- disable write-caching (quite open to opinion as to whether it speeds thing up or not)
- disable prefretch
- disable last file access updating
- use FAT32 rather than NTFS if you can
- disable page file if you can
- disable volume shadow copies
- disable System Restore
- try not to use realtime virus scanning
- use the classic theme & remove the window animations (doubt it would make that much difference, but it doesn't take anything away with, and fits with the smaller screen resolution of netbooks)
- disable any unused services (not normally something I've bother doing anymore, but you're grasping at straws with these things)
Aim to stop or limit drive access as much as you can, particularly writes, as that's where these cheap SSDs are falling over. They're awful.
Managed to get the SSD in an ACER Aspire One up to half decent speed today, and it's far slower than the one in the Eee PC 701 (don't have any 901s at work). Got 30 of these to push out in the coming week... hell of a lot more hassle than I'd anticipated. Obviously had to break my own rule and resort to some fairly heavy nLite chopping up of XP too. Can't imagine what XP would be like without doing so.
