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SSD optimization in Windows 10

Chad Warmenhoven

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Microsoft put a lot of effort into optimizing the OS under the assumption most of
us are using SSDs; there is still room for improvement. Puget also configures your
systems BIOS and OS based on your hardware so the guide is useful if you would
like further optimization, are reinstalling Windows from scratch or are a tinkerer
like us. Below you will find some tips and tricks for increasing performance and
reliability of your SSD based Puget computer.

Disable Disk Indexing

Indexing was designed to speed Windows search by cataloging files and folders on
a storage device. SSDs will not benefit from this function so if the OS is on an SSD
it can be disabled.

Step 1:

Open file explorer and select “This PC” then right click “Local Disk (C:)” and
select “Properties” from the drop down menu.

Step 2:

Under the “General” tab uncheck “Allow files on this drive to have contents
indexed in addition to file properties”.

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Step 3:

Restart the computer.

Disable Superfetch

Superfetch wastes time repeatedly accessing or reading files. It caches data for
immediate availability in applications but SSDs are already immediately available
as they don’t have to search for data.

Step 1:

Open the “Run” dialog by clicking the “Start Menu” then typing “Run” and hitting
enter.

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Step 2:

Type “Services.msc” and hit enter.

Step 3:

Locate the “Superfetch” service within the Services windows.

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Step 4:

Right click “Superfetch” then click “Properties”.

Step 5:

Select “Startup Type” drop-down and select “Disabled” and hit “OK”.

Step 6:

Restart the computer.

Configure a custom Page File size

The paging file size is initially dependent on the amount of RAM you have in your
Puget computer but is frequently oversized and unnecessarily wastes space on

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your SSD. Adjusting to a more reasonable size can free up space while balancing
performance and reliability.

Step 1:

Open file explorer then right click “This PC” and select “Properties” from the drop
down menu.

Step 2:

Select “Advanced system settings” on the left.

Step 3:

Click “Settings” within the “Performance” section of the “Advanced” tab.

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Step 4:

In the new windows navigate to the “Advanced” tab and click the “Change” listed
within “Virtual memory” section.

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Step 5:

A new window will appear listing paging file size for each drive and is likely set to
“Automatically manage paging file size for all drives” at the top, uncheck this box.

Step 6:

Click the “Custom Size” radial.

Step 7:

Set the “Initial size (MB):” to “1000MB”.

Step 8:

Set the “Maximum size (MB):” to “3000MB”.

Step 9:

Restart the computer.

Disable Hibernate

Disabling hibernate is a useful step due to the limited write cycles that SSDs are
capable of. As hibernation is actually a power saving technique designed around
mechanical HDDs, it is unnecessary on SSDs since they require far less power and
are significantly more efficient.

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Step 1:

Open an elevated command prompt by clicking the “Start Menu” then typing
“CMD”, right click the first result and select “Run as administrator”.

Step 2:

Once the command prompt opens type “powercfg -h off” then hit enter.

Step 3:

Restart the computer.

Tags: Optimizing, SSD, Speed, Windows, Software, Hard Drive, Setup

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