Sbrideau Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Hi guys, I have bought a Crucial M4 SSD, still being shipped, but before I install it I just want to know what the tweaks we have to do in windows to get the maximum out of it, in terms of longevity an stuff. The list I gathered so far;- Disable defrag- Disable hibernation (more free space from not having the hiberfile)- Disable indexing on that drive- Disable pagefile (which I already do) Anything else I should know that I'd have to do when I install Windows 7 on that SSD? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sy_Accursed Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Those are the basics, the later 3 being good in general and the former being ssd specific. Haven't done anything else to my ssd setup and had no issues other than 1 dying within warranty, but that was an out of the box issue like ya sometimes get. Operation Gold Sparkles :: Chompy Kills :: Full Profound :: Champions :: Barbarian Notes :: Champions Tackle Box :: MA RewardsDragonkin Journals :: Ports Stories :: Elder Chronicles :: Boss Slayer :: Penance King :: Kal'gerion Titles :: Gold Statue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sbrideau Posted March 14, 2012 Author Share Posted March 14, 2012 Thanks, so I guess I had a good list. Anyway, got my SSD today, not even 48 hours after ordering it, that's the main reason I love ncix.com so much for this reason plus their very good customer service. Can't wait to see the performance of this thing. Going to put it in my laptop tomorrow while in the college lab, if the lab is not evaluated. My apartment floor is carpet all over so I don't want to take any chances with static electricity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Diddy Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 It really is a nice SSD, should give you a maximum WEI of 7.9. Anything less may be a cause for concern. Also I heard about new firmware being released to settle a bug that caused random BSOD after x amount of hours. I'm not sure if your SSD came with the latest but it may help to take a look at the latest updates and compare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sbrideau Posted March 15, 2012 Author Share Posted March 15, 2012 Yeah, I compared and the one written on the SSD is the latest, so no firmware update needed :). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doomster Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Disable date last accessed... cuts out a few more fairly useless writeshttp://windows7themes.net/registry-tweaks-how-to-disable-last-access-filestamp-in-windows-7.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sbrideau Posted March 15, 2012 Author Share Posted March 15, 2012 Thanks. I keep getting blue screens, wondering if this means I got a bad SSD... And only loads by shots, very fast, but only something as if you played a game at 1 fps. It's set to AHCI in the BIOS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sbrideau Posted March 15, 2012 Author Share Posted March 15, 2012 (edited) Sorry for the double post, but I am currently using the SSD on the desktop and it's extremely fast and works without issues, so I guess there might be a compatibility issue with my laptop? or maybe I should activate the UEFI boot? Never buying an Asus ROG laptop again. Currently Updating Windows and doing the tweaks, but this is going to suck if I can't use it in the laptop. Edit: With the SSD alone in the primary bay, it works like a charm in my laptop, so either the laptop only accepts the OS being in the primary hard drive, or the secondary bay's connector doesn't work as well as it should. All I have to do now is to put the HDD in the secondary bay and pray that it works. Another edit: It looks like it's possible that the connector for the second hard drive bay is defective, seeing as I put the other hard drive there, and the speed isn't constant when it copies. Edited March 15, 2012 by Sbrideau Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sy_Accursed Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Could be to do with what the connectors are, I vaguely recall something about SSD only working properly with SATA 2 or 3 connectors not plain old SATA ones. And I do know some boards use a better SATA for some connections than others. Like my old desktop had 4 Sata 3.0 and 6 Sata 2.0 headers and my Mum's chronically slow thing has some mixture of Sata 2 and Sata 1. Operation Gold Sparkles :: Chompy Kills :: Full Profound :: Champions :: Barbarian Notes :: Champions Tackle Box :: MA RewardsDragonkin Journals :: Ports Stories :: Elder Chronicles :: Boss Slayer :: Penance King :: Kal'gerion Titles :: Gold Statue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sbrideau Posted March 15, 2012 Author Share Posted March 15, 2012 Both Sata connectors are Sata 3 in that laptop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmms Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 I strongly recommend you follow this guide. http://www.overclock.net/t/1156654/seans-windows-7-install-optimization-guide-for-ssds-hdds/0_50 Aefx(started 11/1/2002) Cb: 200 TS: 1900+Bmms--Jr(Started on 1/24/06)(Banned 11/13/09 ) Cb: 119(pre-eoc) TS: 1700+Bmms(Started 8/?/2001)(Banned 1/24/06 ) Cb: 101(pre-eoc) TS: 1350+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sbrideau Posted March 22, 2012 Author Share Posted March 22, 2012 The only thing that would be useful now for me is the steam thing. I have already done most of what's in this guide, even without following a guide :P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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