Microsoft's new DirectStorage tech will unlock maximum SSD I/O throughput for dramatically faster data management, empowering developers to do impressive things. Today Microsoft revealed more info on ...

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.

With Windows 10 end of support and Windows 11 becoming the primary platform for new gaming technologies, upgrading your OS is ...

DirectStorage was announced as exclusive to Windows 11. It's now confirmed to be coming to Windows 10 as well. This means W10 users can benefit from faster game load times. Windows 10, version 1909 ...

Microsoft has disabled a registry-based method that allowed Windows 11 users to enable native NVMe support, according to ...

Last month HEXUS reported on Microsoft's statement that DirectStorage "will only be available with Windows 11". However, things aren't so simple, or so bad for Windows 10 users, as a recent Microsoft ...

Microsoft added storage health monitoring to Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20226, the latest Windows build available for Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel. Starting with this build, Windows 10 ...

One of the best features of the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S has arrived on PC and will eventually pay dividends to owners of fast storage devices. Microsoft's DirectStorage API, announced in ...

Why it matters: DirectStorage is one of several attractive features destined for Windows 11. Up until this point, we'd been led to believe that the tech, which was originally created for the Xbox ...

Microsoft has introduced native NVMe SSD support in Windows Server 2025, marking a significant shift in how the operating system handles high-speed storage. After more than a decade of relying on a ...