Page Directory
| Content | Link to Video | Link on Webpage |
|---|---|---|
| A. Disable Disk Defragmenter on Windows | Link | Link |
| B. Install and Configure a M.2 SSD | Link | Link |
| C. Install a msata SSD | Link | Link |
| D. How to Move Google Chrome Cache Folder | Link | Link |
| E. Move Mozilla Firefox Cache Folder | Link | Link |
| F. Move Opera Cache Folder to Another Drive | Link | Link |
| G. Move Windows Voice Recorder Files to Another Location | Link | Link |
| H. Samsung Magician SSD Software | Link | Link |
| I. SSDs and Different Types of Nand Memory | Link | Link |
| J. Windows 10 DVR Recorder How to Change Saving Captures File Directory | Link | Link |
A. Disable Disk Defragmenter on Windows
By default Windows operating systems from Windows 7 to Windows 10 have defragmenter enabled. You should have it disabled, for the following reasons. One, a SSD uses nand memory modules, and it doesn’t use a spinning disk. Thus, defragging your SSD is unnessary. 2ndly, if you use the defragmenter, it does a lot of unnecessary writing which wears out your SSD.
B. Install and Configure a M.2 SSD
To install a M.2 or NVMe SSD, you have to tilt the SSD in a 40 °. Then, you slide it in at that angle, it should not require much force to get it in. M.2 slots are in 4th generation I5/I7 to 9th generation I5/I7 desktop and laptop computers. The newer motherboards will have more M.2/NVMe slots than older motherboards.
M.2 SSDs are slower than NVMe SSDs, a M.2 SSD has a bandwidth of 550
megabyte/second while a NVMe SSD has read speeds of 3.5 gigabytes/second
and write speeds 2.5 gigabytes/second.
M.2/NVMe slots have different lengths, so you have to check if your motherboard supports some of the longer M.2/NVMe SSDs. Most newer motherboards will support the long M.2/NVMe SSDs, but for the older motherboard you have to check to see if the longer SSDs will fit or not.
Parts, software, and Tools ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ Macrium Reflect Website ◙ Macrium Website ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ § Tools ▬ Herco HE826 Precision Screwdriver Set Amazon • https://amzn.to/2WgYAaf ▬ Verbatim CD-R 700MB 52X Amazon • https://amzn.to/2EMbgvc ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ¶ Parts ► Samsung SSD 860 EVO 500GB M.2 @ Amazon • Link ► Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1 TB NVMe @ Amazon • Link ► Western Digital M.2 SSD 500 gb @ Amazon • Link ► Western Digital M.2 SSD 1 TB @ Amazon • Link ► WD Blue SN500 500GB NVMe • Link ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ Procedure ♦ 1. Refer to your motherboard manual and find out where the M.2 slot is located. ♦ 2. Insert the M.2 SSD at a 30 ° angle. Push in until it goes in all the way, but don't force it. It should go in easily. Then, it will stick out at a 30 °. ♦ 3. Go into Windows. Go to the search tab, and type in Computer Management -►Storage -► Disk Management Locate the SSD, and create a disk partition. ♦ 4. Run the disk backup program, for me it is Macrium Reflect. You can use any software you want to make your hard drive image. After you finished, make verify your image. Make sure you make a boot disk, so you can boot into the program to restore your image. ♦ 5. Insert the bootable CD to your optical drive. ♦ 6. Restart your computer, and go into the BIOS to setup your boot priorities. Make sure the first bootable device is set as the optical disk. If you are using a bootable flash drive then make sure your 1st bootable device is the USB device. ♦ 7. Save your settings in the bios and exit. ♦ 8. Boot into the bootable disk. ♦ 9. Restore your hard drive image from your hard drive to your M.2 SSD. ♦ 10. After it finishes, exit the program, and boot into Windows. Check to see if everything was transferred to your M.2 SSD ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓
C. Install a msata SSD
Msata SSDs are like M.2/NVMe SSDs in that they are rectangular in shape. Other than that, they different. You cannot put a msata SSD in a M.2/NVMe slot or vice versa.
Msata slots are available in laptops which are 4th generation or less. Msata SSDs are more expensive than M.2 SSDs, because they are no longer being produced. I have a MSI Ge-70 laptop, I wanted to put a SSD in it, and this was my option to do it.
Parts and Tools: iWork 88-670 Smart Phone Repair Tool Kit for Electronics @ Amazon https://amzn.to/2Vg92L9 Samsung 860 EVO 500GB mSATA Internal SSD @ Amazon https://amzn.to /2EedLGz Procedure: ♦ 1. Remove the battery by opening the latches. ♦ 2. Remove the 5 screws holding the back plate in place. ♦ 3. Install the Msata ssd in one of the two Msata slots. Put the Msata ssd in at a 40 degree angle to the msata slot, it should just go in without any force. Then, push the msata ssd in, but make sure the msata drive is in first. Then, screw the screw in place. ♦ 4. Put the back plate lid back on. ♦ 5. Screw all 5 screws back in. 6. Put the battery back in.
D. How to Move Google Chrome Cache Folder
If you have a SSD and you use Google Chrome, it would be a good idea to move all the cache file from your SSD to a hard drive. Since most computer users use the internet very often, you will do a lot of writing to your SSD. This in turn will wear out your SSD much faster than having all the cache written to another hard drive.
Procedure: ♦ 1. Locate the Google cache folder. C:\Users\%Username%\AppData\Local \Google\Chrome\User Data\Default (This should work on all computers, because I used %username% does not work in Windows 10. For Windows 10 find your user name and put it in.) ♦ 2. Delete or rename the cache folder. If you do not do this, you will get an error which states. Cannot create a file when that file already exists . You cannot link a folder which exists; therefore, you must delete or change the folder name. ♦ 3. Open Command Prompt, use the Mklink command. Format: Mklink /d "Source Directory" "Target" Examples used in this video mklink /d "C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Google \Chrome\User Data\Default\Cache" "E:\Cache\Chrome_Cache" (Chrome Cache Folder was moved E:\Cache\Chrome_Cache) mklink /d "C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Media Cache" "E:\Cache\Chrome_MediaCache" (Chrome Media Cache folder was moved to E:\Cache\Chrome_MediaCache folder) To Undo it: 1. Go to C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default , and delete the cache folder or folders you created. After that, chrome will automatically create another cache folder.
E. Move Mozilla Firefox Cache Folder
1. Open Your Mozilla Firefox Browser 2. Go to the URL box and type in about:config 3. Accept the warnings 4. Right Click 5. Select new, and select string Enter the preference name: browser.cache.disk.parent_directory browser.cache.disk.parent_directory: type in directory 6. Close the Mozilla Firefox Browser. 7. Open Firefox Browser and browse around the internet, so the cache folder gets populated. 8. Go to your new cache file folder and see if there are changes. Moving the internet browser cache folder is a good way to increase the life of your SSD drive. The internet browser is usually in the c drive, and most SSDs are in c drive, because that is where the operating system is installed on. Nand memory does not wear out when you read it, the wear and tear results from writing and deleting. Cache memory is regularly written and cleared. When you use your internet browser, cache is written to your hard drive, so when you go to the same site it loads faster. The internet browser is one of those things you will use a lot, so at the end of the month you could have written and deleted as much as 100 gigabytes per month or more. A typical SSD drive is about 500 gbs to 1 tb, and it can be written and deleted about 1000 to 2000 times. Depending on how much time you spend on your computer, the more cache you will have. The advantages of moving your internet browser cache folder to your mechanical drive is that, the mechanical drive is larger than your SSD drive. It is also cheaper to replace, and it doesn't have your operating system on it. As a result, you can use it to store your cache. I don't think mechanical hard drives will go away anytime soon, it has a very good price to storage ratio.
F. Move Opera Cache Folder to Another Drive
1. Go to the C:\Users\%Username% \AppData\Local\Opera Software\Opera Stable FOLDER, and delete or rename the cache folder, and the media cache folders. If those folders exist, you will get an error that states. "Cannot create a file when that file already exists" Having a folder that exists will not enable you to link it. 2. Create a folder where you want your cache files to go. For this example, I put E:\Cache\Opera, but for you it can be something different. Format: mklink /d "source directory" "target directory" Code used in example: mklink /d "C:\Users\H\AppData\Local\Opera Software\Opera Stable\Cache" "E:\Cache\Opera" (I used this to move my Opera Cache directory to my target directory of E:\Cache\Opera folder) mklink /d "C:\Users\H\AppData\Local\Opera Software\Opera Stable\Media Cache" "E:\Cache\Operamedia" (I used this link to move the Opera Media cache folder to E:\Cache \Operamedia folder) This should work for Mozilla Firefox, and Chrome as well.
G. Move Windows Voice Recorder Files to Another Location
The easiest way to move your Voice Recorder Files to another location, whether that be a different folder on the same drive, or another hard drive on your computer. In this video, I will move it to another hard drive on the same computer. Procedure: ♦ 1. Locate the file location of Windows Voice Recorder saved files by going to search and typing in Voice Recorder. ♦ 2. Start the Voice Recorder program and open file location, and find where it is. ♦ 3. Make sure to change the name of Sound recordings folder to another name, or delete it. Your old folder cannot exist, or you will get an error message, like Cannot create a file when that file already exists . Write the file location down on a text file or remember it. ♦ 4. Go to the new location you want all your files in your old folder to go. ♦ 5. Go to search and type in CMD, and select it. You can run it as administrator mode if you want. ♦ 6. Type in the commands. Format: mklink /d "source location" "destination location" In this video: mklink /d "C:\Users\user1\Documents\Sound recordings" "e:\E:\Temp Files\Sound" mklink /d "Source Location" "Destination Location" ♦ 7. Record something with Voice recorder to see if all your recorded files are going to your new file location.
H. Samsung Magician SSD Software
The Samsung Magician is a useful piece of software if you have a Samsung based SSD. You can find out a lot of things about your SSD, like how many times it has been written, the performance of your SSD, and other useful things. ► Samsung Magician Link • Link
I. SSDs and Different Types of Nand Memory
SLC ► Single Level Cell 1 bit per cell MLC ► Multi Level Cell 2 bits per cell TLC ► Triple Level Cell 3 bits per cell █▓▒█▓▒█▓▒█▓▒█▓▒█▓▒█▓▒█▓▒█▓▒█▓▒█▓▒█▓▒█▓▒█▓▒ Typically, the less dense a cell is packed equates to more durability, and the more densely packed a cell is equates to a lower life cycle. Having more a less densely packed cell means, the cells will have more flexibility. It costs much more to use 1 bit per cell than having 3 bits per cell. █▓▒█▓▒█▓▒█▓▒█▓▒█▓▒█▓▒█▓▒█▓▒█▓▒█▓▒█▓▒█▓▒█▓▒ Types of SSDs ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐ ♦ TLC Based SSDs • Samsung Evo 860 500 gb SSD ▬ Format ► Sata 6 ► https://amzn.to/2IZGr7o • Samsung EVO 970 500 gb SSD ▬ Format ► M.2 ► https://amzn.to/2ZszeDE • Western Digital Blue 500 gb SSD ▬ Format ► Sata 6 ►https://amzn.to/31SFpmy • Western Digital Blue 500 gb SSD M.2 ▬ Format ► M.2 ► https://amzn.to/31SFpmy ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌ ♠ MLC based SSDs • Samsung Pro 860 512 gbs SSD ▬ Format ► Sata 6 ► https://amzn.to/2WMS2f6 • Samsung Pro 860 1 tb SSD ▬ Format ► Sata 6 ► https://amzn.to/2WUo9JI • Samsung Pro 970 512 gb SSD ▬ Format ► NVMe/M.2 ► https://amzn.to/31HMiqt ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌ ¶ eMLC based SSDs • Seagate 1200.2 800 gb Enterprise SSD ▬ Format ► Sata 6 ► https://amzn.to/2MTQK26
J. Windows 10 DVR Recorder How to Change Saving Captures File Directory
If you use the DVR in Windows 10, you can move the directory where the video files are copied to. By default, Windows 10 will copy your video files to your main drive where your operating system is located. However, you can change the directory to another hard drive. If you a SSD, you may want to do this to reduce the wear and tear on your SSD. On a SSD, it wears out everytime you write to it. You can minimize it by doing this.