Intel Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide

Intel
®
Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide
Intel
®
Solid-State Drive Toolbox
September 2011 User Guide
Order Number: 325912-001US 5
Getting Started
About Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox
The Intel Solid-State Drive Toolbox is drive management software that allows you to:
• View current drive information for Intel® Solid-State Drives, including:
• Drive Health
• Estimated Life Remaining
• SMART attributes (also available for hard disk drives and non-Intel® SSDs)
• IDENTIFY DEVICE Information data (also available for hard disk drives and non-Intel
SSDs)
• Optimize the performance of an Intel SSD using Trim functionality (a command that allows an
operating system to inform an SSD which blocks of data are no longer considered in use and can
be deleted)
• Run Quick and Full diagnostic scans to test the read and write functionality of an Intel SSD
• Check and tune your system settings for optimal Intel SSD performance, power efficiency, and
endurance
• View your system information and hardware configuration, such as central processing unit (CPU),
chipset, controller name and driver version
• Update the firmware on an Intel SSD
• Run Secure Erase on a secondary Intel SSD