Solved SSD Optimisation - move Appdata\Local\Temp?

[dsotm]

Hi all - just fitted a Kingston SSD and done a clean install of 7UP. In order to minimse read/writes on the drive I have moved the following to other Hdd's:

Windows temp
Browser caches and temps
App scratchdisks and temp files
Windows Pagefile (separate partition on other drive)

I would also like to move the Appdata\Local\Temp folder as this gets a lot of traffic and can grow to huge sizes. Anyone know if its possible without moving the rest of the Appdata directories?

Brian

 

[Airbot]

Yeah, it's possible. I've done it myself for months now, no problems.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/70822-ssd-tweaks-optimizations-windows-7-a.html#post623691

 

[dsotm]

Thanks!

Exactly what I was looking for!

Brian

Edit: Should I keep my Pagefile on the SSD as you have or is there any merit in having it on another drive? I have it set for 1GB with 8GB Ram

 

[A Guy]

Have a read in the show us-your ssd performance thread, towards the last several pages. It seems unneccesary to worry about the read/writes.

http://www.sevenforums.com/hardware-devices/18229-show-us-your-ssd-performance.html

http://www.sevenforums.com/hardware-devices/18229-show-us-your-ssd-performance-190.html#post1471488

A Guy

 

[Airbot]

Edit: Should I keep my Pagefile on the SSD as you have or is there any merit in having it on another drive? I have it set for 1GB with 8GB Ram

I've just left mine (512MB personally) on the SSD.

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Hello.


If / when you do another clean install, you may care to have a look at this tutorial at the link below.

User Profiles - Create and Move During Windows 7 Installations


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[GeneO]

Yeah, why move tempor browser caches to limit writes? Those really won't affect the lifetime of your SSD and the SSD will boost performance with the caches on the drive.

 

[stereo]

Some people say to leave ON the prefetch / superfetch / system restore
Other says " turn it OFF"
I don't know what to believe.

 

[A Guy]

Again, it's an opinion, but I left mine on. Based on the testing now in progress on the durability of SSD's, I've come to think there is no need to move files and turn of Superfetch, etc. I have Superfetch and my Page File , as well as all my programs and user files on my SSD. Unless space is an issue, I think you can just put everything on the SSD. In fact, Windows 7 takes care of this for you:

You can manually disable the Superfetch service by disabling it, but Windows 7 actually takes care of this for you. Supefetch checks the WinSAT disk score of the system (which considers random reads and writes) and if it’s over 6.5, Superfetch automatically turns itself off.

Q. Should I disable Superfetch if I have a solid state disk (SSD)?

A Guy

 

[whs]

The saga continues but in reality the SSDs are not as fragile as many people suggest. There is absolutely no need to move OS files off the SSD - in fact it is counterproductive. The available data shows that an SSD will have a lifespan of about 10 years with a completely standard OS installation.

The only things I would do is to get rid of the hiberfile and reduce the pagefile size - but not because of wear and tear - only to save space.

 

[stereo]

Hello again, whs
I read today a lot of comments about SSD - moving Mozilla Firefox cache ( my default browser ) and Temp folder ( which one ? ) to HDD.
Is that really necessary ? And about some users folders, i moved only My Documents to D ( HDD )
I never use My Pictures / My Music / Saved Games or whatever there is.
The only reason i moved My Documents to D is because of some saved games folders. When i recovery sometime my backup image, i forget to back them up, and i have to start the game again.
But this way, i always have them on D. Most of the games have the saved games location to My Documents.
I'm a bit worry about what essenbe said. I used a lot, Acronis - backup and recovery, but now i found out that restoring the backup image often, can hurt the SSD performance.
Whatever happent, if i "stress" the SSD and i can use it to maximum performance for about 2-3 years, i'm okay with this.
I didn't buy it only to look at him ( SSD ) and to take care of his lifetime

 

[whs]

Hello again, whs
I read today a lot of comments about SSD - moving Mozilla Firefox cache ( my default browser ) and Temp folder ( which one ? ) to HDD.
Is that really necessary ? And about some users folders, i moved only My Documents to D ( HDD )
I never use My Pictures / My Music / Saved Games or whatever there is.
The only reason i moved My Documents to D is because of some saved games folders. When i recovery sometime my backup image, i forget to back them up, and i have to start the game again.
But this way, i always have them on D. Most of the games have the saved games location to My Documents.
I'm a bit worry about what essenbe said. I used a lot, Acronis - backup and recovery, but now i found out that restoring the backup image often, can hurt the SSD performance.
Whatever happent, if i "stress" the SSD and i can use it to maximum performance for about 2-3 years, i'm okay with this.
I didn't buy it only to look at him ( SSD ) and to take care of his lifetime

I think one should only move files off the SSD if there is a space constraint reason. Therfore it usually makes sense to move all the user files to a seperate partition on the HDD. That makes sense in any case (even if you do not have an SSD) for better protection of your data. In some cases - e.g. if you have very large games, it may also make sense to move the program files of those games to the HDD.

But the rest of the OS including all the temp files can stay on the SSD. I would not at all worry about wearing the SSD with the OS. The SSD will live a lot longer than you will care to keep it.

If you restore the OS often, there may be a temporary slowdown until Trim and garbage collection had a chance to make the cleanup. Just let your system idle for a while and that will be taken care of.

 

[dsotm]

Just like to say thanks for all the input guys - all really usefull!