What does "Optimize Drives" do in Windows 8?

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00:00 Question
00:45 Accepted answer (Score 78)
03:53 Answer 2 (Score 3)
04:34 Answer 3 (Score 2)
06:11 Answer 4 (Score 2)
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Full question
https://superuser.com/questions/479207/w...

Accepted answer links:
[run the Trim command on the drive]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk_Defra...
[Windows Assessment Tool (winsat)]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/libra...
[would disable defragmentation of SSDs on Windows 7.]: http://blogs.technet.com/b/markmoro/arch...
[answers.microsoft.com]: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windo...

Answer 2 links:
[Forum Post Response: SSDs and Defrag]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?

Answer 4 links:
[another answer]: http://www.windows7hacker.com/index.php/.../

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