Shrinking install size of Windows 7 on SSD

LateX'Dog · 28 Jul 2012 at 23:37

Hi, i remember when i purchased this SSD there was a link to either Corsair/Crucial's site that listed steps to reduce the installed size of windows 7 and increase SSD times.

I can't find the link now, anyone know of where i might find this or a good place to find tips on how to do so.

Thanks.

EDIT:

Found it http://www.corsair.com/blog/configuring-the-force-series-f40-as-a-windows-7-boot-drive/

Thanks.

Sin_Chase · 28 Jul 2012 at 23:56

Moving the pagefile off the SSD is not a great idea, SSD is the best place for it. By all means tweak the initial/max sizes but putting it on a slow mechanical drive defeats the point of having the SSD at all.

Mattus · 29 Jul 2012 at 23:27

How big is your SSD? That guide is written from the perspective of maximising space on a 40GB SSD, which is reasonable. On a larger SSD I really wouldn't bother moving the pagefile, etc - I'd just leave it for better performance.

Sin_Chase · 30 Jul 2012 at 00:14

Even on a 40GB SSD you can comfortably run a decent sized pagefile.

ricky1981 · 30 Jul 2012 at 01:58

Sin_Chase said:
Even on a 40GB SSD you can comfortably run a decent sized pagefile.

I'm not sure I'd agree, my Windows folder is 19.6GB at the moment, take off the space you lose on an SSD for optimisation and you don't have much left by the time you've installed a few applications. It'd be okay if you only installed Windows on it but with the price of SSD drives, I would just buy a larger drive.

Nikumba · 30 Jul 2012 at 10:00

Also if you do NOT use Hibernation make sure you turn that off as they creates file on install of Windows equal to the amount of RAM you have.

From an elevated cmd prompt type powercfg -h off

Kimbie

bledd · 30 Jul 2012 at 10:02

Nikumba said:
Also if you do NOT use Hibernation make sure you turn that off as they creates file on install of Windows equal to the amount of RAM you have.

From an elevated cmd prompt type powercfg -h off

Kimbie

Yup

I'd do this on a desktop, but on a netbook/laptop, hibernation is a vital feature imo.

Disable system restore, that will clear up a ton of space.

Install CCleaner slim and run that to remove old temp files. Look through the options as you can clear out all your internet passwords with it

MADMAN · 30 Jul 2012 at 10:48

yeah system restore is a right killer.... if one wanted to they could google nlite for windows 7, and really cut off the languages and half the rubbish on win7