Optimize your Windows for SSD

Feb 6, 2012 00:00 · 140 words · 1 minute read Windows

A few things we can optimize in Windows 7 for a longer SSD life.

Enable TRIM in Windows 7

To enable TRIM:

fsutil behavior set DisableDeleteNotify 0

To disable TRIM:

fsutil behavior set DisableDeleteNotify 1

To check TRIM:

fsutil behavior query disabledeletenotify

Disable paging (if possible - depends on how much memory the system has)

System Properties -> Advanced -> Performance -> Advanced -> Virtual memory, then select “No paging file”.

Enable Large System Cache

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management]
 "LargeSystemCache"=dword:00000001

Disable the NTFS Last Access Time Stamp

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem]
 "NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate"=dword:00000001

Disable Boot Tracing

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters]
 "EnableBootTrace"=dword:00000000

Disable Windows Indexing

Drive properties -> uncheck “Allow files on this drive to have contents indexed”, or stop the Windows Search service.

Disable Windows Defrag in Scheduler

Task Scheduler -> Microsoft -> Windows -> Defrag, then disable the ScheduledDefrag task.

Disable Thumbnail Cache

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
 "NoThumbnailCache"=dword:00000001