From all the reading I have done on SSDs this is a known list of best practices in order to minimise read/write and maintain its health for longer:
Disable SuperFetch (Windows 7) this performs the same as Prefetch:
- services.msc -> SuperFetch Properties -> Disabled
- run -> “net stop superfetch”
- run -> “sc config sysmain start= disabled” (This will set the Sysmain (Superfetch) Service startup to disabled)
Disable Disk Defragmenter Schedule (Windows 7):
- run -> “dfrgui” (Disk Defrag Interface)
- Click “Configure Schedule”
- Click “Select disks…”
- Unselect SSDs
- Alternatively you could just remove all defrag schedules
Disable/Move Pagefile (Windows 7):
- Win+Pause (System Properties) -> Advanced system settings -> “Advanced” Tab -> Performance “settings…”
- In Performance Options -> “Advanced” Tab -> Virtual Memory “Change…”
- In Virtual Memory -> Untick “Automatically manage paging file size for all drives. -> Select SSD letter -> “No paging file” -> Set -> OK
Disable Disk Indexing (Windows 7):
- My Computer -> Select SSD -> right click “Properties -> Untick “Allow files on this drive to have contents indexed to addtion to file properties”
Also disable the Search Service
- run -> “net stop WSearch”
- run -> “sc config WSearch start= disabled” (This will set the WSearch (Windows Search) Service startup to disabled)
References:
- Superfetch: http://www.mydigitallife.info/disable-and-turn-off-vista-superfetch/
- Disk Defrag: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/3292-disk-defragmenter-schedule-turn-off.html
- Disk Indexing: http://www.addictivetips.com/windows-tips/disable-search-indexing-in-windows-7/
Page file thread here:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/286922-32-page-file-shorter-life-matter