SSD - How to keep in tip top condition.

Gilbert89 · 8 Dec 2014 at 22:40

Currently running Windows 7 with an SSD.

Do I need to perform things such as Disk Clean up, Disk Defrag etc like I would on a traditional hard disk or will it take care of itself?

What can I do if required to keep performance as high as possible.

ED209 · 9 Dec 2014 at 07:21

don't do disk defrag on a SSD, its designed for normal HDDs, from what I have read you can loose performance from the SSD.

I run disk clean up every now and then and disable system restore but I don't do anything different to what I do with a normal HDD.

the things I do are to save on space not because its a SSD.

what SSD do you have? ive got a Samsung evo 840 250GB drive.

the only thing I would suggest is to make sure the sata ports are set to ACHI, using a sats 3 (6gb) port for full read and write speeds and that's it

OLDPHART · 9 Dec 2014 at 07:29

You don't Defrag a SSD check to see if Trim is enabled keeps it in good health and use CCleaner for getting rid of temp files etc..

Disable windows Defrag

TRIM Support for SSD - Check and Enable or Disable > http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/39569-trim-support-ssd-check-enable-disable.html

CCleaner one of the best free apps out there > https://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download

ED209 · 9 Dec 2014 at 07:31

in windows 7 disk defrag is disabled.

I did a fresh install a week or so ago of windows 7 and its set to never run and I didn't change this.

McGraw · 9 Dec 2014 at 11:27

Disabling indexing and super fetch and prefetch are a few things I do.

Also disabling hibernation and hybrid sleep.

ED209 · 9 Dec 2014 at 11:33

McGraw said:
Disabling indexing and super fetch and prefetch are a few things I do.

Also disabling hibernation and hybrid sleep.

I have the Samsung software that came with my SSD which does that when you do the OS optimisation which is quite handy.

Gilber89 - what SSD did you get?

Gilbert89 · 12 Jan 2015 at 21:31

ED209 said:
I have the Samsung software that came with my SSD which does that when you do the OS optimisation which is quite handy.

Gilber89 - what SSD did you get?

It was a SK Hynix, Grabbed it due to picking it up Black Friday, Think for 256GB £71 or something!

Think performance figures are similar to the Crucial MX100

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-012-SH

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-036-CR

Phil2008 · 12 Jan 2015 at 22:56

McGraw said:
Also disabling hibernation and hybrid sleep.

I remove the "Hiberfil.sys" file, then I can use sleep without it writing loads to the SSD each time sleep is used, but you can no longer use hibernate, only sleep.

To disable/remove the file, get the "command prompt" up, then type "powercfg -h off"

ghost.florian · 13 Jan 2015 at 21:39

Nothing special needed really. Windows 7 should take care of the drive on its own. Make sure you set your sata host to AHCI mode.

SSDs are designed to last for years of continuous torture (constant writes). By the time your SSD gets into a bad shape, you will probably need to upgrade your entire PC !