Using ssd in windows 7. Setting up the system after installing the SSD. If you read the inscription "buffalo" on an elephant's cage ...

Windows 7 was not originally designed to run on an SSD. Since they were released, Microsoft has released numerous updates to improve the OS on solid state drives. However, it is necessary to carry out additional manual optimization, which gives much more effect.

SSD drive

Solid State Drive is a storage device based on flash memory and a host controller.

They are widely used in computing and have some advantages over HDDs:

• high speed;
• impact resistance;
• heat resistance;
• small size and weight;
• noiselessness.

In Windows 8 and above, they work stably and quickly, but under older operating systems, wear and performance problems are inevitable. To avoid this, you need to optimize the parameters, which is what this article is about.

What optimization gives

Windows 7 has several services that increase the performance of conventional hard drives. But with SSDs, they are not only not useful, but interfere with the work and significantly reduce the life of the device. Setting up Windows 7 on the SSD nullifies all attempts by the OS to destroy it, and allows you to achieve greater performance.

Are solid state drives faster?

Even if we compare the maximum read / write speed declared by the manufacturer, the difference will be huge.

The linear speed of solid state drives is 3-4 times faster.

A typical hard drive rarely achieves 180 MB / s read speed. At the same time, he does not waste time moving the head, but concentrates on reading the data.

For a regular storage system such as the Kingston SKC380S3, the limit is 550 MB / s. for reading and 520 for writing. In linear read mode, it uses all channels and reads data in large blocks. However, if you do a deeper analysis of performance, the superiority of SSDs is even more impressive.

When we test the speed of reading 512 KB blocks (small files), the gap becomes even wider. The SSD does not spend a lot of time looking for a block, with the result that its speed still remains within the 500 MB / s range. The hard drive spends more time moving the head than reading files. Its speed is reduced by three times and averages 60 MB / s, which is 8 times slower than the SSD.

Photo: test of reading random 512 KB blocks

If we go deeper into the tests and check the speed on 4 KB blocks, then the SSD will bypass the hard drive 50 times. Loading the OS, copying documents, small images and launching programs - all this corresponds to this mode of operation. In addition, SSDs can handle multiple requests at the same time, while HDDs are single-threaded.

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Setting up an SSD in Windows 7

This process requires patience and includes the following procedures:

Setting up Windows 7 for an SSD starts with flashing the drive. All manufacturing firms regularly release new versions of software for their devices, which fix bugs and weaknesses of previous versions. You can download it from the official websites of the brand. The software bundle also usually includes instructions for installing it and updating the firmware.

AHCI and TRIM

The SATA interface has many features that speed up data exchange. In order for them to become available, you need to enable the AHCI controller, since most PCs are still configured by default to work with the legacy ATA controller. You can switch to AHCI both automatically and manually.

Automatic switching:

The next time you start Windows 7, it will do the rest of the work itself. If for some reason the utility does not work, then you can do everything manually.

Manual switching:

As a result, after a reboot, the AHCI controller will be visible in the device manager.

With AHCI done, the next in line is the TRIM command. It helps the OS to notify the SSD about which data the file system no longer contains, and which drive it can delete. That is, this command cleans up the garbage and does not allow it to degrade the performance level.

You can enable TRIM if the following conditions are met:

• the solid state disk controller supports this command;
• SATA mode enabled: AHCI.

If the conditions are met, you can proceed to enable TRIM:

Disable system protection

The instruction is pretty simple:

It is important to understand that by disabling protection, the OS will not make recovery checkpoints, and in the event of a failure, it will be impossible to resort to Windows recovery. Therefore, it is worth using software from other developers to provide the recovery function, for example, Acronis True Image.

Disable disk indexing

Indexing is carried out only in order to speed up the process of searching the hard disk. Considering the SSD's multithreading and performance, the indexing and search service is unnecessary.

Disable search like this:

Disable indexing like this:

1. open "Computer";
2. right-click on the section -> Properties;
3. at the very bottom of the window that opens, uncheck the "allow indexing ..." checkbox;
4. apply and close the window.

Along the way, you can also disable defragmentation there, which is useless on SSDs due to quick access to cells.

This can be done:

Disable paging

The paging file is required for programs that require a large amount of memory. If there is not enough RAM, then temporary data is loaded into this file. You can disable it only if your computer has enough RAM (at least 8 GB). Otherwise, it is better to move the swap to another partition, that is, to the hard drive.

Disconnection:

Disable hibernation

Computer hibernation or deep sleep was invented by Microsoft so that the computer does not spend a lot of time starting up. This feature allows you to turn off the power of your computer without closing any applications. Upon subsequent awakening, the work of all programs continues.

At the same time, when the PC goes to sleep, a large amount of data is written to the drive and the SSD wears out faster. Also, for many, hibernation is not necessary, since a PC with a solid state drive boots up very quickly.

If you decide to disable hibernation, you can do it like this:

You can use the SSD Tweak Utility to optimize your system to use your SSD automatically. The program allows you to quickly and easily do everything that was stated above, except for turning on the AHCI mode. The program is published with a different set of instruments.

There is a free version with a basic set of functions:

• disabling defragmentation;
• disable recovery;
• stop indexing.

The paid version of Tweaker Pro also has other features:

1. enabling and disabling services;
2. setting hibernation parameters;
3. validation and experimental optimization of the TRIM team.

A deeper setting is possible in the program, which includes many more parameters. After starting the program, in the right part of the window, you can see a detailed description and tips for setting up the system.

To start optimization, just press the big button in the middle of the program window - autotuning configuration. The utility will automatically configure the basic parameters and provide a report.

Configuring and optimizing Windows 7 for an SSD is not a quick process, accompanied by several system reboots and visits to the BIOS. However, if you do not configure, do not turn off unnecessary services, then after a few months the once-fast SSD may exhaust its supply of write cycles and stop working.

To prevent this from happening, after each reinstallation of the system, it is imperative to optimize it. This can be done either manually or automatically using the SSD Tweaker utility.

• very high speed of the operating system in comparison with conventional HDD
• low power consumption (for laptops, significantly increases battery life)
• high resiliency in the event of severe overloads and damages (shaking, falling laptop, etc.)

But besides the advantages, there are also disadvantages:

• higher cost compared to HDD
• limited number of rewriting cycles

How to get rid of the last minus will be discussed in this article.

During the operation of the operating system, there is a permanent change, recording and overwriting of service files. Also, modern operating systems often automatically defragment the disk and perform other operations that, when working with a conventional HDD, serve to speed up the system as a whole.

But when working on an SSD, such operations are harmful, reducing the disk write resource.

Therefore, it is necessary to rid the operating system of these procedures, or at least to reduce it to an acceptable minimum.

Optimally for work on the basis of SSD from the Windows family, version 7 or higher is suitable. Implementation on the basis of Windows XP is also possible, but the result will not be so successful, since Microsoft introduced full support for these media only with the release of the Windows 7 series.

What should be considered?

1. First of all, to reduce the amount of writing (and also to reduce the volume in general), you need to get rid of the paging file. This, in turn, means that the amount of RAM on your computer / laptop should with a margin (at least 30-50%) cover your needs. Those. if you usually use up to 2 GB of RAM for work, then you need to have 3-4 GB in the computer. Otherwise, when there is a peak in RAM usage and it exceeds 4GB, the system may crash and crash.
2. It is also necessary to understand that there is no exact statistics on the resources of the SSD of various manufacturers and models in the OS, and thus there is no way to accurately predict the moment when the disk will run out of resource and begin to fail. Therefore, I recommend that you systematically monitor SSD with specialized utilities (it will be described in more detail at the end of the article), as well as remember to back up important data to removable media or network / cloud storage. I recommend using the Yandex.Disk resource as a "cloud" resource for backing up data - because of its ease of use and good availability throughout Russia.

Before installing the operating system:

It is advisable to disconnect all other media (HDD and USB-Flash), if they are connected - this will simplify the installation and allow Windows 7, when installing, to optimize some of the parameters for SSD on its own.

You also need to check if the AHCI mode is enabled for the SATA controller. For most modern PCs and laptops, it is already enabled by default, and if you have not changed anything yourself, then you may not need anything.

Installing Windows 7:

Installation is best done from the original image. Do not use ready-made assemblies - in most cases they have a setting that does not allow making changes that will be required in the future to reduce the number of rewrites.

Setting up Windows 7 on an SSD:

For quick and easy setup, the easiest way is to use the special free SSD Mini Tweaker utility.

SSD Mini Tweaker - will quickly and correctly make all the necessary changes to the system to reduce the frequency of writing system files.

But you will also need to independently disable the indexing of the contents of files on the disk.

To do this, open the properties of the system disk and on the "General" tab uncheck the "Allow indexing the contents of files ..." item. After that, click apply and in the "Confirmation of Attributes Change" window that opens, select the option "... to all attached files and folders", and then click "OK". The process will take some time. During this process, a message will appear stating that you do not have permission to modify files - you can select the "Skip all" option and continue.

After completing this operation, the setting can be considered complete. After that, you can turn off the computer and connect other volumetric media (HDD), which will serve to store large amounts of data (media library, game library, galleries, etc.)

Have a nice work!

As mentioned above, it is advisable to use specialized software for systematic SSD diagnostics. One option is SSD Life.

The "health" state of the disk, the program does not count, but receives from the disk itself, more precisely from the S.M.A.R.T. system. Then, based on the data received and based on the current mode of use of the drive, it calculates its service life.

Therefore, for a more accurate assessment of the health of the SSD, the SSD Life program needs some time to monitor the operation of your drive, looking at its load and calculating the average values. The longer the analysis period, the more accurate the data.

More recently, all computers worked with HDDs, with low speed and low efficiency. But they were replaced by a new generation of drives, the so-called SSDs, which work much faster than their old counterparts. Like all new devices, at first they were expensive, and their volumes did not differ in large capacity.

But over time, manufacturers began to increase their volumes, and due to competition, the cost began to decline. It would seem, what else does an ordinary user need? But they have one person

ness: excessive overwriting of data can completely disable it. But you can avoid the hassle by tweaking windows 7 to work optimally with your SSD, which will increase the SSD's lifespan.

Why is OS customization needed?

All flash drives have their own memory, it is based on microcircuits. They do not have the moving parts that are found on the HDD, and therefore they are not afraid of any shock. SSD memory consists of many cells, which can wear out with a lot of overwriting.

And a very important point is setting up the OS to transfer data to a flash drive, since calling some services and operations from the drive is slow if you do not configure windows.

The setting will reduce the use of space, accesses to it, which will certainly lead to an increase in the lifespan of removable media. If the SSD is used normally, it can last for a decade, and if you use it actively, then the period is reduced to 2 years.

To install windows on a drive, you need to prepare the system. We check:

1. go to the website of the computer or SSD manufacturer, check the relevance of the versions. If you intend to reflash it, then you can erase all data, and you should be aware of this before installing the OS. Find information about the update, download it to your computer;
2. we transfer the system startup in the BIOS setup to AHCI, that is, we expose the removable drive first. Use the latest modes, otherwise it will work with glitches;
3. removable media must be formatted. You can use windows tools, it can cope with this task;
4. you should check the system boot from removable media, connect it, create logical partitions on it. If it was previously split, then update them, delete the old split, and split again. Now install the latest version of the disk controller driver downloaded from the manufacturer's website on it.

Video: Optimizing SSD Drives

Disable services and functions

Many services and functions enabled by default in windows 7 slow down the system startup from SSD very much, we will tell you how to disable them correctly, and which services are not rational to disable. Since running services consume a lot of computer resources, disabling them will speed up the start, and the operation of removable media itself.

Indexing and Caching

To disable cache entry, do the following:

The option to create a write cache in windows 7 constantly accesses the device's RAM and records the most requested commands, and then they will be executed on removable media. But SSDs are much faster than HDDs, and this option is superfluous.

Indexing is useful only for the operation of the system with HDD, but for removable media it is not effective: it will not affect the speed, and the disk will serve much less, since the index data will be constantly updated.

Disabling this feature will not affect the database, and therefore the shutdown operation will go unnoticed for the system to start:

• My computer;
• storage device;
• properties.

In the window that opens, uncheck the "allow indexing" option, and if the system gives you a warning about an error, then you do not need to return everything back, and still uncheck the box.

Defragmentation

Disable defragmentation in automatic mode, this function is not needed, it will only reduce its capabilities.

We carry out:

Hibernation

Windows has useful power saving features such as sleep and hibernation. These features are specially designed for notebook computers that require a power saving mode.

Hibernation is the preservation of computer data when it enters hibernation mode, windows writes them down and saves them in the Hiberfil.sys folder on the HDD. When you exit this mode, all data is unloaded, and the computer starts from the place where it was stopped.

If you disable this mode, then you can significantly increase the space, and if you start the system from it, then there is no need for them.

The system will start up much faster, and you can turn it off from the start menu:

You should start the service on behalf of the computer administrator, right-click, a command line opens: enter:

After these steps, the service will be disabled.

System Restore

Using this function, you can roll back the system if any glitches started. windows creates restore points, writes everything to a separate file, which takes up a lot of space. You can disable this function, but it will be better if you limit the size of the file intended for system recovery.

To do this, open the "my computer" folder:

Prefetch and SuperFetch

SuperFetch is responsible for caching the most requested files, and this service is not needed to run from a drive and should be disabled.

The Prefetch service is responsible for loading programs into the computer's RAM, and in our case it is useless, and we disable it:

Video: Disk Setup

Moving the paging file

It is advisable to do this if the OS is 32-bit, the paging file needs to be moved to another location, you should run a number of commands:

• Control Panel;
• System;
• Additionally;
• High-speed performance;
• Parameters;
• Additionally;
• Virtual memory

If your computer has 64-bit windows with more than 8GB of RAM, then you can safely disable the paging file option:

Is TRIM enabled?

With the TRIM command, the OS sends important information to the SSD about unused data blocks, which can be cleared by the OS itself. Since the option to format and delete files can lead to poor performance of the drive, this function allows you to reduce the number of unnecessary files and clean it up.

This is one of the most basic commands that must be enabled, otherwise the recording level will be low, which will lead to a decrease in the functionality of the disk space.

To make sure this feature is enabled:

Setting up windows 7 for an SSD disk, SSD Mini Tweaker program

If you are not a computer genius, and you want to transfer the OS to an SSD, then use a small utility SSD Mini Tweaker. The program does not take up much space, but copes with its task quite quickly, and is relevant for those users who are going to transfer the launch of the windows 7 system of bit 32 and 64 to SDD.

The window of the launched program looks like this, and you can immediately configure the necessary parameters.

Many functions for transferring windows are not needed, they can only slow down the process itself:

The program will help you configure about 13 parameters that will increase the performance if it starts from an SSD. The goal of optimization is to reduce the number of calls to removable media, which prolongs its performance.

Your operating system can be activated by running it from an SSD drive, and windows 7 is perfectly adapted to run from a solid-state drive. Even if you have a lot of power-hungry programs installed, with proper optimization, you can debug it to run from SDD, paying particular attention to Superfetch / Prefetcher and defragmentation.

If you have a lot of RAM, then this is even better: you can successfully optimize it, which will only lead to the speed and long service life of removable media.

SSDs are getting cheaper every day, and let's hope that trend doesn't change.

Many new computer models already contain this type of storage, the manufacturers themselves have optimized the operating system to work efficiently with a solid-state drive.

Of course, you need to choose the optimization method yourself, and we just gave the most important tips on how to do this without losing important data when transferring the system to an SSD.

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How to set up an SSD drive for Windows 7

For many users, replacing the hard drive with an SSD is the most efficient PC upgrade. In terms of reading information, an SSD drive is several times faster, therefore, the performance of a computer increases significantly. But they have one drawback - the limitation on the number of rewriting cycles, typical for flash drives.

Setting up an SSD for windows 7 is necessary as unnecessary write cycles to flash cells need to be minimized to maximize the lifespan of the solid state drive.

If you have windows 10 installed, then it already automatically detects SSD-drives and makes its own adjustments to their work to achieve maximum performance. Therefore, on windows 10, setting up ssd is not so important and is performed at the operating system level.

Disable Disk Defragmenter

During defragmentation, logically related blocks of data that are scattered throughout the media are located in a single sequence. SSDs do not need to be defragmented. While defragmentation can improve efficiency in read speed for HDDs and thus speed up PC performance, in the case of SSDs, this process can only do much harm.

Disabling Perfetch and SuperFetch

The Perfetch folder is designed to speed up loading windows and launching programs. The folder contains information about frequently used programs on the computer and stores them in the initial (system) part of the hard disk.

The SuperFetch service monitors the programs you use frequently and loads them into random access memory (RAM) when the computer starts up, so they start faster when accessed. Thus, when you run the program, the computer starts reading its files from the RAM faster than from the hard disk.

But given the high read speed of solid state drives, these features are redundant.

To disable them, go to the windows registry editor with administrator rights.

In the "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE" directory, find the "SYSTEM / CurrentControlSet / Control / SessionManager / MemoryManagement / PrefetchParameters" key and change the "Enable Prefetcher" and "Enable Superfetch" values ​​to "0".

Disable ReadyBoot

ReadyBoost speeds up windows and works in conjunction with the SuperFetch service. While SuperFetch loads the files of the programs it uses into random access memory (RAM), ReadyBoost uses the flash drive as a cache for the slow hard drive.

To disable ReadyBoost, follow these steps:

• Start;
• Control Panel;
• System and safety;
• Administrative tools;
• Performance monitor;
• on the left side, expand the Data Collector Groups section and select Launch Event Tracking Sessions;
• double click on "ReadyBoost";
• Tracking sessions;
• uncheck the box next to "Enabled".

Disable or move the paging file to the HDD

The paging file increases the size of the computer's cache. In the case when there is not enough physical RAM memory, the windows operating system moves part of the data from the RAM and, thus, prevents software or system errors.

If the computer is equipped with a small SSD and a traditional HDD, then the paging file can be placed on the SSD. If you have windows x64 installed, the paging file can be disabled.

TRIM function

In the windows 7 operating system, it is important to check if the TRIM function is enabled. Note that this function informs the SSD which area on the disk is no longer in use and can be cleaned. If disabled, it can degrade the performance of the solid state drive.

To check:

• go to the command line as administrator;
• enter the command "fsutil behavior query disabledeletenotify";
• if DisableDeleteNotify = 0 appears after execution, then the service is enabled.

Disable Sleep (Hibernation)

The hibernation feature clearly reduces the time it takes for the windows operating system to start up from the hard drive. Compared to hard drives, SSDs are much faster in readout time, which makes the startup process much shorter. Therefore, hibernation mode in computers with SSD does not bring tangible benefits and can be turned off.

When you enter hibernation mode, all data from RAM is saved to the hard disk in the hiberhil.sys file, which is quite a decent size. Especially important for small SSDs, disabling hibernation frees up valuable space on the SSD.

To disable it, start the command line as administrator using the Win + R keys and type the command "powercfg -h off".

AHCI mode

For the full-fledged operation of the SSD-drive, including using the TRIM function, you need to enable the AHCI mode in the BIOS. If you just change the mode, then after turning on the windows boot process may be interrupted by an error (blue screen).

For correction:

• go to windows registry editor as administrator;
• find the entry "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / System / CurrentControlSet / Services / Msahci" or "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / System / CurrentControlSet / Services / lastorV";
• double click on "Start" and change the value to "0";
• restart your computer;
• change the SATA controller mode to AHCI in BIOS.

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Configuring windows 7 for optimal SSD performance

Here I will not tell you what an SSD is and how it is better / worse than a regular hard drive. I recommend that you first read the previous articles on this topic, telling about Combinations of SSD and HDD storage for a desktop computer and recommendations for installing MS windows 7 on an SSD. If you listened to the advice in these articles, windows 7 should already "fly" on your PC with an SSD. You will not be able to speed it up even more, even after optimizing many system functions, the results of which have a much greater positive effect on HDDs than new SSDs. These possibilities are discussed in 4 parts of the article "Configuring windows 7 from A to Z". In this same article, I want to describe the manipulations that are designed to extend the life of your solid-state drive (by reducing the load on it) and free up about 5-10 extra gigabytes of space, which in our case is very important. Today we make all changes with pens. If the process is not important to you, download the SSD Tweaker (Pro) program, which will carry out steps 3,5,6 for you. and much more ... What are we going to do today? Here's a quick summary:

• 1. Move the paging file to another disk (HDD)
• 2. Disable the creation of system restore points
• 3. Turn off the indexing function
• 4. Disable the defragmentation service
• 5. Disable the Hibernation function
• 6. Disable Prefetch and Superfetch

First. Moving the paging file will increase the amount of free space on the SSD by exactly as much as the file itself weighs. Let it better lie on the HDD, where there is much more space (especially since the swap file is used only when there is a lack of RAM and is required by 5% of applications). We go along the path "Start" - right click on "Computer" - "Properties" - on the left, select "Advanced system settings" and look at the following three screenshots (stolen from another article): As a result, our paging file will become a fixed size, which will prevent its constant fragmentation; and will be stored on a different drive (not SSD).

Second. Disable system creation of restore points. I don’t know how anyone, but it was always easier for me to roll back a fresh operating system from an image than to guess at which recovery point it was 100% working. But in the case of SSD, everything is much more categorical. The restore point creation function MUST be disabled. About a year ago it became known that when the creation of restore points is enabled, the work of the vital for SSD function "TRIM" is blocked. Due to this, over time, there is a gradual degradation of the speed of the drive. Well, there are two auxiliary factors - as a result, we will reduce the load and increase the amount of free space on the SSD. We follow the previous path: "Start" - right click on "Computer" - "Properties" - on the left, select "System Protection" and see the following screenshot:

Third. The indexing feature was created to speed up searches in windows. Its work consists in the fact that during inactivity, the operating system checks, updates and stores indexes for all files on your disks in order to quickly display the results of possible search queries. This increases the load on the disk (or rather, the load time increases) and the index files themselves take up a certain amount of space on it. I do not use windows search at all, and thanks to the high response speed of the SSD, this function simply does not make sense. Open "Explorer", right-click on the SSD - "Properties" - uncheck the box next to "Allow indexing the contents of files on this disk"

Fourth. The defragmentation service is unnecessary on SSD (due to a completely different mechanism of operation than on HDD) and contraindicated (for NAND memory, which is used in SSD, a limited number of rewriting cycles). If it happened that windows 7 left this function enabled (usually when installing the operating system on a solid-state drive, the defragmentation service is disabled by default) - go along the path: "Start" - "Run" - enter "services.msc" (without quotes) , look for the "Disk Defragmenter" service in the list, double-click on it, select "Disabled" in the "Startup type" field, click in the order "Stop" - "Apply" - "OK".

Fifth. Hibernation. This function is only needed when using HDD and is mainly used on laptops. This is a kind of "Deep Sleep Mode", in which all content from RAM is written to disk to speed up further system boot. For SSDs, this is not relevant, and in addition, disabling Hibernation will free up about 2 GB of disk space ... Click "Start" - "Run", enter the text "cmd" (without quotes), in the window that appears, write the command "powercfg -h off "(without quotes), press the" Enter "button.

Sixth. Prefetch - Preloading frequently used applications and libraries into RAM. When using an SSD, the performance gain is not felt. Disabling frees up RAM space and reduces the number of requests to the drive. Superfetch - caching frequently used files. The SSD is completely useless. To disable both functions, go through "Start" - "Run" - enter "regedit" (without quotes), in the windows registry editor, go along the path: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SYSTEM \ CurrentControlSet \ Control \ SessionManager \ MemoryManagement \ PrefetchParameters, right click on each of the items : "EnablePrefetcher", "EnableSuperfetch", select "Change", enter the number "0":

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Configuring SSD for windows 7 - optimization, program, TRIM

Windows 7 was not originally designed to run on an SSD. Since they were released, Microsoft has released numerous updates to improve the OS on solid state drives. However, it is necessary to carry out additional manual optimization, which gives much more effect.

SSD drive

Solid State Drive is a storage device based on flash memory and a host controller.

They are widely used in computing and have some advantages over HDDs:

• high speed;
• impact resistance;
• heat resistance;
• small size and weight;
• noiselessness.

In windows 8 and above, they work stably and quickly, but under older operating systems, wear and performance problems are inevitable. To avoid this, you need to optimize the parameters, which is what this article is about.

What optimization gives

Windows 7 has several services that increase the performance of conventional hard drives. But with SSDs, they are not only not useful, but interfere with the work and significantly reduce the life of the device. Setting up Windows 7 on the SSD nullifies all attempts by the OS to destroy it, and allows you to achieve greater performance.

Even if we compare the maximum read / write speed declared by the manufacturer, the difference will be huge.

The linear speed of solid state drives is 3-4 times faster.

A typical hard drive rarely achieves 180 MB / s read speed. At the same time, he does not waste time moving the head, but concentrates on reading the data.

For a regular storage system such as the Kingston SKC380S3, the limit is 550 MB / s. for reading and 520 for writing. In linear read mode, it uses all channels and reads data in large blocks. However, if you do a deeper analysis of performance, the superiority of SSDs is even more impressive.

When we test the speed of reading 512 KB blocks (small files), the gap becomes even wider. The SSD does not spend a lot of time looking for a block, with the result that its speed still remains within the 500 MB / s range. The hard drive spends more time moving the head than reading files. Its speed is reduced by three times and averages 60 MB / s, which is 8 times slower than the SSD.

Photo: test of reading random 512 KB blocks

If we go deeper into the tests and check the speed on 4 KB blocks, then the SSD will bypass the hard drive 50 times. Loading the OS, copying documents, small images and launching programs - all this corresponds to this mode of operation. In addition, SSDs can handle multiple requests at the same time, while HDDs are single-threaded.

Video: how to properly configure the system to work

Setting up an SSD in windows 7

This process requires patience and includes the following procedures:

Setting up windows 7 for an SSD begins with flashing the drive. All manufacturing firms regularly release new versions of software for their devices, which fix bugs and weaknesses of previous versions. You can download it from the official websites of the brand. The software bundle also usually includes instructions for installing it and updating the firmware.

AHCI and TRIM

The SATA interface has many features that speed up data exchange. In order for them to become available, you need to enable the AHCI controller, since most PCs are still configured by default to work with the legacy ATA controller. You can switch to AHCI both automatically and manually.

Automatic switching:

The next time you start windows 7, it will do the rest of the work itself. If for some reason the utility does not work, then you can do everything manually.

Manual switching:

As a result, after a reboot, the AHCI controller will be visible in the device manager.

With AHCI done, the next in line is the TRIM command. It helps the OS to notify the SSD about which data the file system no longer contains, and which drive it can delete. That is, this command cleans up the garbage and does not allow it to degrade the performance level.

You can enable TRIM if the following conditions are met:

• the solid state disk controller supports this command;
• SATA mode enabled: AHCI.

If the conditions are met, you can proceed to enable TRIM:

Disable system protection

The instruction is pretty simple:

It is important to understand that by disabling protection, the OS will not make recovery checkpoints, and in the event of a failure, it will be impossible to resort to restoring windows. Therefore, it is worth using software from other developers to provide the recovery function, for example, Acronis True Image.

Disable disk indexing

Indexing is carried out only in order to speed up the process of searching the hard disk. Considering the SSD's multithreading and performance, the indexing and search service is unnecessary.

Disable search like this:

Disable indexing like this:

1. open "Computer";
2. right-click on the section -> Properties;
3. at the very bottom of the window that opens, uncheck the "allow indexing ..." checkbox;
4. apply and close the window.

Along the way, you can also disable defragmentation there, which is useless on SSDs due to quick access to cells.

This can be done:

Disable paging

The paging file is required for programs that require a large amount of memory. If there is not enough RAM, then temporary data is loaded into this file. You can disable it only if your computer has enough RAM (at least 8 GB). Otherwise, it is better to move the swap to another partition, that is, to the hard drive.

Disconnection:

Disable hibernation

Computer hibernation or deep sleep was invented by Microsoft so that the computer does not spend a lot of time starting up. This feature allows you to turn off the power of your computer without closing any applications. Upon subsequent awakening, the work of all programs continues.

At the same time, when the PC goes to sleep, a large amount of data is written to the drive and the SSD wears out faster. Also, for many, hibernation is not necessary, since a PC with a solid state drive boots up very quickly.

If you decide to disable hibernation, you can do it like this:

SSD Tweak Utility

You can use the SSD Tweak Utility to optimize your system to use your SSD automatically. The program allows you to quickly and easily do everything that was stated above, except for turning on the AHCI mode. The program is published with a different set of instruments.

There is a free version with a basic set of functions:

• disabling defragmentation;
• disable recovery;
• stop indexing.

The paid version of Tweaker Pro also has other features:

1. enabling and disabling services;
2. setting hibernation parameters;
3. validation and experimental optimization of the TRIM team.

A deeper setting is possible in the program, which includes many more parameters. After starting the program, in the right part of the window, you can see a detailed description and tips for setting up the system.

To start optimization, just press the big button in the middle of the program window - autotuning configuration. The utility will automatically configure the basic parameters and provide a report.

Configuring and optimizing windows 7 for SSD is not a quick process, accompanied by several system reboots and visits to the BIOS. However, if you do not configure, do not turn off unnecessary services, then after a few months the once-fast SSD may exhaust its supply of write cycles and stop working.

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How to optimally configure an SSD drive for windows 7

In this article, we will talk about setting up an SSD drive for the windows 7 operating system. What you need to do for this and why generally configure SSD devices in windows 7 will be discussed further.

So, just recently a friend of mine was buying a powerful computer. And for greater speed of work, it was decided to install an SSD drive there to install an operating system on it.

Let's see how an SSD differs from a conventional HDD. As Wikipedia tells us:

SSD - Solid-state drive (SSD) - computer non-mechanical storage device based on memory chips. Besides them, the SSD contains a control controller.

Unlike SSD, HDD is a hard (magnetic) diskdrive, HDD, HMDD), a hard disk, in computer slang "hard drive" is a random access memory device (information storage device) based on the principle of magnetic recording. It is the main data storage device in most computers.

The main advantage of an SSD over a standard hard drive is the absence of mechanical (moving) parts, which increases its reliability. Also, the advantage of SSD is its high speed of operation, it heats up less and does not make any sounds during operation. But SSDs have disadvantages as well as many advantages. The main disadvantage of SSDs is the limited number of write / rewrite cycles. Conventional (MLC, Multi-level cell, multi-level memory cells) flash memory can write data approximately 10,000 times. More expensive types of memory (SLC, Single-level cell, single-level memory cells) - about 100,000 times. In order to reduce the number of requests to the SSD drive and, accordingly, to extend its life, its fine tuning is necessary. Well, one more drawback is incompatibility with old OS (below windows Vista).

Next, we will consider what exactly needs to be done to set up a solid-state drive under the windows 7 operating system. Since when I set up a friend's SSD, I did not take screenshots, I will perform these settings on my old computer with a regular HDD.

So let's go.

Point one: disable hibernation. It must be turned off for the reason that every time the computer switches to this mode, a large amount of information is written to the hard disk, and I always turn it off, because sometimes it is difficult to get out of this mode. In addition, by disabling hibernation, we will free up space on the system disk approximately equal to the amount of RAM. Hibernation is needed to quickly boot the operating system, but since we have an SSD drive installed, windows already boots in just 5-10 seconds. To disable hibernation, run the command line (Start - Run here, write the cmd command). In the command line, write powercfg.exe / hibernate off. After restarting your computer, you will see the free space on the system drive.

Or go to "Start" - "Control Panel" - "Power supply" - "Setting up a power plan" - "Change power settings" - find the item "Sleep", open it, the item "Hibernation after" enter the value "0".

Point two: transfer the folder for storing temporary TEMP files to a regular HDD.

To do this, right-click on the icon "My Computer" - "Properties" - "Advanced system settings" - the "Advanced" tab - the "Environment Variables" button - and change the path of the TMP and TEMP variable to another folder (I created it in advance on the disk D: \).

Point three: disable "System Protection".

To disable system protection, right-click on "My Computer" - "Properties" - "System Protection" - "System Protection" tab - "Configure" - "Disable System Protection".

If the system protection is disabled, in case of its failure, we will not be able to recover from the backup, but we do not need it, because the system is installed in some 10-15 minutes.

Point four: transfer the swap file to the second hard drive. To do this, right-click on "My Computer" - "Properties" - "Advanced system settings" - "Advanced" tab - "Performance" section - "Settings" button. Here we change the parameters as in the figure (depending on the free space on the D: \ drive, you can set a larger volume).

Point five: disabling indexing.

Indexing is necessary to speed up disk searches. But, for example, I have never used the search, besides, the search on the SSD works quickly even without it. Therefore, this option can be safely disabled. To do this, go to "My Computer", press the RMB on the C: \ drive, the drop-down menu item "Properties". In the "General" tab, uncheck the box "Allow indexing of the contents of files on this disk in addition to file properties".

Or you can remove indexing for all disks by disabling the "windowsSearch" service. To do this, go to the "Control Panel" - "Administrative Tools" - "Services" - find our service and click on it twice - select the start type "Manual" and click the "Stop" button.

Point six: disable Preftch and RedyBoot.

Prefetch is a technology that allows you to speed up the loading of windows by reading data ahead of the disk. For SSDs, it is not needed, because the SSD already has a high random reading speed.

To disable Prefetch, run the registry editor (Start - Run - write regedit and press Enter). Next, open the registry branch:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINES \ SYSTEM \ CurrentControlSet \ Control \ Session Manager \ Memory Management \ PrefetchParameters

and change the value of the Enable Prefetcher key to "0".

RedyBoot is an add-on for Prefetch. In order to disable it, follow the path:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINES \ SYSTEM \ CurrentControlSet \ Control \ WMI \ Autologger \ ReadyBoot

Here we change the value of the Start parameter to "0".

Point Seven: Transfer of Application Caches. Here, first of all, we mean transferring the browser cache to the second hard drive. I will not describe how to do this, because the method is different for each browser. Therefore, if you decide to transfer the cache to a second hard drive, then Google will help you. But I would not do this at all, because we installed the SSD to speed up the work, and transferring the cache to the second HDD will not add speed to us. In general, it's up to you to decide.

You also need to disable defragmentation, but for windows 7, unlike Vista, defragmentation, when installed on an SSD, the drive turns off automatically (they write the same about Prefetch and RedyBoot, but they were not set to "0" for me, so check) ...

That's all. You can find more tips on how to optimize SSD for windows 7 on the Internet, but they are no longer as important as these. However, even without such a setting, the SSD will last quite a long time, but if you want to extend its life as much as possible, then I recommend following the above points. Plus, we will free up some space on the system disk, and given the cost of a gigabyte of memory for an SSD, this is quite justified.

Now many users are upgrading their personal computers and laptops by installing SSD drives on them - solid state drives. Compared to the already familiar HDDs, solid-state drives really have a significant advantage in terms of speed in operating systems and work with data.

Many people have a quite natural question - is it necessary to make any additional adjustments to personal computers and laptops when installing a new SSD? We will try to consider in detail in our article the work with SSD in the two most popular operating systems - Windows 7 and Windows 10 (the actions that we will perform in the top ten are also applicable to Windows 8).

In the notes, we note some features of SSD manufacturers, as well as some nuances for working with SSDs in laptops. So how is an SSD set up to get the most out of the modern hardware we purchase and install?

Microsoft, when creating the Windows 7 operating system, originally assumed the compatibility of this system with solid-state drives SSD, and when such drives are detected, the system settings will occur automatically. However, it's best to manually check all of your computer settings to get the most out of your SSD.

• AHCI mode

To perform its functions, the system requires the SATA controller to operate in AHCI mode. To do this, in the BIOS, you need to find the SATA configuration menu (Cohfigure SATA As). Usually these configurations are located in the Main section, and put them into AHCI mode. Checking the system can be done in a simple way: "Start Menu" - "Control Panel" - item "System". We select "Device Manager" and find there the item IDE ATA / ATAPI controllers. If this item is present, then we open it and find there in the lists of controllers with AHCI in the names. If we find the AHCI names there, then our system works in the mode we need. If there are no such names, then the system is not switched to work in AHCI mode. Naturally, the BIOS itself needs to support this mode.

• TRIM command

After we have made sure that the system is switched to AHCI mode, we need to check if the TRIM command is connected. TRIM improves system performance on solid state drives by telling operating systems which blocks of previously written data are no longer needed because the data in them has been deleted or formatted. Simply put, the TRIM command "removes garbage" and significantly speeds up the operation of an SSD drive, being a replacement for defragmentation on conventional HDDs.

Notes:

* For operation of SSD in Windows 7 operating system, it is best to combine SSD and HDD on computers. This will allow us to combine improved speed performance with the reliability of the HDD.

* The operating system, of course, is preferably installed on an SSD, like all major programs

* It is advisable to leave about 20 percent of the total volume of the solid-state drive unpartitioned when installing the operating system. With natural wear, the SSD will take clusters from there for its work.

Optimizing Windows 7 for SSD

• Disable system protection

To restrict unnecessary write operations and return the available space on the SSD, disable the "System Protection" function as follows: right-click on the "My Computer" icon and select "Properties" from the drop-down menu. In the window that opens, find the "System Protection" tab and go to it. Click the "Configure" button and select the "Disable system protection" item.

Some experts warn that System Protection can degrade SSD performance over time and negatively affect TRIM due to its data logging nature.

• Disable disk indexing

Due to the high performance of the SSD, the disk indexing function is not useful to us. disk indexing was designed specifically to speed up work on HDD. To do this, on the "My Computer" icon, call the drop-down menu with the right mouse button and again select the "Properties" item. In the "General" section, uncheck the box next to the item "Allow indexing the contents of files on this disk in addition to file properties."

• Disable paging file

In the event that you have a 64-bit operating system and the amount of RAM exceeds 8 GB, it would be advisable to disable the Paging file function. To do this, call the drop-down menu again by right-clicking on the "My Computer" icon and select the "Properties" item. In the "Properties" window we will find the "Additional parameters" tab, then the "Performance" item, then the "Parameters" item, select the "Advanced" item and find the "Virtual memory" section. We mark the option "Without swap file", click "Set". When working with the paging file, keep in mind that some applications that use a large amount of RAM resources when turning off the use of the paging file can be difficult.

• Disable hibernation

Hibernation was created so that the work on the computer that you were doing can be resumed almost instantly. So, when the hibernation function is turned on, the entire contents of the RAM are dumped to the hard disk, and then, upon waking, it is immediately read. When working with an SSD, this function is not necessary, since the resumption of work is already quite fast. Thus, we save precious space on our SSD.

Disable the function like this: in the search bar in the "Start Menu", type the cmd command and call the command line utility. After that, in the command line, type the command: powercfg –h off and press the "Enter" key.

It should be noted that it is not always advisable to disable hibernation. For example, on laptops, disabling hibernation will cause the computer to restart every time it is shut down.

• Disable Memory Management

When Superfetch is enabled, it caches the most frequently accessed data, while the Prefetch function is responsible for preloading frequently used applications. In the case of working on an SSD disk, due to the high speed of data access, we will no longer need these functions and we will be able to free up memory and give work to our drive only when it is needed. To disable, perform the following actions: in the "Start Menu" in the search bar, type the command regedit, thereby calling the window for working with the registry. Sequentially search for and select the registry entries: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SYSTEM \ CurrentControlSet \ Control \ SessionManager \ Memory Management \ PrefetchParameters. Then, with the right mouse button, we call the submenu on the items EnableSuperfetch and EnablePrefetcher one by one. We select the item "Change" and change the values ​​to zero.

In the same way, we change the values ​​to zero in the ClearPageFileAtShutdown and LargeSystemCache parameters. The LargeSystemCache parameter specifies the size and frequency of flushing the cached page to disk, and the ClearPageFileAtShutdown parameter clears the paging file when the PC is turned off, resulting in additional writes that we no longer need. Parameter path: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SYSTEM \ CurrentControlSet \ Control \ SessionManager \ Memory Management. We select the items ClearPageFileAtShutdown and LargeSystemCache, go to their menu with the right mouse button and, choosing "Change" in each of the items, set the zero parameter.

After that we restart the computer.

• Disable Windows Write Caching

Since SSDs are much faster than traditional HDDs in terms of speed, the enabled write caching function does not give us any particular speed advantages, so you can deactivate it. But, in turn, SSD manufacturer Intel warns that abandoning this feature will negatively affect the performance of their solid-state drives. We can disable the Windows write caching function as follows: in the root folder of the Explorer "My Computer", right-click the "Device Manager" through the item "Properties". We select the item "Disk devices" and right-click on our SSD, thereby calling the submenu. In the submenu, select the "Properties" section and in the properties window on the "Policy" tab, uncheck the "Allow caching of records for this device" item. Then press the OK button.

• Disable Windows Search

Windows Search creates indexes of individual files, documents, and folders on your hard drive. The index is stored in a separate Search folder on the C drive and takes up to 10% of the volume of indexed documents in order to load part of the index into memory during the search and significantly speed up it. In the case of SSD, again, this function will not give us a noticeable increase in speed. But the indexes take up space on the solid-state drive, and the enabled this function can really negatively affect the operation of the SSD. Therefore, we disable the Windows Search function as follows: in the search bar in the Start Menu, type services.msc and press Enter to bring up a menu with a list of local services. Find Superfetch in the list and right-click on it to bring up the service menu. In the drop-down menu "Startup type" select "Disabled" and click OK. Then find the Windows Search service and right-click on it again, select "Properties" and click on the "Stop" button, and then in the "Startup type" menu also select the "Disabled" option and click OK.

• Transferring TEMP folders

To free up additional space on the SSD and unnecessary overwriting, we transfer the folders with temporary files to another disk. To do this, go to the "Control Panel", select the "My Computer" icon, then the "Additional system parameters" section and in the "Advanced" tab go to the "Environment Variables" menu, where we press the change button, and change the final addresses of folders with temporary storages data on new ones.

• Migrating custom folders

To perform the same task as in the previous paragraph, we transfer all user folders to another disk (including the folders "Video", "Audio", "Downloads", "Favorites" and others). Create a separate user folder on another disk and in the "Folder Properties", which we call by right-clicking on the selected folder, on the "Location" tab, click the Move button and set a new location for the folders to be transferred.

• Disable NTFS journaling

You can also disable NTFS system journaling. To do this, in the "Start" menu, in the search bar, type the command cmd and call the command line. In the command line, type the command: fsutil usn deletejournal / D C: and press "Enter".

• Disable regular defragmentation

As mentioned above, the defragmentation function is intended for working with HDD and we do not need it when working with SSD. Therefore, we turn it off as follows: in the Start menu, in the search bar, type the word “defragmentation”, select the found disk defragmentation program, find the “Schedule” tab and uncheck the “Run on schedule” item.

• Energy setting

For the best performance from your SSD, you need to manually adjust its power scheme. To do this, call the "Control Panel", find there "Power supply" and set the following parameters: in the "Setting up the power plan" in the parameters, select "High performance" and click "Apply". Go to "Power plan settings" and in the "Change additional power settings" item, select the "Hard disk" item, the "Turn off the hard drive after" sub-item and set the "Never" parameter, that is, "00 minutes".

Optimized in Windows 10 (8) for SSD

When working with the operating system Windows 10 (8), it is best that all the points related to Windows 7 are fulfilled. The fact is that the "Ten" itself makes some changes when it detects a solid-state drive. Here is a list of standard automatic system optimizations:

• Disable defragmentation;
• Connecting the TRIM function;
• Disabling the ReadyBoost function;
• SSD power optimization;
• Enabling the Superfetch option.

All other optimization points will have to be done manually. You can act according to the scheme with the Windows 7 operating system, proposed by us above.

There is also another option. You can download the free SSD Mini Tweaker utility, run it, tick the boxes you need to complete, and apply the changes. It is recommended to check all the optimization menu items offered by SSD Mini Tweaker.

Notes:

* For maximum performance with your SSD, it is recommended to plug it into SATA 3 ports operating at 6 Gigabits per second.

* Remember to periodically check your SSD manufacturer's website for firmware updates and install them.

As we can see from the article, optimizing the system for working with a solid-state drive requires some settings. And if Windows 7 has to be carefully configured manually, then in Windows 10 and 8 operating systems, some settings are applied automatically when the system detects a solid-state drive during installation, and you can also set up for working with an SSD drive in the system using a free utility specially designed for this. SSD Mini Tweaker.

If you decide to purchase a solid state SSD drive, there may be several reasons for this:

• You are not satisfied with the speed of your HDD.
• You need fast operation of windows and certain types of applications, games.

However, installing the SSD into a computer or laptop and then filling it with information is not enough. You also need to optimize it to work with your OC.

Let's look at the main methods for optimizing an SSD drive.

AHCI SATA

A technology that allows the TRIM function to be used on a variety of solid state drives. It is enabled at the BIOS level of your PC or laptop.

Enabling AHCI SATA:

1. Open the command line with the win + R key combination.
2. Enter the command: "regedit" (access to the registry).
3. Go to the following path: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE → SYSTEM → CurrentControlSet → Services → storahci.
4. Change the value of the ErrorControl subkey to 0 (default 3) by invoking the context menu and clicking the Modify option.
5. Go to the branch named "StartOverride" and change its value to 0 (default 3).
6. Reboot your PC (laptop), go to BIOS / UEFI (how to enter BIOS, see separately for your laptop model or PC motherboard). In the "storage configuration" section and in the "SATA port" subsection set AHCI or in the "SATA RAID / AHCI Mode" section, set AHCI (For different BIOS versions, your own sections and subsections).
7. Check the functionality of the function in Windows. Go to the following path: Control Panel → Device Manager → IDE ATA / ATAPI controllers. The device should appear in the last subsection: "Standard SATA AHCI Controller".

TRIM function

By default, this function is enabled on windows 7 and higher, however, it is better to manually check if this function works. The meaning of TRIM is that after deleting files, windows transfers the information to the SSD drive that a certain area of ​​the disk is not used and it can be cleared for writing. (the data remains in the HDD and the recording is made "over" the existing one). Over time, if the function is disabled, the performance of the drive will drop.

TRIM check on Windows:

1. Launch Command Prompt by pressing the win + R key combination.
2. Enter the command: "fsutil behavior query disabledeletenotify".
3. If after entering the message is displayed: "DisableDeleteNotify = 0", then the TRIM function is enabled, if "DisableDeleteNotify = 1", then TRIM does not work. If TRIM does not work, enter the command: "fsutil behavior set DisableDeleteNotify 0", then repeat steps 2 and 3.

Defragmentation

This feature helps to optimize and speed up HDD performance, but for SSDs, it has a detrimental effect. For SSDs, the "auto defragmentation" feature is disabled by default. To check if it works, you need to:

1. Press the combination win + R.
2. In the command prompt window, enter the command: "dfrgui" and click "OK".
3. In the window that opens, select your SSD and look at the "Scheduled Optimization" item. For our solid state drive, it must be disabled.

Indexing

Windows function that helps to quickly search for files on the disk with large amounts of information, however, increases the write load on the SSD. To disable it:

1. Go to the section "This computer", "My computer", "Computer" (different for each OS).
2. Select your SSD and select "Properties" in the context menu.
3. In the window that opens, uncheck the box next to the option: "Allow indexing of the contents of files on this disk in addition to the file properties."

Search service

Its function creates a file index, thanks to which finding a variety of files and folders is faster. However, the speed of the SSD is quite enough to refuse it. To disable it, you must:

1. Go to the following address: Control Panel → System and Security → Administrative Tools → Computer Management.
2. Go to the tab: "Services".
3. Find the "Windows search" service and select "Disabled" in the "Startup type" tab.

Hibernation

A mode that allows you to save the contents of RAM on the hard disk, so that when you turn it on again, information and open applications from the previous session are saved.

When using the SSD, the meaning of this function is lost, since the drive starts up so quickly. And "Hibernation", creating cycles of "write-overwrite", reduces the lifespan of the SSD disk.

Disable hibernation:

1. Run cmd.exe again with the win + R keyboard shortcut.
2. Enter the command: "powercfg -h off".

Write caching

This feature improves the performance of your SSD. When enabled, NCQ write and read technology is used. NCQ - Accepts multiple requests at the same time, and then organizes their execution order in such a way as to achieve maximum performance.

To connect you need:

1. Call the command line with the win + R combination
2. Enter the command: "devmgmt.msc".
3. Open "Disk Devices", select the SSD and select "Properties" from the context menu.
4. Go to the "Policy" tab.
5. Put a "tick" in front of the parameter: "Allow caching of records for this device."

Prefetch and Superfetch

Prefetch- a technology by which frequently used programs are loaded into memory in advance, thereby accelerating their subsequent launch. In this case, a file of the same name is created on the disk space.

Superfetch- technology similar to Prefetch with the difference that the PC predicts which applications will be launched, loading them into memory in advance.

Both functions are not useful when using an SSD. Therefore, it is best to turn them off. For this:

1. We call the command line with the win + R keyboard shortcut.
2. We execute the command: "regedit" (go to the registry).
3. Follow the path: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE → SYSTEM → CurrentControlSet → Control → Session Manager → Memory Management → PrefetchParameters.
4. Find several parameters in the registry subkey: "EnablePrefetcher" and "EnableSuperfetch", set their value to 0 (3 by default).

SSD Mini Tweaker Utility

All of the above actions can be performed manually, but the hands of programmers have created programs - tweakers, the purpose of which is to customize the windows OS, as well as its individual components with a few clicks. One such program is SSD Mini Tweaker.

SSD Mini Tweaker- a program, a kind of tweaker, that allows you to effortlessly optimize your SSD.

Advantages:

• Full Russification.
• Works on all OS starting from Windows 7.
• Free.
• Intuitive interface.
• No installation required.

other methods

Such manipulations as transferring the browser cache, paging files, Windows temporary folders, backing up the system from an SSD disk to an HDD (or disabling this feature) are useless, since although they increase the lifespan of the SSD, they limit the potential for its use.

Thus, by performing the above simple manipulations with your OS, you can extend the life of your drive, as well as tune it to the maximum performance mode.