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Does TrueImage 2012 Home has TRIM support?

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For SSDs it is crucial to know which sectors are used/unused. Therefore the OS uses the TRIM command to inform SSD about deleted blocks.

If I now recover a complete partition using TrueImage usually only used blocks are written but the question is:

Does TI use the TRIM command for notifying the SSD that the other blocks that has not been changed are free?

And if yes - is TRIM supported on all platforms (Linux boot-image, BartPE plugin, native installation)?

IMHO such a feature is essential for a high recovery write speed. An alternative would be to mark the whole partition space that will be written as free via TRIM.

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Hello power-j,

Thank you for taking the time to post on our Forum. I will be happy to address your questions here.

As you have correctly stated, Acronis True Image Home 2012 during a restore operation to an SSD, will simply overwrite the existing data on the drive. However, to put it very simply, the TRIM command during this process is not used.

Yet, the restored data in most cases equals the size of that on the drive being restored to, and therefore a significant amount of free space may not be generated to, in turn, be marked by TRIM.

What we may suggest, is to utilise your SSD manufacturer's utility to trim your drive after the restoration task as a desirable workaround.

Additionally, please note that using the TRIM command does not affect the recovery speed of your recovery tasks. Had this been the case, we would have our Development team work on enhancing restoration operations to SSD drives for better utilisation of the capabilities of Solid-State-Drives.

Should you have additional questions that we may be of help with, please do not hesitate to let us know, we will be glad to answer them.

Furthermore, for any other questions regarding our products or services contact Acronis Customer Central, taking the time to read through our Customer's Handbook in the meantime.

Best regards,

Volkan