Optimizing Windows 7 For SSD's?

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OK, i'm about to get my first SSD. I was wondering if I should do anything as far as optimizing the OS when I install Windows 7??? Seems like I had read that Win7 is good to go right out of the box. Just want to make sure before I break something.

I have delt with all kinds of storage systems over the years, but this is my 1st SSD and I wanna do it right. Thanks.
 
from what i have read vista and windows 7 is built to use ssd unlike xp that had to be optimized
 
Install Windows 7 and let it be. That's all you need to do.
 
There's extra stuff you can do, but nothing you should need to do.

Just install Win7, let it format the drive and you're done unless you want to do extra tweaks like whats shown in that link.
 
I thought the thread would be about reducing the size of Win7 for those of us who don't have bigger ssd's. I agree that the OS itself is optimized as is, but a lot of stuff such as printer drivers etc can be taken out to reduce the footprint.
 
What about all that business about setting the SATA controller to AHCI mode instead of IDE mode? Do you still have to do that? Or is that for the older SSDs?
 
AHCI mode is required for automatic TRIM support. You can run it in IDE mode but you will need to use the Intel SSD Toolbox to TRIM the drive.
 
Don't turn off defrag if you have other drives in your system. It should be off automatically for the ssd only. If you want to check, go to the defrag schedule and it should say never next to the ssd.
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