Windows is quick to implement things that are no longer necessary. Disable ClearPageFileAtShutdown and LargeSystemCache Select your second drive then click System Manage Size or set the paging file size on your won by setting it on Custom Size. If you plan to move it to your second drive.Select your SSD and set it to No Paging File if you plan to move the paging file on your second drive or change the paging file size via Custom Size.Uncheck the Automatically Manage Paging File Size on all Drives. Click the Settings inside the Performance box. On the System Properties window and under the Advanced tab.On the system windows, click advanced system settings.Hold down your Windows Key and press Pause (Break), releasing both and just like magic up pops the System properties window.If you don’t have a secondary drive, you can reduce the pagefile size. If you have a secondary drive, it’s best to put the pagefile on that drive rather than on your SSD. HKLM \ SYSTEM \ CurrentControlSet \ Control \ Session Manager \ Memory Management \ PrefetchParametersĪs two values: “EnablePrefetcher” and “EnableSuperfetch.” Set both values to zero and be done with it! You can find them on your registry editor under This is known as “Prefetch” and “Superfetch.” If you are stuck with having to cope with virtual memory on your SSD, you’re better off just doing away with these two features. Windows sometimes places information in your physical memory and virtual memory belonging to programs that you don’t currently use but use very often.
If you see a dialog telling you that it couldn’t remove a file from the index, click “Ignore All.” That will streamline the process and ignore any errors. Once you do this the operating system will apply this to all the files and folders on the drive.
You’re better off without it in an SSD because the speed boost from the indexing process is superfluous in such environments. This could be useful if you store everything you have on your SSD, but you might be annoyed by it if you experience slow-downs due to the periodic indexing process that occurs every time you add new data to the drive.
Unfortunately, these aren’t automated the process is irreversible and a bit more complex than, say, a software update.Įach SSD manufacturer has their own method for SSD firmware upgrades, so you’ll need to go to the official websites of your SSD manufacturers and follow their guides from there.Ī good part of your SSD speed is consumed in indexing files for Windows search. To make sure your SSD is running as well as it can, it’s worth staying on top of firmware updates for it. After those two changes are made to Regedit you must reboot your PC, enter the BIOS, and switch from IDE to AHCI mode.Now navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\services\msahci and follow the same procedure of modifying the Start value to 0.Backup Windows registry database then navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\services\iaStorV and modify the REG_DWORD Start from 3 to 0 by right-clicking it and hitting modify.Type in Regedit and hit enter to open Windows registry editor.Now Open the Run menu by hitting the Windows key + R.This will start windows into safe mode.Under the Boot tab, select Safe boot and press Apply.Open S ystem Configuration, using Windows + R shortcut key and type in msconfig.If you see the SATA controller mode in IDE, do the following to change it from IDE to AHCI. Most of the modern motherboards SATA controller is set to AHCI by default, you can see it from Device Manager > IDE ATA/ ATPI controllers. SSD works better with AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface) mode. It should enable the TRIM and you should get DisableDeleteNotify = 0 Set SATA controller to AHCI mode Sutil behavior query DisableDeleteNotify 0 Open Command Prompt as an administrator, then Type in When TRIM is disabled in the system you should do the following: If you get result as one (1), then it means TRIM is disabled. Type in the following command and press EnterĪfter executing the command, you should get a result of zero (0), it means TRIM is enabled.Type cmd on start menu search, Right click on command prompt select run as administrator.Here’s how you can ensure that TRIM is configured properly: Erasing those blocks reduces the Write speed and maintains optimum performance throughout the lifespan.īy default, the TRIM feature should be enabled in Windows 7, 8, 8.1 and 10, but sometimes it may not happen. TRIM command allows notifying the SSD to wipe out data from blocks that are no longer in use. 2.2 Disable ClearPageFileAtShutdown and LargeSystemCache Make Sure TRIM is Enabled.