I cloned my SSD to a HDD, but Windows still thinks its solid state

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I just finished cloning my 120 Gb solid state drive to a 2Tb HDD using the linux dd utility. Windows seems to think the new HDD is a solid state drive, and it's running very slowly. Is there a way to tell Windows this isn't a solid state drive?

This is from the Windows Disk Management utility:

score 13 · Answer 1 · edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:17

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You have to open a cmd.exe as admin and run winsat formal so that Windows can benchmark the HDD speed again.

Now Windows will detect the HDD correctly and activate optimizations like Superfetch again to speed up the HDD.

edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:17

Community

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answered Mar 09 '15 at 05:31

magicandre1981

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grantday · Answer 2 · 2015-03-28T13:15:24.713

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Not sure if it was the winsat formal or Device Manager, Scan for hardware changes that sorted mine out.

edited Mar 28 '15 at 13:15

answered Mar 28 '15 at 11:51

grantday

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score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Mar 09 '15 at 05:34

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Go to "Hardware Manager"
Expand "Disk drives"
Double click on your hard drive
Then "Policies" tab
Enable "Enable write caching on the device"
Reboot

edited Mar 09 '15 at 05:34

Giacomo1968

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answered Mar 08 '15 at 22:12

EL FARAH

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score -1 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 24 '21 at 16:02

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Open cmd.exe/Windows Powershell as admin, then type in the command winsat diskformal

Once the test is complete, Windows will recognize it as an HDD.

answered Jun 24 '21 at 16:02

DoYouEatPie

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I cloned my SSD to a HDD, but Windows still thinks its solid state

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