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The Optimize Drives tool in Windows performs different functions based on the type of storage device. For traditional hard drives, it defragments files to improve performance. For SSDs, it performs TRIM operations to maintain long-term performance by informing the drive which blocks of data are no longer in use. It's important to understand these differences to ensure you're optimizing your drives correctly.

A solution that may help you avoid replacing your hard drive, as I recently had an external drive on Linux throw I/O errors at me - and I did not have to replace mine.