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Windows 11 just gave NVMe owners a free speed boost, but you'll have to enable it first

NVMe drives have been supported for a long time on Windows, but the definition of "native" has changed over time. Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 added it first, in the form of StorNVMe.
The Windows Club

Extract Intel RST VMD driver from SetupRST.exe Executable

Intel RST VMD driver allows Windows to detect and manage NVMe SSDs. This driver allows the direct connection of NVMe SSDs to the CPU. If your system does not detect the NVMe SSD during the Windows ...
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This one Windows 11 tweak can boost SSD speed by up to 85%, but there's a catch

One of the many long-standing oddities of Windows is that it has never had native support for NVMe SSDs, despite them being around for well over a decade and being the standard option for modern ...
TechSpot

This Windows registry hack can boost NVMe SSD performance by up to 80%, but there's a catch

In a nutshell: Microsoft recently updated Windows Server 2025 with a native NVMe driver that can significantly increase SSD performance. While the new driver is not officially available for consumer ...
Digital Trends

Your Windows SSD Could Be Faster, Microsoft’s New Update Reveals Why

Taking a deeper dive into the technical aspects, for years, Windows has employed a general-purpose approach to storage known as SCSI translation. Even when you plug in a super-fast NVMe drive capable ...