Turn Off or Shrink the Hibernation File: Applies to SSDs/HDDs
1. If you don't use hibernation mode, disabling it will save you several GB of disk space. If you do use hibernation mode, you can still shrink the hibernation file size. I say to do it at this point if you want to b/c it prevents extra writes as well. Also, hibernation is different than the normal sleep mode. However, it can allow you to have hybrid sleep when it is enabled.
1. Open the Start Menu, in the search line, type CMD
2. Right click CMD icon that comes up and choose "Run as administrator"
3. Type powercfg -h off and press enter to delete it or type powercfg -h -size 50 and press enter to shrink it
Video Tutorial:
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Disable or Shrink System Protection: Applies to SSDs/HDDs
You will not be able to run a system restore with system protection this disabled. However, disabling system protection will save you several GB of disk space, and saves time when installing new stuff since no restore points are created. I say to do it at this point if you want to because it prevents extra writes if you have a SSD. Personally I use system restore and it is nice to restore back a day or two when there is an issue i am encountering, it only takes up a tiny bit of space my SSD (3.58GB) so I leave it.
1. Open the Start Menu
2. Right click Computer
3. Click Properties
4. Click System protection (it's on the left side)
5. Select C:
6. Click the Configure button
7. Click "Turn off system protection" or adjust slider to desired size.
8. Click OK
Video Tutorial:
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Turn Off or Shrink Page file: Applies to SSDs/HDDs
If you shrink your page file most people recommend 512MB or 1024MB, the minimum for a dump file to be created is 400MB. I suggest that if you have 4GB of RAM or less or do heavy multitasking do not disable the page file just shrink it to a reasonable size because the rule of having page file equal to or set to 1.5x the amount of your RAM is outdated. Several programs use page file when enabled like VMWare, some games, graphics software, MS office, etc. Windows does use the page file if present and will only use it when it is efficient to do so. Page file is also read at boot to speed things up. Do not put the page file on a RAM disk, it is much better to have it on the SSD or HDD. (Why to have the page file on an SSD) (Why to not have page file on a RAM disk)
1. Open the Start Menu
2. Right click Computer
3. Click Properties
4. Click Advanced System Settings (it's on the left side)
5. Under performance click Settings
6. Go to the Advanced tab
7. Under Virtual memory click Change
8. Uncheck the "Automatically manage paging file" box at the top
9. Select the C: drive
10. Click "No paging file" or set the min and max (
I set min & max to 1024 mb each)
11. Click "Set"
12. Choose Yes for the dialog box
13. Click OK
14. Click OK
Video Tutorial:
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4. Move user folder locations to secondary HDD
1. Go to your User folder.
2. Right click your user folder you want to move (ex. the "My Pictures" folder).
3. Click "Properties."
4. Click the "Location" tab.
5. Change the destination to another location bu clicking "Move..." and selecting the destination (ex. "D:\Pictures").
Note 1: If there are two of the same folder in the User folder after the move (ie. My Documents "A" and My Documents "B") you should delete the empty one located on the C: drive. (May need to go into safe mode to delete it) Do not delete the other User folders, only duplicates that come up after the move within the User folder.
Note 2: If the folder already exists that you are linking it to you may want to merge the folders.
Video Tutorial:
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5. Empty windows update download cache
This is a safe and easy way to get rid of any left over windows update files.
1. Go to: C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download
2. Delete all of them.
Props to Sean Webster over @ OCN for putting these guides together. Original thread can be
found here with even more optimizations and tips.
to the dual core.
