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   Real User to Stephen Walsh   
   any XP + SSD users here?   
   27 Jan 23 11:31:13   
   
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     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.   
      
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