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« on: May 08, 2011, 07:25:10 AM »
SSD Windows 7 Tweaks



WARNING!
Use the tweaks at your own discretion.
Nothing is written in stone.

Increase System Speed
 
Enable Write Caching
 
Description: This will show you how to enable write caching to have better performance for a storage device.
 
Instructions: Open the Control Panel -> System and Security -> Device Manager -> expand Disk drives -> Double click on the listed storage device that you want to enable write caching for -> Click on the Polices tab -> By default, "Enable write caching on the device" is checked under the Write-caching policy section. If not, then check it -> Select (check) the "Turn off Windows write-cache buffer flushing on the device" box -> Click on OK -> Click on Yes to restart the computer to apply.
 
WARNING: Turning off "Windows Write-cache Buffer Flushing on the Device" runs the risk of data loss in case of a power failure without actually shutting down the machine.
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« Reply #1 on: May 08, 2011, 07:29:05 AM »
Disable indexing
 
Description: Indexing creates and maintains a database of file attributes. This can lead to multiple small writes when creating/deleting/modifying files. Searching for files will still work.
 
Instructions: Start Menu -> Right-Click Computer -> Manage -> Services and Applications -> Services - > Right-Click Windows Search -> Startup type: Disabled -> OK
 
Description: We also need to stop Windows 7 indexing the SSD. SSD drives seek so fast that Indexing is not needed. In fact, while Windows 7 is indexing the SSD it is slowing down your system.
 
Instructions: Go to Computer -> Right click on SSD Drive -> Properties -> Uncheck Allow files on this drive to have contents indexed in addition to file properties -> Click OK
Once you unchecked indexing follow the onscreen instructions, you may have to skip some files you do not have access to.


 
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« Reply #2 on: May 08, 2011, 07:31:31 AM »
Disable defragmentation
 
Description: Defragmenting a hard disk's used space is only useful on mechanical disks with multi-millisecond latencies. Free-space defragmentation may be useful to SSDs, but this feature is not available in the default Windows Defragmenter.
 
Instructions: Start Menu -> Right-Click Computer -> Manage -> Services and Applications -> Services - > Right-Click Disk Defragmenter -> Startup type: Disabled -> OK


 
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« Reply #3 on: May 08, 2011, 07:34:38 AM »
Turn Off the Disk Defragmenter Schedule
 
Description: Disk Defragmenter schedule allows to run defragmentation automatically in Windows 7. Disk Defragmenter is set to run on a automatic schedule by default in Windows 7.
 
Instructions: Start Menu -> All Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools -> Disk Defragmenter -> Click on the Configure schedule button -> Uncheck the Run on a Schedule box -> Click on OK -> Close the window.
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« Reply #4 on: May 08, 2011, 07:37:43 AM »
Disable Superfetch
 
Instructions: Open regedit.exe and browse down to the following key:
 
Code:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Session Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters

Find the "EnableSuperfetch" key on the right-hand pane, rightclick it, hit modify and change 3 to 0 and hit OK.

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« Reply #5 on: May 08, 2011, 08:06:03 AM »
Disable Prefetch
 
Description: Frees up RAM by not preloading program files.
 
Instructions: Open regedit.exe and browse down to the following key:
 
Code:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Session Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters

Find the "EnablePrefetcher" key on the right-hand pane, right click it, hit modify and change 3 to 0 and hit OK.


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« Reply #6 on: May 08, 2011, 08:09:11 AM »
Firefox - Use memory cache instead of disk cache
 
Description: If you use Firefox, there's a way to write cached files to RAM instead of the hard disk. This is not only faster, but will significantly reduce writes to the SSD while using the browser.
 
Instructions: Open Firefox -> Type about:config into the address bar -> Enter -> double-click browser.cache.disk.enable to set the value to False -> Right-Click anywhere -> New -> Integer -> Preference Name "browser.cache.memory.capacity" -> value memory size in KB. Enter 32768 for 32MB, 65536 for 64MB, 131072 for 128MB, etc. -> restart Firefox
 
Note: If you're going to install RAM Disk on your computer you can change the Firefox cache location to the RAM Drive.
Please, see the section below called --=[ RAM Disk ]=-- for the instruction.
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« Reply #7 on: May 08, 2011, 08:12:45 AM »
Free up extra drive space
 
Disable the Page File
 
Description: Eliminate writing memory to the SSD, free over 2GB of disk space.

WARNING: If you run out of memory the program you're using will crash.
 
Instructions: Start Menu -> Right-Click Computer -> Properties -> Advanced System Settings -> Settings (Performance) -> Advanced Tab -> Change -> Uncheck Automatically manage -> No paging file -> Set -> OK -> Restart your computer
 Alternatively, if you want to play it safer, you can set a custom size of 200MB min and max.


 
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« Reply #8 on: May 08, 2011, 08:18:07 AM »
Disable System Restore
 
Description: Don't write backup copies of files when installing new programs or making system changes. Can free up between a few hundred MB to a couple GB.
 
WARNING: Although unlikely, if a driver installation corrupts your system, there won't be an automatic way to recover.
 
Instructions: Start Menu -> Right-Click Computer -> Properties -> Advanced System Settings -> System Protection Tab -> Click Configure -> Check Turn off system protection -> Click Delete -> OK
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« Reply #9 on: May 08, 2011, 08:20:42 AM »
Disable Hibernate
 
Description: You may free up 1GB of space on the SSD if you have 1GB of memory, 2GB of space if you have 2GB memory. You will lose the hibernation feature which allows the equivalent of quick boots and shutdowns.
 
Instructions: Start Menu -> Type cmd -> Right-Click the cmd Icon -> Run as Administrator -> Type powercfg -h off -> Hit ENTER -> Type exit -> Hit ENTER

To enable type: powercfg -h on


 
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« Reply #10 on: May 08, 2011, 08:26:25 AM »
TRIM Commands
 
Enable TRIM
 
Go to the Command Prompt and type:
 
fsutil behavior set disabledeletenotify 0
 

Disable TRIM
 
Go to the Command Prompt and type:
 
Code:
fsutil behavior set disabledeletenotify 1


How do I know if TRIM is working in Windows 7?
 
Go to the Command Prompt and type:
 
Code:
fsutil behavior query disabledeletenotify

DisableDeleteNotify = 1 (Windows TRIM commands are disabled)
DisableDeleteNotify = 0 (Windows TRIM commands are enabled)



TRIM Utility Script
 
One member of this Forum [big thanks to Phazon] wrote a small script that allows to quickly enable or disable the "TRIM" command.
You must be running Windows 7 + FW 1.40.
The script will also tells you if Trim is enabled or disabled. Be sure to place wiper.exe in your C:\ (root) for the option 3 [Launch Wiper] to work.
You can download the script HERE.
 
 
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