SSD usage questions

[digibucc]

if you have plenty of ram (6 or more gb) i would disable it, just know you lose crash info
as it doesn't transfer from ram to hdd, but that's unnecessary for most users anyway.

the second hdd is an option, but again, unless you crash often and need to save those
crash dumps, it's better imo to just turn the page file off.

 

[Goodman]

Wow, can't find it in both of those..

http://img851.imageshack.us/img851/6905/53061748.jpg

http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/7633/95597156.jpg

Maybe SSD Tweaker was giving me a hint with that option being completely grayed-out was somehow disabled?

I got Win7 Ultimate & i got it in control panel

Tried typing Indexing Options in the search box?

 

[Ozpa]

digibucc: I don't crash at all these days. Is losing dumps the only drawback to disabled pagefile? If so, I'm going to disable that sucker even now.

Tried typing Indexing Options in the search box?

I don't see it, I must've disabled it. I tried looking but didn't find where to enable it

 

[Goodman]

digibucc: I don't crash at all these days. Is losing dumps the only drawback to disabled pagefile? If so, I'm going to disable that sucker even now.




I don't see it, I must've disabled it. I tried looking but didn't find where to enable it

Try this http://www.tomdoyletalk.com/2009/05/26/indexing-options-missing-from-control-panel-in-windows-vista/ it is for Vista but should work on Win7

or this http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/restore-missing-items-in-windows-vista-control-panel/

 

[Ozpa]

I tried both guides and nothing worked!

BUT I think I found why! This is my Windows Features settings:

If the feature is turned off, does it mean the indexing is also turned off?
I have all the bloatware turned off (also the Windows Search is here), isn't this window the one-stop checkbox to everything off concerning Indexing and Search?

Damn, I can see the service in the list now, but nothing in the control panel and the cmd command for it doesn't work still.

 

[TheoneandonlyMrK]

if not installed it should be off, and im not so sure the pagefile advice was sound
as your pc when gameing or in photoshop etc will page the os and background software to its pagefile( also happens to be automatically put on a fast part of hdd), if switched off it may take longer to switch between apps as it will have to reload the software again

it can also lead to "out of memory" error messages in windows

 

[Ozpa]

I guess I'll just allocate 2-4GB of pagefile space to my secondary archive HDD where I keep all the non-installed stuff then.

Thanks guys


1) What do you need to do to maintain the SSD speeds? I assume C300 supports TRIM, but is there anything else I would need to run periodically? I'm a speed freak.

2) What tools are out there to test if the drive is healthy and I don't need to RMA it? Can the CHKDSK be used like it is for HDDs?

 

[digibucc]

and im not so sure the pagefile advice was sound
as your pc when gameing or in photoshop etc will page the os and background software to its pagefile

that still happens, it just goes to ram which is faster.
that's why i said, if you have plenty of ram it isn't bad.

it can also lead to "out of memory" error messages in windows

as i said before:

if you have plenty of ram (6 or more gb).

 

[Ozpa]

1) What do you need to do to maintain the SSD speeds? I assume C300 supports TRIM, but is there anything else I would need to run periodically? I'm a speed freak.

2) What tools are out there to test if the drive is healthy and I don't need to RMA it? Can the CHKDSK be used like it is for HDDs?

Anyone?

 

[digibucc]

1)just don't let it fill with crap. clean windows temp and cache files, etc. regular maintenance.
2) as ssd benchmark

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