Subj : any XP + SSD users here?
To   : Stephen Walsh
From : Real User
Date : Fri Jan 27 2023 11:31:13

  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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