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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.
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Microsoft Blocks Registry Hack for Faster NVMe Driver on Windows 11

Microsoft has blocked the registry hack that let Windows 11 users activate nvmedisk.sys, a native NVMe driver that delivered ...

Microsoft Kills NVMe Registry Trick For Faster SSDs In Windows 11, Here's A Workaround

This may come as a shock, but unless you're on the latest builds of Windows Server, your Windows machine doesn't know about your NVMe disk. The standard StorNVMe.sys driver used since Windows 8.1 ...

Microsoft shuts down another Windows 11 registry hack — native NVMe SSD support has changed but Insiders still have options

Microsoft recently blocked the Windows 11 registry hack that unlocked native NVMe support and better performance.