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    Vista tweaks for SSDs

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Hoya NVA, Jan 24, 2009.

  1. Hoya NVA

    Hoya NVA Newbie

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    Need a little help - have a Dell 1640 w/ 128 GB Samsung SSD showing up in a few days - looking for tweaks to optimize Vista specifically for SSDs. I've seen a few references to disabling defrag, turning off disk indexing, and using ramdisks for heavy write applications such as browser caches and Outlook. Anything else?

    Any help in pointing to SSD tweak resources would be much appreciated. Thanks
     
    Hoya NVA, Jan 24, 2009
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  2. qhn

    qhn Notebook User

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    Using Vista? - just disabling indexing, leave the rest!

    cheers ...
     
    qhn, Jan 25, 2009
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    lunateck Bananaed

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    Or install Win 7. :D double cheers
     
    lunateck, Jan 25, 2009
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  4. EnterKnight

    EnterKnight Notebook Evangelist

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    There's not much you can really do.

    It'll be nice and snappy anyway!
     
    EnterKnight, Jan 25, 2009
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  5. goofball

    goofball Notebook Deity

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    disable indexing
    disable superfetch
    disable auto defrag (vista does this in the background)
     
    goofball, Jan 25, 2009
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    davepermen Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    i only so far disabled auto defrag on my mtrons.
     
    davepermen, Jan 25, 2009
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  7. Hoya NVA

    Hoya NVA Newbie

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    Thanks all.

    I downloaded the Win7 Beta but frankly a little scared that it all goes away this June/July requiring a fresh install once product is launched. Does Win7 optimize for SSDs?
     
    Hoya NVA, Jan 26, 2009
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