windows 7 page file help for SSD

craptakular · 31 Jul 2009 at 18:31

Hi,

I just built a RAID 0 SSD and installed windows 7. While researching, some reviews suggested moving the page file off my SSD onto another HDD. I have done this just now, but then I started thinking that Microsoft set it to the OS drive for a reason, have I made my system worse or better?

Sin_Chase · 31 Jul 2009 at 18:54

Neither better or worse tbh. Might cut down on the time before you need to do a secure erase on the drive though.

Dolph · 31 Jul 2009 at 18:55

SSD's are the exception to the normal rule of windows knowing better than you when it comes to pagefile management (some people still recommend manual management, but they can't help being stuck in the windows 98 days).

Because of the way an SSD reads and writes data, having a volatile file on there is generally a bad idea, so moving the pagefile to a standard HD is a good idea.

http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3531

explains how the way an SSD behaves is different from a normal drive and why moving the pagefile (if windows hasn't already done it automatically) is a good idea.

craptakular · 31 Jul 2009 at 19:17

Ah thanks guys! seems its a good idea! I have another question, how do I check that windows 7 has disabled auto defragging?