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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.
HotHardware

This Hidden Windows 11 NVMe Driver May Give SSD Performance A Huge Speed Boost

The headline sounds like one of those things that's way too good to be true. Like a scam you'd find on a shady website; "install this SSD driver for huge speed gains!" It's real, though, and it's ...
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 ...
HotHardware

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 ...
PC World

Windows 11 update kills hidden trick for faster NVMe driver

PCWorld reports that a Windows 11 update has disabled a popular registry tweak that boosted NVMe SSD performance by 80% IOPS. The tweak exploited a native NVMe driver from Windows Server 2025, which ...