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  1. Posts : 4,517
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       #11

    Have you ran WEI?

    After WEI, the test results will let Windows know more of whats going on. At that point, Defrag will be disabled on drives that are SSDs, and it may also disable Superfetch. I would also turn off the drive indexing on the SSD. It is not needed. But you can leave it on for the spinning drives if you so choose.
    (I would turn SF back on though if it were me. The writes it does do are insignificant, and SF still benefits SSDs. RAM is still faster)

    Windows Defrag is BAD though. if you wish to defrag a SSd on occasion, only use something like Perfect Disk Consolodate or Disk Keeper Hyperfast. They can help a bit if used in moderation (once or twice a month) and are designed for SSDs.
    These are the only 2 Im aware of however that are safe.

    TRIM should be supported for the SSd with Win7s default AHCI driver, as well as the newer Intel drivers.
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  2. Posts : 54
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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       #12

    Wishmaster said:
    Have you ran WEI?
    what is that? And where do I find it
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  3. Posts : 72,041
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       #13

    Here yo go mate. This will show you how to update your WEI score. :)

    Windows Experience Index - Update or Refresh Score
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  4. Posts : 54
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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       #14

    Hasn't worked, I'm still able to defrag the ssd
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  5. Posts : 72,041
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       #15

    Samuel,

    Did you already update all of the drivers from here?

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  6. Posts : 54
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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       #16

    Yes I've updated the drivers, is that a mistake? Should I have ran this WEI with default win driver first?
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    Last edited by Samuel90; 03 Aug 2010 at 07:32.
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  7. Posts : 72,041
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       #17

    No, you would have wanted to updated those drivers.

    Not sure why Windows 7 didn't automatically turn of Disk Defrag for your SSD then, but you can always just manually turn it off yourself by unchecking the SSD in the Disk Defrag Schedule settings. Plus, not to select it when you defrag the other drives.
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  8. Posts : 54
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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       #18

    Okay, but how do I TRIM it,, with programs that wishmaster mentioned?
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  9. Posts : 72,041
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       #19

    Windows 7 will do the TRIM for you since your SSD supports it in Windows 7. No need to do anything else for TRIM. :)
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  10. Posts : 54
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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       #20

    Okay, so the drive itself will do this automatically when needed? how about the chdsk function in win, is that okay to use with ssd?
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