But very few laptops/netbooks have two drives, and for some people security is important. On a double drive system you can do this. Well I hope this helps some of you and Ill be adding to this over time.Ĭlick to expand.Agree. SSD have sure fast read/writes that indexing is useless.(Thanks to AsRock) The utility I posted should do it but just in case double check in properties. Update: Also be sure to turn of indexing. If your drive is sleeping it can't do TRIM. Why? Because when your drive is idle TRIM cranks up and cleans. With more tests, the performance get worse."Īnother thing is you do not want to do is allow the OS to put your SSD to sleep. Because such behavior would create temporary uncompressible data that will "dirty" the NAND flashes. Test filesize don't set too large with so many cycles. Skill "Don't run Benchmark such as "CrystalDiskMark (CDM) "、"AS SSD" so frequently. Question: Can I run a lot of benchmarkes on my SSD to check performance?Īnswer: No. It also allows you to make sure TRIM is running. SSDTweaker is a cool little application that does all the tedious stuff for you in seconds. Second thing you need to do is download this. As a matter of fact turn off the service so you do not forget and run it one day by mistake.
Question: Ok I got my SSD installed and shes running great! Is there anything else I should do?Īnswer: Yes. Basically it speeds up TRIM from what I understand and cleans up free space. If you want to run the short route use this. If you want to go the long route just do a proper clean install as I stated before. Question: My SSD seems slower then when I first bought it?Īnswer: Yeah that happens. Also make sure you use the lower SATA ports like "0" and "1". Plus you get a huge performance jump if you do this.
If you mess with it you run the risk of improperly aligning it. Windows 7 will identify your drive and allocate accordingly. Also unless you are running XP do not mess with the allocation size. Just don't make a habit of it as this does cause wear on your SSD. This will allow TRIM and alignment to work correctly. However if you are doing a clean install why not do it right? Once you run this and you are sure the SSD is clean then do a normal format. Why? Because unlike standard HDs that just write over old data, SSDs leave the data in and mark it as "invalid" and will be cleaned up by TRIM later on. When you do a clean install you should use a utility like this one. I don't want anyone to trash their drive.Īnswer: Yes and No. If anyone sees a mistake in the info I am going to post please speak up! Also if a mod sees something really wrong then please feel free to edit the info. Well since I am a new adopter of SSD tech I figured I would post a few facts, sites and utilities to help noobs like me answer the hard questions.
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