SSDs and Superfetch


  1. Taliseian
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    Win 7 SP1
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    SSDs and Superfetch


    Hello all,

    I know that if your using an SSD Drive that you don't need to have Superfetch enabled, but I think that my regular HDs do benefit from it.

    I have an Intel SSD, and the toolbox recommends disabling it. Since I have all my games and data on regular HDs, wouldn't it actually hurt my system to disable it?

    Thanks in advance...


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  3. rap33042
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    Windows 7 Home Premium x64
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    I don't think SuperFetch affects anything but the Boot process and the first few minutes of OS run time.

    In my opinion, SSD's should not have SuperFetch, PreFetch, or BootTrace enabled.

    I don't like PageFiles on SSD's, either.
    There are conflicting thoughts on this subject, notably MS says "Yes" and Steve Gibson says "No". I'm going with Gibson on this one.
    Nor do I like hibernation files as they take up a lot of room. (I don't use a hibernation file, myself)

    If there was a way to make my games start up faster, I don't think I'd be interested. Really.
    I'd be much more interested in something that made the game run better- what's a second or two start-up time.
    We're talking about micro-seconds here... not much of an incentive.
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