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Increase System Speed
Enable Write Caching
Description: This will show you how to enable write caching to have better performance fora 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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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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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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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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Disable Superfetch
Instructions: Open regedit.exe and browse down to the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Session Manager\MemoryManagement\PrefetchParameters
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Find the "EnableSuperfetch" key on the right-hand pane, rightclick it, hit modify and change
3 to 0 and hit OK.
Disable Prefetch
Description: Frees up RAM by not preloading program files.
Instructions: Open regedit.exe and browse down to the following key:
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.
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 harddisk. This is not only faster, but will significantly reduce writes to the SSD while using the
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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 "disk.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.
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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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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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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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:
fsutil behavior set disabledeletenotify 1
How do I know if TRIM is working in Windows 7?
Go to the Command Prompt and type:
fsutil behavior query disabledeletenotify
DisableDeleteNotify = 1 (Windows TRIM commands are disabled)
DisableDeleteNotify = 0 (Windows TRIM commands are enabled)
TRIM Utility Script
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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 scriptHERE.
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