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    Is disabling NTFS Compression a good tweak for SSDs?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Spartan@HIDevolution, Aug 4, 2014.

  1. Spartan@HIDevolution

    Spartan@HIDevolution Company Representative

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    What do you think of this tweak:"

    Disable NTFS Compression:

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SYSTEM > CurrentControlSet > Control > FileSystem

    In the window that appears, change "0" value to "1", then click OK to disable NTFS compression.

    I am about to format and install Windows 7 and wanted your opinion on this as I did find some folders in my C: partition in blue as if they were compressed
     
    Spartan@HIDevolution, Aug 4, 2014
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    tilleroftheearth Wisdom listens quietly...

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    Since you're going to format and (it seems) like you're doing a clean install; it doesn't matter if you apply this 'tweak' or not.

    At least not once the new O/S is up. :)
     
    tilleroftheearth, Aug 4, 2014
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    Thanks man, I still did this tweak and I also disabled NTFS encryption just to be on the safe side. NTFS Last Access stamp was disabled by default by Windows as its value was 1
     
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