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CallMeLeonidas Mar 18, 2018 @ 11:16am
Should I disable Superfetch and prefetch services?
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Originally posted by Bad 💀 Motha:
No; and if you must ask "well why?"

If you have a HDD type = it should be on.
If you have an SSD type = it will already be off cause the OS saw you have a flash drive and turned it off by default cause SSDs dont benefit from these "caching" methods.

However this is only true when your OS is installed to either Drive Type as I have explained.

Win7 and later, when install those OS to an SSD, SuperFetch gets auto-disabled because the OS was written in a manner to know and then disable things your SSD wont need.

But as a means of double checking; if you install a Windows OS to an SSD; after installation has completed; double check in the OS that SuperFetch IS Disabled; and that TRIM IS Enabled.

PreFetch works slightly different; don't worry about that; that is changed manually in the Registry; no reason to go fooling around with that setting.
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David Mar 18, 2018 @ 11:22am 
I generally do. But they're disabled by default for SSDs anyway.
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Omega Mar 18, 2018 @ 11:22am 
Don't touch it. Leave everything to default.
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Bad 💀 Motha Mar 18, 2018 @ 12:38pm 
No; and if you must ask "well why?"

If you have a HDD type = it should be on.
If you have an SSD type = it will already be off cause the OS saw you have a flash drive and turned it off by default cause SSDs dont benefit from these "caching" methods.

However this is only true when your OS is installed to either Drive Type as I have explained.

Win7 and later, when install those OS to an SSD, SuperFetch gets auto-disabled because the OS was written in a manner to know and then disable things your SSD wont need.

But as a means of double checking; if you install a Windows OS to an SSD; after installation has completed; double check in the OS that SuperFetch IS Disabled; and that TRIM IS Enabled.

PreFetch works slightly different; don't worry about that; that is changed manually in the Registry; no reason to go fooling around with that setting.
Last edited by Bad 💀 Motha; Mar 18, 2018 @ 12:40pm
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HypersleepyNaputunia Mar 18, 2018 @ 2:20pm 
dont need em. Heres more services you can run without if you want.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1266311220
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Bad 💀 Motha Mar 18, 2018 @ 4:03pm 
OneDrive and Cortana too
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