What settings need changed when adding an ssd to Windows 7?

[balloonshark]

I finally got the ssd installed in my nieces computer. I must say, it makes a huge difference.

What settings do I need to set in Windows 7 or the BIOS? I've already disabled scheduled defrags.

Do I need to install any utilities for the Samsung 840 ssd?

 

[Charlie98]

Samsung offers their Samsung Magician for their SSDs, it's a useful tool to check for current FW, run benches and stuff like that. It also can enable RAPID, which I don't recommend.

If you want to get the 'inth degree of performance out of the SSD, there are some tweaks you can do, but in everyday use it's not really necessary; you've done what you needed to do (disable defrag.)

The only other thing you need to check (and it's probably too late to do anything) is that it's hooked into a SATA3 port (if the rig is modern enough) and that AHCI is enabled in the BIOS.

 

[Redstorm]

Enable Trim

fsutil behavior set disabledeletenotify 0

Disable scheduled defragmentation for the SSD (just saw that you all ready have)

 

[balloonshark]

Samsung offers their Samsung Magician for their SSDs, it's a useful tool to check for current FW, run benches and stuff like that. It also can enable RAPID, which I don't recommend.

If you want to get the 'inth degree of performance out of the SSD, there are some tweaks you can do, but in everyday use it's not really necessary; you've done what you needed to do (disable defrag.)

The only other thing you need to check (and it's probably too late to do anything) is that it's hooked into a SATA3 port (if the rig is modern enough) and that AHCI is enabled in the BIOS.

Thanks for your reply. The drive is installed in a Toshiba laptop so I only have one slot for a drive. I'll be sure to check the BIOS the next time I boot up. I'll also grab the Samsung Magician.

Enable Trim

Thanks. After a quick search I typed fsutil behavior query disabledeletenotify in the command prompt and it returned DisableDeleteNotify = 0 so it looks like we are good to go.

 

[balloonshark]

Should I disable Prefetch/Superfetch? The magician software says it isn't used by ssd's.

Edit: Or is it just ok to set for maximum reliability in the OS Optimization?

 

[Charlie98]

Be careful using the OS Optimization settings in Magician... I tried it and it jacked up things I had already set manually. It's best to do it yourself.

You can disable Pre/SuperFetch, I did, but I don't think it makes that big of a difference in day to day usability.

 

[balloonshark]

Be careful using the OS Optimization settings in Magician... I tried it and it jacked up things I had already set manually. It's best to do it yourself.

You can disable Pre/SuperFetch, I did, but I don't think it makes that big of a difference in day to day usability.

Thanks again Charlie!