Why Does "Defragment and Optimize Drives" App Offer to Optimize the Intel® Optane™ Memory Volume after Windows 11* Upgrade?
Content Type: Troubleshooting | Article ID: 000088777 | Last Reviewed: 04/11/2025
Unclear why in Windows 11* the Defragment and Optimize application allows user to press the Optimize button for the Intel Optane Memory volume.
In Windows 11*, the Defragment and Optimize application is incorrectly detecting Intel® Optane™ Memory volumes as HDDs and making this functionality available to defrag the volume. This is a bug and Intel is checking with Microsoft for a resolution.
| Note | It is OK to Press the Optimize button and complete this process, but it is not recommended, as there could be a reduction in performance as the Intel® RST software then re-optimizes the data on the drive. |