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|    Real User to Stephen Walsh    |
|    any XP + SSD users here?    |
|    27 Jan 23 11:31:13    |
      TZUTC: -0800       MSGID: 8646.windows@1:103/705 28397e47       REPLY: 3:633/280 63c48c9b       PID: Synchronet 3.20a-Win32 master/a2b419846 Jan 26 2023 MSC 1929       TID: SBBSecho 3.20-Linux master/5f7f1104d Jan 25 2023 GCC 12.2.0       COLS: 80       BBSID: VERT       CHRS: ASCII 1       NOTE: FSEditor.js v1.104        Re: any XP + SSD users here?        By: Stephen Walsh to August Abolins on Mon Jan 16 2023 10:26 am               >        >        > 15 Jan 23 13:53, you wrote to all:        >        > AA> From other research, I've learned that the pagefile ought to be        > AA> disabled inorder to prevent excessive writes to a pagefile        > AA> (normally performed on a HDD). So, that is what I've done -        > AA> disabled the pagefile allocation, and deleted the remnants of        > AA> pagefile.sys on both the C and H partitions.        >        > Good move. Also to note *NEVER* defragment the drive under XP. That will        > kill the drive. XP dosn't know what a SSD is.        >        > What you can do though is boot to a linux cd/iso and drop to command line        > and then run (If they are in the base cd/iso image)        > the fstrim command:        >        > ie:        >        > sudo mount /dev/sda1 /mnt        > sudo fstrim -v /mnt        >        >        > AA> render onscreen faster. [4] Battery runtime seems to have        > AA> extended a bit longer too. [5] The fan hardly ever runs, and        > AA> only occassionaly; before, it was on ALL the time.        >        > Not having to spin a HD, and now only the moving parts are the fans will        > extend the battery.        >        >        >        > Stephen              Not a Windows user, but you have both Retrozilla and Mypal browsers out there.       Get Clamwin as the antivirus, it may help you. And, maybe, some PF port for       Windows as a firewall.              -- Unix junkie --       --- SBBSecho 3.20-Linux        * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 10/0 1 15/0 90/1 102/401 103/1 705 105/81 106/201 120/340       SEEN-BY: 123/131 129/305 153/7715 214/22 218/0 1 109 215 650 700 720       SEEN-BY: 218/810 820 840 850 860 870 880 900 226/30 227/114 229/110       SEEN-BY: 229/111 112 113 114 206 307 317 400 424 426 428 452 470 550       SEEN-BY: 229/664 700 266/512 280/464 282/1038 292/854 301/1 317/3       SEEN-BY: 320/219 322/757 342/200 396/45 460/58 633/280 712/848       PATH: 103/705 218/700 229/426           |
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