboy
Ah OK so it's an external disk? 1) just as a sanity check, is it connected to a USB 3.x port on the Windows machine? If not, you could be bottlenecking it with a USB 2.0 connection. If it's a USB C port on the machine, verify against the computer/mobo's manual or spec sheet that it is actually a USB 3.x speed C port and not a USB 2.0 C port.
Sicklyboy
2), is Windows trying to index files on the disk? That's something that should go away after a while once it finishes indexing, but in the mean time could definitely cause slowdowns and hitching. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us...-windows-da061c83-af6b-095c-0f7a-4dfecda4d15a
Sicklyboy
3) if it has had a good amount of read/write operations during its lifetime, doubly so if it spends a lot of time disconnected from the computer (thus preventing this from running), but I'd also make sure that TRIM aka SSD "Optimization" in Windows is enabled, and you could also trigger it to run manually. Not doing so -can- slow down SSDs.
Sicklyboy
God I hate the 140 character limit. Here's a reference article for TRIM - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/3740416/windows-10-ssd-auto-trim
Sicklyboy
4) as another sanity check, have you tried something like CrystalDiskInfo (Windows) or running ` smartctl -a /dev/sdX ` (Linux) and made sure there's no concerning SMART values with regards to things like wear leveling, available spare %? (err... though if you're not having issues in Linux then points 3 and 4 are actually less likely I suppose)
Sicklyboy
Hmmmm everything looks totally OK there, so drive is physically in good operational health (critical warning = 0, available spare = hex 64 (100%), percentage used = 0%). I'd go back to my #1 check and make certain that it's connected to a USB 3.x/ "SS USB" port (if you haven't already verified that)
DragonMals
it's plugged in just fine on a USB 3 port on my PC onto the USB 3 port for my drive
Sicklyboy
Welp, damn then. Was hoping it'd just be something silly like that. Kind of wondering if there's something in the background trying to access a lot of files, but nvme has a ton of bandwidth so I'd be surprised if it'd hit the performance THAT bad...
Sicklyboy
(character limit strikes again) If you wanted to rule that out, this article has a good walkthrough of it using Task Manager, you can probably stop by the point guide tells you to open Resource Monitor. https://woshub.com/find-process-cause-high-disk-usage-windows/
Sicklyboy
Nothing else immediately comes to mind :/
DragonMals
I think I'm just going to use it as is and put at least my gaming stuff onto a 128GB SSD. When it does work, it does work, even if there are pauses within it using Windows and all.
Sicklyboy
It *does* at least sound to be Windows related (or something running under Windows), so with any luck maybe it'll start behaving better due to an update or something at some point 
DragonMals
Hopefully! Its strange though considering my 128GB SSD works just fine
DragonMals
Sicklyboy So I downgraded my OS to Windows 10 IoT LTSC and the issue with the SSD still remains LOL