SSD 'setup'

slipd · 15 Aug 2012 at 10:27

Hi guys,

Finally took the plunge a got me a 256gb 830. Now, when I originally started looking into getting an ssd some 2 years ago there were loads of threads about getting the best out of them... I remember reading about bios configs and trim and various other little bits you could do to really get the best out of an already great product

So what I'm asking is, does the same thing still apply? Or are they just plug in and go now?

Rooster212 · 15 Aug 2012 at 11:11

They are generally plug and go, there are a couple of things you should do;

- Have ACHI mode set in the BIOS, this allows TRIM to work.
- Run Windows Experience Index, this makes them 'see' the SSD for what it is and disables defrag and a couple of other things you don't need for SSDs.

Other things you can do, mainly for space reasons;
- Disable Hibernation
- Disable Pagefile (depends on how much RAM you have)

deshepherd · 15 Aug 2012 at 13:26

Rooster212 said:
They are generally plug and go, there are a couple of things you should do;

- Have ACHI mode set in the BIOS, this allows TRIM to work.
- Run Windows Experience Index, this makes them 'see' the SSD for what it is and disables defrag and a couple of other things you don't need for SSDs.

Other things you can do, mainly for space reasons;
- Disable Hibernation
- Disable Pagefile (depends on how much RAM you have)

Install and run the "Samsung SSD magician" - the OS tuning option on that brings up a list of things like defrag and indexing to "tune" (i.e. disable) and will also let you know if it sees that you are running in AHCI.

slipd · 15 Aug 2012 at 13:45

Thanks guys! Is that magician software in the box? I've got the norton ghost laptop bundle

JoeF1 · 15 Aug 2012 at 13:52

This thread will help me a lot when i get my SSD.

Thanks for the info.

wazza300 · 15 Aug 2012 at 13:53

you can use samsungs own magician tool,doesnt matter what brand ssd you have,also applies os tweaks to speed up ssd if you want

http://www.downloadcrew.co.uk/articl..._magician_tool

has free cloning option and secure erase option

slipd · 15 Aug 2012 at 22:23

Right, just fitted the drive to the case and booted into windows in order to restore my latest c: drive backup and it seems to be taking forever! I'm trying to restore a 114gb (144gb of data) macrium reflect file and it's taken well over an hour so far and although the total progress is 100%, the current progress is only 7%...

I've plugged the drive into a 6gb port but I used the first sata cable I could find - thinking that might be the problem?

Any ideas?

arknor · 15 Aug 2012 at 23:05

open task manager and on the performance tab select "resource monitor" at the bottom

then see if theres any disk activity going on

slipd · 15 Aug 2012 at 23:17

I take it I'm not normal then

My hd led is flickering and there is progress but it's just really slow! I didn't think it was normal, it only takes about 26 minutes to make the backup and it doesn't take that much longer to restore usually - with mechcanical drives anyway...

slipd · 16 Aug 2012 at 09:48

Just been reading about RoboRestore; could it be that I need to restore my source image from there to begin with?

slipd · 16 Aug 2012 at 22:02

Finslly sorted it! It just took an hour to restore

114gb (144gb of data). that about right?

Anyway, I'm there now. How do I disable hibernation, is it this: powercfg -h off from the command prompt?

slipd · 17 Aug 2012 at 00:45

Taken from Speccy; does this mean I'm only using a 3gb sata cable? I've ordered a 6gb one anyway

chippy08 · 17 Aug 2012 at 02:37

sam.wheale said:
Taken from Speccy; does this mean I'm only using a 3gb sata cable? I've ordered a 6gb one anyway

Looks like your using sata 2 port not sata 3 and sata 2 cable and sata 3 cable are just the same.

trentlad · 17 Aug 2012 at 03:15

You should follow this guide, it's utterly fantastic and covers everything you need to do. Not kidding.

http://www.overclock.net/a/windows-7-install-optimization-guide-for-ssds-hdds-by-sean-webster

qual · 17 Aug 2012 at 05:58

I'm about to install ssd830 , that guide posted ^^^above really does have everything u need to know, I have just a couple of questions , is everything listed in it still relevant on newer ssd's should I just do everything that guy suggests?

I have 8gb memory , should I do something with the page file whatever that is or are these tweaks really not necessary ?
Sorry for hijack !

slipd · 17 Aug 2012 at 14:59

What benchmarking tools are their that would confirm I have my drive set up right and in the right port? I'm fairly sure I plugged it into the 6gb sata port on my mobo :confused:

Maybe that is just the standard response from speccy?

slipd · 17 Aug 2012 at 16:36

Just noticed that I can no longer even start windows disk defragmenter, even on regular hd's. Is that because its been disabled by samsung magician?

wazza300 · 17 Aug 2012 at 16:56

sam.wheale said:
Just noticed that I can no longer even start windows disk defragmenter, even on regular hd's. Is that because its been disabled by samsung magician?

yeah,you can re-enable it,just run wei after and it should disable defrag just on the ssd and keep it enable for the hdd's,thats how mines setup

slipd · 17 Aug 2012 at 18:20

wazza300 said:
yeah,you can re-enable it,just run wei after and it should disable defrag just on the ssd and keep it enable for the hdd's,thats how mines setup

Nope. I ran wei again and I still can't run disk defragmenter

wazza300 · 17 Aug 2012 at 18:24

try right clicking any hdd and select which drives you want defrag to run on,it shouldnt run on the ssd,my ssd doesnt show up in the list