Preparing the operating system for efficient running on an SSD - video tutorial

Hi friends, in the following video tutorial I will present a few modifications that have to do in the operating system to use an SSD to its true value.
SSD works differently than a conventional hard drive, Solid State Drive stores data on flash chips compared to the hard disk that stores data on a magnetic surface, a turntable, in this case the hard drive needs using the operating system to gain speed and response time, the SSD-ui no longer need system tools such as defragmentation, indexing, Superfetch, Prefetch etc. SSD instant data access regardless of the sector they are.
To make SSD faster, to prolong life have to do some changes in the operating system below steps that I have I traveled in the tutorial:

Step 1 (SSD used)

AS ..AS Clean ……………… ..

http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=12488&d=1257418520

Step 2, better drivers for AHCI and RAID.

……… .Direct Intel AHCI ………

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/SearchResult.aspx?lang=eng&ProductFamily=Chipsets&ProductLine=Chipset+Software&ProductProduct=Intel%C2%AE+Rapid+Storage+Technology+%28Intel%C2%AE+RST%29

Step 3, Enable write caching

Step 4, disabling indexing SSD

Step 5, Disable the defragmentation service (useless for SSD) "from services"

Step 6, Disable system restore

Step 7, Disable superfetch "from service"

Step 8, disable prefetch “registry”

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SYSTEM \ CurrentControlSet \ Control \ Session Manager \ Memory Management \ PrefetchParameters
For more details you can watch SSDs Article from blog or tutorial on videotutorial.ro.
If you want to buy an SSD in it, I recommend SSDs based on SandForce controller 1200, some SSDs equipped with this controller as: Mushkin Callisto, Corsair Force, OCZ Vertex 2These drives have speeds searing high reading and writing, respectively 285 275 MB MB.
Remember, if you have suggestions, complaints or additions do not hesitate to write in the comments box, de-also if you met the comments box a user has a problem and you can help him, do not hesitate to do it, the only way we can do this place better, see the comments box!
Enjoy !
by Cristian Cismaru



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  1. sailorriver said

    I take my hat off to the producer of this tutorial.Astept and other tutorials about the new technology in this field, tutorials on new hardware on the market .. etc..

  2. hello! SSD is a sub 400ron, exactly 350ron that supports trim! to date S596 32Gb

  3. does it mean that it doesn't make sense to buy ssd for linux?… a bit awful… I wanted to buy a pc to run only on linux…. ssd..waiting answer..thanks a lot!

    • cossmyn: Means that it is pointless to buy my ssd for linux? ... Kind of sucks ... I wanted to buy a PC to run it only on linux .... among other machines I wanted to equip it with an SSD ... if something goes linux the ssd .. waiting reply .. thanks a lot!  

      works perfectly. I have a Kingston V Series SATA 2

    • cossmyn: Means that it is pointless to buy my ssd for linux? ... Kind of sucks ... I wanted to buy a PC to run it only on linux .... among other machines I wanted to equip it with an SSD ... if something goes linux the ssd .. waiting reply .. thanks a lot!  


      SSD works well on any operating system, the only option is the lack of TRIM (Windows 7 has trim) but I think it will soon introduce support, especially Ubuntu.
      Get your SSD not worry, you'll feel the difference and no trim, the difference between hard disk and SSD is huge, as from heaven to earth.

  4. Nustiu When do I get a SSD, but anyway, BRAVO.

  5. Hi I would like to know how to disable external hard drives do not come in the windows 7 stend bay?

    • Adi: Hi I would like to know how to disable external hard drives do not come in the windows 7 stend bay?  Cite me

      Click on Home then control Panel, And check the top right control panel to have "View by"Set Large icons. Then you go on Power OptionsAnd the right of your plan that you have (if you have ticked default "Balanced') Click on Change plan settings then click on Change advanced power settings. In the window that appears go on hard disk, Click on the + in front of him that has expanded the options, then click on the plus in front of Tun off hard disk after, Click on Setting and you 2 sagetele each other where you can increase or decrease during ... click the arrow pointing down until you reach Never (You get to 0 and more once you click the arrow pointing down to write Never) Then you go in the same window on USB settingsClick on the plus in front of him to Expand, click on the plus in front of USB selective suspend settings and Setting choose Disabled. Then click on Apply bottom right of the window and click on the big OK. Recommended is to give and to restart the PC.

      In the future learn English if you do not catch your nose in Windows and know how to set anything you want!

      • Adrian:
        Click on Home then control Panel, And check the top right control panel to have "View by"Set Large icons. Then you go on Power OptionsAnd the right of your plan that you have (if you have ticked default "Balanced') Click on Change plan settings then click on Change advanced power settings. In the window that appears go on hard disk, Click on the + in front of him that has expanded the options, then click on the plus in front of Tun off hard disk after, Click on Setting and you 2 sagetele each other where you can increase or decrease during ... click the arrow pointing down until you reach Never (You get to 0 and more once you click the arrow pointing down to write Never) Then you go in the same window on USB settingsClick on the plus in front of him to Expand, click on the plus in front of USB selective suspend settings and Setting choose Disabled. Then click on Apply bottom right of the window and click on the big OK. Recommended is to give and to restart the PC.In the future learn English if you do not catch your nose in Windows and know how to set anything you want!

        I disabled that with da nam knew hardu be deactivated and those usb Orikum Thanks Adrian

  6. Speaking of mechanical parts and dvd writer is (or rum dvd cd burner depends on what has each) which is also a mechanical part.

  7. I can not say nothing but praise filmmakers this website, find here many solutions that you can not tell anyone honestly say, I ran the 8 years, work and service in the field, I have done some courses but not jnveti than actually working and hitting you unfamiliar problems, say from experience that for me everything unknown is a challenge for knowledge and discovery, but also a great satisfaction when you succeed, there are things you know but there are many who do not I knew and I learned here, so once again congratulate the guys on tutorial, you are a real support! Bafta!

    • telu: I can not say nothing but praise filmmakers this website, find here many solutions that you can not tell anyone honestly say, I ran the 8 years, work and service in the field, but I have done some courses jnveti than actually working and not hitting you unfamiliar problems, say from experience that for me everything unknown is a challenge for knowledge and discovery, but also a great satisfaction when you succeed, there are things you do not know but there are many I've known and I've been here, so once again congratulate the guys on tutorial, you are a real support! Bafta!  

      Thank you very much and you wait?

  8. Super tutorialul.Dar though I have some concerns and specifically the SSD where I installed an Acer Aspire with 640 Go HDD so could use an SSD to him that I SO that's windows7 and HDD him used only for storage? SSD can be connected externally?

    • CsabiSuper tutorialul.Dar I still have some questions, and more specifically the SSD where I installed an Acer Aspire with 640 Go HDD so could use an SSD to him that I SO that's windows7 and to HDD I use it only for storage? SSD can be connected externally?  

      SSD is mounted internally as classic hardware. If you have an older housing (the time when there SSD) you can put and fixed in place stand-Floppy Drive (where you stick the floppy) Floppy And so it is no longer useful, than a BIOS update

  9. Thank you, very helpful, I just bought an OCZ Vertex 2, I installed w 7 64 b, we set di bios AHCI then 8 those steps, but I have a problem 2 the hdd, wd 640gb, not anymore. Can you help me with some advice?

    • Adrian admin said

      Molina: Thank you, very helpful, I just bought an OCZ Vertex 2, I installed w 7 64 b, we set di bios AHCI then 8 those steps, but I have a problem 2 the hdd, wd 640gb, not anymore. Can you help me with some advice?  Cite me

      That is because of the AHCI enabled yes disable the BIOS again and everything will be OK or you can watch the tutorial about integrating drivers AHCI in Windows installation kit. Write up in the search box to the right of the black border: AHCI, hit enter and you will find the tutorial

  10. Thanks, I worked ide but I see in tests that do not reach the same speed write / read as AHCI.

    • Adrian admin said

      Molina: Thanks, but I worked ide see in tests that do not reach the same speed write / read as AHCI.  

      If you want to enable the AHCI I said above, you have to integrate the drivers you find on your laptop manufacturer or if not on your chipset manufacturer. With Everest out what chipset you have (and will write on your laptop manufacturer to Specifications (specs) what chipset you have) and we see that tutorial about it, write up in the search box on the right: Everest, you enter and you will find the tutorial. Then do what is said in the tutorial after you downloaded AHCI drivers for AHCI. Impression that the speed is less than just the placebo effect. Defragment your hard drive (write top right: hard disk defragmentation, you enter and you will find tutorials on that) and everything should be OK. With AHCI enabled the reading is done in a different order (better organized) but do not feel or performance are not noticeable

  11. Hey look I found a program cristi http://elpamsoft.com/Downloads.aspx making one tweak for SSD, if you can do a tutorial on it to see if it's good or not as good

  12. I just purchased a corsair ssd force Cristi 60gb and that because of you (a man of value) Thanks Aces track

  13. Michael Brand said

    Hi Cristi I just bought a ssd Mushkin 60GB SATA-II Callisto deluxe and it supports Trim technology do I still need to make the settings from your tutorial above?… On a windows7… thank you you are the coolest

  14. Hi there!
    Before you do what is shown in the tutorial I made some, measures "if I can tell them this: a movie DVD format 2,79GB I:
    - copied from external hard drive to ssd: 1min 37 sec (after applying the settings: 1min 37 sec)
    - copied from internal hard drive to ssd: 41 sec (after applying the settings: 43 sec)
    - copied from ssd to external hard drive: 2min 9 sec (after applying the settings: 2min 10 sec)
    - copied from ssd to internal hard drive: 25 sec. (after applying the settings: 25 sec).

    The only benefit after applying the settings shown in the tutorial was that I had more space on the SSD, and nothing more!
    After I made the settings in the tutorial I shouldn't have had an improvement of the ssd performance ??? !! Does time have to pass or what is the phase ??

    Thanks in advance and I appreciate the work and time lost videotutprial team! Hats off!

    • Andrew C: Howdy!
      Before you do what is shown in the tutorial I made some, measures "if I can tell them this: a movie DVD format 2,79GB I:
      - copied from external hard drive to ssd: 1min 37 sec (after applying the settings: 1min 37 sec)
      - copied from internal hard drive to ssd: 41 sec (after applying the settings: 43 sec)
      - copied from ssd to external hard drive: 2min 9 sec (after applying the settings: 2min 10 sec)
      - copied from ssd to internal hard drive: 25 sec. (after applying the settings: 25 sec). The only benefit after applying the settings presented in the tutorial was that I have more space on the ssd, and nothing more!
      After I did not have tutorial settings to have a performance improvement SSD?!! Gotta go or what's the time? Thank you in advance and I appreciate the work and time lost videotutprial team! Hats off!  

      Those settings are designed to extend and preserve the life of the SSD performance over time.
      An SSD does not have the same performance after several months of use, to avoid premature aging of cells on Nand is advisable to make these settings.
      Nand has the limited number of write cycles, those services that I've stopped consuming tutorial that number of cycles unnecessarily SSD does not need defragmentation or SuperFetch, access time of a SSD is extremely quickly and use certain services in Windows nicin would not benefit.
      The performance of an SSD can not be increased, but can shrink increased in any case.
      In other news, if you want to test an SSD must use in the process of testing a storage medium capable of enjoying them SSD data at high speed, you think that you have copied from a hard disk that has normal a lower speed.
      Try using test programs able to push an SSD to the limit.

  15. cristian said

    attention to who I and the SSD from OCZ
    is a question, namely:
    Class SSD VTXE si VTX have less reading
    Class ***** VTX from OCZ are the best are the 34nm (technology ffNOUA)
    Class *** VTXE is the technology 25nm

    OCZ search if you take the following code: OCZSSD2-2VTX

  16. Welcome. Do you know if the model TeamGroup Gb 32 combo tested tutorial support Trim? I want to buy one Pentro OS, since very low price (218 lei).

    • adrian:
      Welcome. Do you know if the model TeamGroup Gb 32 combo tested tutorial support Trim? I want to buy one Pentro OS, since very low price (218 lei).

      No trim, orient yourself on a modern SSD, that is quite old.
      SSDs are evolving extremely fast and the prices are not so high.

  17. Cosmin said

    Romania sole sound of providing such services, and I want in my name and many who have left coment, Thank you so much. I hope to do next as many useful tutorials. MS

  18. Hi there!

    I have a question? In BIOS I have to choose between AHCI and RAID.
    I want to put an SSD for OS and HDD in RAID storage 2.
    The question is: how do you have and AHCI (for NCQ and TRIM SSD-arranged function) and the 2 RAID HDDs?

    Thank you in advance.

  19. Cristi Hello!
    It is better to leave win7. to make all the up-date sites?
    This slows SSD ego?

  20. And another thing Cristi!
    I do not know what video card to buy myself until 1400 lei
    If you are MSI, ASUS. or other brands!?
    AM proc.phenom II x4 980black edition
    MSI Motherboard 990FXA-GD65 am3 +
    Mem. Corsair ddr3-1800mhz 8gb
    Win7-profesional/64biti
    OCZ SSD-Agility3 60gb sata3
    What video card do you recommend in this system?

  21. Please send me lamuriiti and indexing on the SSD. I want to give Apply and gives me a error, a warning about the boot files. If you destroy the windows.

  22. panflover said

    Hi Cristi… I really liked this tutorial… could you please do a tutorial on ssd optimization in Linux? I would like to buy an ssd and put linux on it, but I'm afraid I won't shorten its life if I don't know how to make the necessary optimizations. I found some information about ssd optimization on the OCZ forum but I didn't understand much. You would help me a lot if you did a tutorial on this. Thank you in advance.

  23. Hello,

    Firat of all bravo for the work they do.
    I have a corsair force gt 60gb and I have a big problem!
    I W7 report 16 gb free on c: \ where I Systeme and representing ssd.
    If you select all the content of websites in c: \ * and give a 25.6 gb properties appear to me.
    Systema is fresh install.
    Do you know why?

  24. I bought at the offer on a specialized site an acer aspire 5755g at half price last year. I then replaced the 750 giga hdd / ul with a 128 giga PX-128M2P ssd plextor. no apple as lightning! hdd use it as an external disk. l / m put in / an external support, -case-, with usb 3.0
    I jocuru ISO, movies, music. and so I reconciled trilogy vs performance. Pretz round. me!
    I invested in 3000 ron. satisfied are perfect! Mass Effect game 3 fra problems
    !

  25. Sorry I wrote about anagrams! Opium is the wine! lol

  26. You can make a videotutorial on how to mount a PC SSD?

  27. 8 windows are needed??

  28. I am the owner of a 60 GB SSD was new when I bought it but I want to run on it AS Cleaner, presented in step 1 that program, but I do not cleaner than the empty space left on the SSD, not all SSD space what is done? to format? right click format with NTFS, to have it all empty and after I run AS Cleaner, or there is another soft .. ? send your thanks in advance!

  29. Adrian Gudus said

    Mihai:
    I am the owner of a 60 GB SSD was new when I bought it but I want to run on it AS Cleaner, presented in step 1 that program, but I do not cleaner than the empty space left on the SSD, SSD totspatiul not, What is done? to format? right click format with NTFS, to have it all empty and after I run AS Cleaner, or there is another soft .. ? Send your thanks in advance!

    You can quiet format right click and choosing Format (with noted that windows should not be running at that time on SSD) you can format and wizard installation of any version of Windows

  30. Very good tutorial, thank you. Without ESRD results in RAID0 deplorable. After all the steps difference is seen. http://www.mygarage.ro/attachments/my-garage/115194d1286820407-computer-ma-friend-ssd.jpg
    Soon I take other 2 3 SSD Corsair Force GT series. I hope that the sata-3 get to 1GB / s

  31. I bought an Intel SSD 180 Gb. I have installed in your computer.
    I have motherboard Gigabyte GA-EP45T-UD3R
    At startup we found that SSD is not seen.
    Please guide me how can I fix this
    Regards
    Sergiu

  32. Any idea how I enable TRIM on RAID0 2 x Kingston HyperX / ASUS P9X79 DELUXE? Thank you.

  33. I have a problem with Windows 8. I have a SSD I installed windows 60GB 8 and I do not understand why all this SSD increase the space used without installing any software, with updates to be stopped and disabled system restore, hibernation and page file moved off the HDD. I moved and folders in users \ username leam hard and put temp and tmp folders of variables. And simply increase the space used on SSD cam 5 minutes when I look I see another bail-5 10 MB more. Basically in a few hours to get extra gigabytes show that as without installing anything. I tried 7 windows, and the windows 7 not have this problem. To be the cause? Be any bug of Windows 8 something?

  34. Radu:
    I have a problem with Windows 8. I have a SSD I installed windows 60GB 8 and I do not understand why all this SSD increase the space used without installing any software, with updates to be stopped and disabled system restore, hibernation and page file moved off the HDD. I moved and folders in users \ username leam hard and put temp and tmp folders of variables. And simply increase the space used on SSD cam 5 minutes when I look I see another bail-5 10 MB more. Basically in a few hours to get extra gigabytes show that as without installing anything. I tried 7 windows, and the windows 7 not have this problem. To be the cause? Be any bug of Windows 8 something?

    I solved. A very strange thing. It seems that the problem was caused by the "Windows Search" service. I did a new installation of windows 8 and I disabled from Windows Search services and the problem disappeared. With windows search activated in a few hours, it takes up even more than 4-5 gb on the SSD. I read on a forum and it seems that I was not the only one with this problem. It was one that seems to take up over 120 GB of SSD space from 40 GB with windows search turned on.

  35. above indexation is Compress this drive to save space.este better to disable pt. ssd? because some SSDs 60gb

  36. adi:
    above indexation is Compress this drive to save space.este better to disable pt. ssd? because some SSDs 60gb

    Deactivate indexing and compression, you do not need, especially since most files today are compression (avi, mkv, exe, rar, zip, png, mp4, jpg).
    Using compression will gain some space if you work with many documents, Word, Excel, etc.. If you use compression can consume more memory / processor / input / output.
    In conclusion dezactiveza them both.

  37. May you guys do not sleep? BRAVO! BRAVO! BRAVO! AND RESPECT Pt.rapiditatea response. Thanks for the advice.

  38. sall I got a Kingston V + SSD 200GB 2,5,60 SATA3, I mounted it on the desktop, I put him x8 64 windows, all good so far, the problem is they're getting heavy as a normal HDD, DC?? look results registered http://img831.imageshack.us/img831/2886/capturm.png and I did all the settings you have made in the tutorial, do not understand dc??

  39. how long an SSD with AS cleaner cleaning 0.5?
    I have a Kingston HyperX SSD to 120 Gb, gave him clean and runs indefinitely.
    It's normal that?

  40. steft34:
    how long an SSD with AS cleaner0.5 cleaning?
    I unSSD Gb Kingston HyperX for 120, gave him clean and runs indefinitely.
    It's normal that?

    and what is with FFF

  41. constantin said

    Regards Team Videtutorial.ro make an excellent treba that many of us PC users and not only help us in many issues that do not know, personally I'm glad to have a team so we ask advice and are not Login or websites I follow Videotutorial.ro pay for years and I could solve problems that I thought can not be a solution. CONGRATULATIONS BOYS AND BAFTA below.

    I have a question Cristi those AHCI and RAID drivers when installing the SSD after you install Windows 7 or before and if you can explain to me how the setup

  42. If you disable system restore, how can I reinstall Windows? what ways have or what you need to prepare before uninstalling system restore?
    Thank you!

  43. Costi T. said

    Regards
    I bought a 300 GB Kingston V60 SSD today and installed it on the go. In Windows it sees it as space (56 GB) but when installed, it gave me an error message as if it was corrupt. It's clear I made a mistake somewhere in the settings. My motherboard - P5L 1394 - is an older one, but it has the ahci BIOS option somewhere. Even if I activated it, I also formatted the ssd in fat32 (in ntfs it does not recognize it for installation), the operating system put on a stick does not want to be installed on the SSD at all. The BIOS recognizes the ssd, but is it possible that the board is too old and does not accept SSDs? It has 4 ports and 2 on the motherboard. Any suggestions?

  44. Costi T.: Greetings! Today I bought a Kingston SSD V300 60 GB and I installed it on calc. In Windows sees that space (56 GB) but installation gave me an error message as it would be corrupt. Obviously I was wrong somewhere in settings. My card base - P5L 1394 - is an old one, but has somewhere AHCI option in BIOS. Even though I activated it, I formatted and SSD in the fat32 (in ntfs not recognize for installation), the operating system put on a stick does not want to install all the SSD. BIOS recognizes the SSD, but it may be nice too old and not support SSDs? He 4 2 sata ports on the motherboard. Any suggestions?

    Windows XP does not have drivers AHCI, install Windows 7.

    • Costi T. said

      I installed Windows on the SSD 7. I could install, test, Windows XP V300 Kingston SSD on a laptop BIOS's have very simple and went smoothly. Anyway, we hope to install ssd XPul on my desktop, because it's easier to manage a smaller system. 7 that use Windows on SSD does not give me the impression that go much faster, even though I followed all the steps optimization (automatic optimization system already had done). That's for the W 7 16 GB, is more difficult to manage the system and open firefox with many tabs take 1,4 3 GB of total GB RAM. Firefox takes over 300 10 tabs Mb RAM and the latest flash player when you open images-200 250 around mb ram, which I find much. What's worse is that the lot and the Intel Core Duo 2 of 1,8 GHz to 60-70% and freezes almost everything. If I get a better video card, it makes it over flash player and leave the CPU alone?

  45. and disable system restore and if you happen to restore the system I need to do? Reinstall?

    can be disabled and that to me is 7GB hiberfil.sys?

    8GB can disable and pagefile.sys?

  46. Hello Cristi I have a Kingston SSD that according to draiver AHCI and installed, I have a process facilitates x2 AMD Turion dual-core mobile RM-70 2000MHz,
    L2 1024KB cache, ATI Mobility HD Rdeon 3400
    Toshiba Satellite A300D

  47. Alexandru said

    Hi friends,
    For installing windows 8.1 on SSD, are the same tweaks valid as for windows 7 or are they different? From what I understand Windows 8.1 would be a little "smarter" and recognizes the SSD by applying different settings for it.
    Thank you!

  48. Hello. cezici can use an SSD for system and HDD memory next?
    HDD slows SS or it affects you?
    runs well?
    Thanks.

  49. For Windows 8.1 same settings remain valid?

  50. Hi
    We looked a response can help me a SSD supports installing multiple operating systems, managed as a boot manager hdd?

  51. I have a question: every time you reinstall Windows really need that after installing the drivers and to use that program mentioned in step 1?

  52. Server not found

  53. Hello!
    If you install Ubuntu and Windows on the same SSD 8 is a problem?

  54. I have a question, I have a ssd but the ide hdd older. How do I set the BIOS to see him ata ide hdd and with SSD? SSD I installed Windows.

  55. Bejenaru Sebastian said

    Hello cristi does not go the link from As cleaner please help urgently !!!! I need great

  56. Florin Rusu said

    https://downloadcenter.intel.com/search?keyword=Intel%c2%ae
    I've been working hard to download SSD drivers for Windows 7, (which I'm used to)…
    Is there a simpler solution?

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