6-6 Chapter 6: Solid State Drive Optimization
Toolbox Description
Main Screen
StarttheIntelSSDToolboxbydouble‐clickingtheIntelSSDToolboxicon.
WhentheIntelSSDToolboxopens,itdisplaysthenameandcapacityofeachdriveon
yoursystemandtooloptions.
IntelSSDManagementTools–EnablesmonitoringandmanagingtheSSD.
ViewDriveInformation–Displaysthemodelnumber,serialnumberandfirmware
numberoftheSSD.ItalsoliststheATAandSATAcapabilitiesforthedrive.
CheckSMARTAttributes‐ListstheSMARTfeaturesandtheirrespective
thresholds,and,ifneces
sary,indicatesanyactiontotake.
RunFastDiagnosticScan–Analyzesthefirst1.5GBoftheSSDtodetermine
whetherthereareanyREADorWRITEerrors.
RunFullDiagnosticScan–AnalyzesthecompleteSSDtodeterminewhether
thereareanyREADorWRITEerro
rsoranybadblocks.
Refresh–Rescansyourcomputer,anddisplaysthenameandcapacityofeach
drivefoundonyoursystem.
Export–WritesthedriveinformationandSMARTdatatoa.csvfileonyoursystem.
Exit–ClosestheIntelSSDToolboxapplication.