341
Microsoft blocks registry trick that unlocked performance-boosting native NVMe driver on Windows 11 — workarounds still exist to enable support, however (www.tomshardware.com)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
50 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

The registry trick came with caveats, though. Third-party SSD management tools like Samsung Magician and Western Digital Dashboard were not compatible with the new driver, and BitLocker could trigger recovery prompts after the driver swap.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 1 point 7 months ago (2 children)

Have you considered a virtual machine for that super rare use-case?

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Yeah, I suspect that's what I'll end up doing. But for now, dual boot ftw?

    It's one of those things where screwing around with an otherwise stable system just seems pointless unless I don't have a choice.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 1 child comment
    •
  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    Well, if you have that laptop just lying around otherwise, why not. I have a similar situation at my in-laws. They have an ink printer that needs cleaning periodically, which is triggered via software. I know how to do that from a built-in Windows app, so I have no idea hope to use Wine for that. That laptop has been lying around mostly unused, so not a big deal. Just grab it, wait till it boots, could take five minutes.

    But I thought of first installing Linux on that laptop, so it would be useful. And then, I could clean the printer heads from any laptop I have, which is much more useful too. I keep Windows around only because of that.

    Your use-case seems different, yet I thought we have some similarities here. I haven’t tried the VM way yet. But I just hope a lot it would solve my problem.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent