SSD & 7 optimization clarification

I just wanted to get some clarification on a few things about setting up a SSD for 7. Yesterday I ordered a Intel X25-M SSDSA2MH080G2R5 80GB SSD and 7 64-bit. I have read through a lot of threads and sites about SSD setup, tweaks , trim etc.

I have downloaded the Intel® Solid State Drive Toolbox and Intel® SATA Solid-State Drive Firmware Update Tool . I am under the impression that I should first up date the firmware. The rest of this post is just for my clarification about SSD and 7 setup. If I have got something wrong please let me know.

*disclaimer
I have compiled this list from posts on this forum.
I pulled 99% of this info from THIS post by lightningltd
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*Set/Check Trim status

Open an elevated Command Prompt (run as admin) and paste this command into the Command Prompt window:

fsutil behavior query DisableDeleteNotify

If Command Prompt returns a 0 (zero), your drive supports TRIM and it is enabled. If it returns 1 (one), the file system has disabled TRIM for your drive. This means your drive's controller does not support TRIM.

*Confirm ATA/ATAPI ACHI controller is set to use trim.
For non-intel chipsets:
go to device manager and select IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers. If it says "Standard AHCI 1.0 Serial ATA Controller", you are good to go. If not, double click it and select the driver tab. Click update driver. Select browse. Select let me pick. select Standard AHCI 1.0 Serial ATA Controller.Reboot

*Disable Windows defrag program
Admin tools/Services set Disk Defragmenter to disabled.

*Disable Superfetch/prefetch/bootfetch:
Admin tools/Services. Select superfetch and set to disabled.
Run regedit and change the following values: HKLM/System/CurrentControlset/Control/Session Manager/Memory Management/Prefetch Parameters and change the key valus of Enableboottrace, enableprefetcher, enablesuperfetch all to 0 and exit regedit.

*Disable Event logs
Go to start/admin tools and select performance monitor. Expand data collector sets. Click on Startup Event Trace Sessions. With the exception of the following NECESSARY logs (Application, Security, System, Security Essentials) we can stop them from starting. To do so, right click on each one that has a status of Enabled (except the ones mentioned above) and select Properties. Click the Trace Session tab. Unselect Enabled. Click Ok. Repeat for the others (including readyboot).

*Enable Write Caching
Write-Caching - Enable or Disable

*Move TEMP files location
How do I change the location of Windows temporary files?

*Move Internet Explorer Temporary Internet (cache) Files location
Click on the Tools>Internet Options>Internet Properties> on the General Tab under Browsing History click the Settings When the "Temporary Internet Files and History Settings" dialog box appears, click the "Move folder" button. Choose a folder on your secondary HD and click "OK" on the dialog boxes to close them.

*Turn off Windows reliability monitor
Admin tools, open task scheduler. expand task scheduler library, then Microsoft, then Windows. Scroll down and click on RAC. Go to the top and select View then show hidden tasks IF RACTASK is not showing. Right click on RacTask and select disable. To re-enable it, you right click it and select enable.

*Page File relocation ?
leave it on the SSD or Secondary HD. I have no idea.

BlackViper.com Windows 7 Service Configurations
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Thanks to lightningltd for all the info you posted

Here are some more helpful threads
Optimize Windows 7 by Brink
AHCI : Enable in Windows 7 / Vista by Bare Foot Kid

Hi Gspoon,
I have had a Intel X25-M 80 for about a month now. There is a few things I might add.

Go to computer, right click your ssd and under general, uncheck " Allow files on this drive to have contents indexed...". Should be turned off.

Run WEI, this will let Win7 correctly detect the ssd and load it's defaults for ssds.

Hanging out at the OCZ forums (yes I have an Intel..shhhh lol) the R&D/Mods suggest to leave prefetch on and turn superfetch off. Now for the pagefile, they suggest leaving it on the ssd due to it's nature of small writes. There is also a general consensus to disable system restore on the ssd, personally I prefer the "safety net" factor so I keep mine enabled.

Here is the link that I'm referring to:
General Discussion Just what tweaks are needed in win7 with SSD?

I hope you enjoy it, it's the single best upgrade that one can apply and see results!

I have the 80GB Intel SSD myself. I disabled the defrag. Everything else I left enabled and in place. My pagefile is on my mechanical drive...but that's simply done to conserve space on the SSD.

Personally, with heavy testing and a stopwatch, after doing quite a number of tweaks my box actually got slower. Therefore, I rebuilt, left it alone and it's faster.

My motto: Worry less, enjoy more!

I did reduce the amount of space that system restore could use to 2-3%. I can afford that small of a loss for the benefits that I can provide if I even need it.

Just don't "overtweak" it. Keep it simple (see my motto).