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System Name | The White Breeze||Medion Akoya Ultrabook |
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Processor | i7-3770k||Core i5-3317U |
Motherboard | MSI Z77 MPOWER||Laptop? |
Cooling | Custom TEC waterloop||Laptop? |
Memory | 16GB Kingston HyperX @ 2133MHz||8GB SDRAM |
Video Card(s) | 2X SLI MSI GeForce GTX 680 Lightning||Intel 4000 |
Storage | Corsair GT 120GB, WD Caviar Black 1TB||500GB HDD with 32gb MSATA cache |
Display(s) | Samsung U28D590D 4k||14" LED |
Case | NZXT Switch 810||Laptop shell? |
Audio Device(s) | Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi surround pro 5.1||Dolby Home Theatre V4 |
Power Supply | Seasonic XP-860 Platinum||Laptop Power Brick |
Software | Windows 7||Windows 8 |
So, SSD's are fast and all, but the problem everyone has, is that they are very expensive, for a small amount of space. So this is a little tutorial for people that want to squeeze every last gigabyte out of their SSD.
This is for Windows 7, i'm sure it is similar on other versions of Windows.
Things Required-
You will be moving/changing/removing windows files. I am not responsible for you corrupting your windows or drives. I have done all the things shown in this tutorial, so there is some hope that is is safe
WARNING
Some of the Data in the tutorial is from me, some is from websites, they will be credited.
Well, Lets get going.
Pagefile.sys
This file is used on computers that do not have enough ram. When you computer Maxes out its ram, it starts writing the RAM data onto your hard drive in the Pagefile.sys File. This file size is equivalent to your RAM, e.g. 8gb ram, 8gb Pagefile.sys.
So if know that your computer never maxes out its ram, or you have more then 8-12GB of ram, here is where your 2nd HDD comes in handy.
Control Panel/System/Advanced system settings/Performance/Settings/Advanced/Change
(Yeah, thats allot of advanced dialogue boxes, if your scared about venturing this deep into windows, leave now)
So there are 2 Options you can do here-
A)Move the File too your second HDD(Recommended)
On your first drive, set the paging file too, "No Paging file" Then hit set.
On the second drive, set the paging file too, "System Managed Size" Then hit Set.
The reason I like this option, is if your system ever maxes out, there is still a backup, just it won't be as fast.
B)Change The amount of space allocated or REMOVE the Pagefile.sys File(Not Recommended)
I'm not going to go into much detail about this, as it does not leave you much room for error on your pc, just incase it ever maxes out by allot, and crashes because there is not enough backup allocated on the PageFile.sys
Pretty much just Set a Min and Max size, i'm gonna let you explore with that.
hiberfil.sys
Hibernation is feature that only normally people with laptops, or people that want faster "resume" speeds on slow hard drive use.
On a Computer that is Running 24/7, or is turned off when not in use, the Hibernation file is not used.
Really all this file is, is when you put your computer into hibernation, it saves all the states of the files and RAM data currently running onto the hiberfile.sys file, to allow for a "quick" resume.
So, if you don't need this file, Here is the way to go.
So open up Command prompt with administrator privileges(right click). Then type this command. "powercfg –h off" Without the quotation marks. If you ever want to turn hibernation back on, just do the same command, replacing off with on.
Cleaning Temporary Files
So if using the windows temporary file cleaner isn't cutting it for you, here is a nifty little program I have found.
I find this Program, Called "System Ninja" works better then it's competitors, such as CCleaner.
http://singularlabs.com/software/system-ninja/
Just run it, scan your computer, and clean the files. I've once cleaned up ~1GB of Temporary files in 1 scan.
Well, I hoped this helped you. I will try to add some pictures as soon as possible.
Thanks,
ALMOSTunseen
Resources Used-
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/windows-7-and-ssds-cutting-your-system-drive-down-to-size_p3/2941
My Mind
This is for Windows 7, i'm sure it is similar on other versions of Windows.
Things Required-
- An SSD (Oh really?)
- The ability to change and remove windows files
- [Optional] A 2nd drive/HDD
You will be moving/changing/removing windows files. I am not responsible for you corrupting your windows or drives. I have done all the things shown in this tutorial, so there is some hope that is is safe
WARNING
Some of the Data in the tutorial is from me, some is from websites, they will be credited.
Well, Lets get going.
Pagefile.sys
This file is used on computers that do not have enough ram. When you computer Maxes out its ram, it starts writing the RAM data onto your hard drive in the Pagefile.sys File. This file size is equivalent to your RAM, e.g. 8gb ram, 8gb Pagefile.sys.
So if know that your computer never maxes out its ram, or you have more then 8-12GB of ram, here is where your 2nd HDD comes in handy.
Control Panel/System/Advanced system settings/Performance/Settings/Advanced/Change
(Yeah, thats allot of advanced dialogue boxes, if your scared about venturing this deep into windows, leave now)
So there are 2 Options you can do here-
A)Move the File too your second HDD(Recommended)
On your first drive, set the paging file too, "No Paging file" Then hit set.
On the second drive, set the paging file too, "System Managed Size" Then hit Set.
The reason I like this option, is if your system ever maxes out, there is still a backup, just it won't be as fast.
B)Change The amount of space allocated or REMOVE the Pagefile.sys File(Not Recommended)
I'm not going to go into much detail about this, as it does not leave you much room for error on your pc, just incase it ever maxes out by allot, and crashes because there is not enough backup allocated on the PageFile.sys
Pretty much just Set a Min and Max size, i'm gonna let you explore with that.
hiberfil.sys
Hibernation is feature that only normally people with laptops, or people that want faster "resume" speeds on slow hard drive use.
On a Computer that is Running 24/7, or is turned off when not in use, the Hibernation file is not used.
Really all this file is, is when you put your computer into hibernation, it saves all the states of the files and RAM data currently running onto the hiberfile.sys file, to allow for a "quick" resume.
So, if you don't need this file, Here is the way to go.
So open up Command prompt with administrator privileges(right click). Then type this command. "powercfg –h off" Without the quotation marks. If you ever want to turn hibernation back on, just do the same command, replacing off with on.
Cleaning Temporary Files
So if using the windows temporary file cleaner isn't cutting it for you, here is a nifty little program I have found.
I find this Program, Called "System Ninja" works better then it's competitors, such as CCleaner.
http://singularlabs.com/software/system-ninja/
Just run it, scan your computer, and clean the files. I've once cleaned up ~1GB of Temporary files in 1 scan.
Well, I hoped this helped you. I will try to add some pictures as soon as possible.
Thanks,
ALMOSTunseen
Resources Used-
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/windows-7-and-ssds-cutting-your-system-drive-down-to-size_p3/2941
My Mind
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