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    A Guide To Speeding Up Your PC (Win7/8)

    Computer Speedup Guide
    Edition 1

    Introduction:
    First Off, you won't see any super fancy tests with shiny graphs and numbers. Most of the 'testing'¯ done here was via real world use, anything in this guide I have used for at least a year on my many pc's, observing the effects on their performance. It starts out on one pc which I like to call my tester, a computer that mirrors my main pc in terms of setup. If it performs well it gets added to my HTPC. If it continues to do well it gets added to my main computer. And if it manages at least half a year having actually helped my computer, then it gets added to my recommended setup list.

    Part 1:Eboostr
    Computers need to be able to read files, and the faster they can read them the faster they can load something. Eboostr helps this by caching data in multiple locations, allowing it to be read simultaneously from your main drive and the cache (it has been suggested that this is similar to the way Raid 0 works but i am not sure that is entirely true) it is very similar in nature to ReadyBoost.

    Setting up Eboostr:
    When setting Eboostr up you need to pick what you will use for cache, Eboostr allows the use of flash drives, RAM, and HDD's. Ram is the fastest, (however i do not recommend using ram as windows already uses free ram for caching frequently used files) followed by flash drives (USB 3.0 is preferred since a lot of 3.0 drives are around 100MB/s read) and then HDD's however If you have multiple SSD's they would be preferred over flash drives.
    To setup the cache, simply click on configure and choose which devices you want to use and how large you want the cache to be.


    Once that is done, click on the options menu and select 'applications priority¯' in this menu you will tell eboostr what files it should make sure are in cache instead of just selecting for itself based on use. I recommend adding the following to the list, you can find them via windows search.
    EXPLORER.EXE
    AUDIODG.EXE
    CSRSS.EXE
    DLLHOST.EXE
    DWM.EXE
    LSM.EXE
    SERVICES.EXE
    SMSS.EXE
    SPOOLSV.EXE
    SVCHOST.EXE
    TASKENG.EXE
    TASKMGR.EXE
    WININIT.EXE
    WINLOGON.EXE
    WUAUCLT.EXE
    WUDFHOST.EXE
    The reason i recommend these files is because they are loaded on boot and small so they take up almost no space but it greatly helps login times to have it in cache.

    Once that is done you the next step is to prevent Eboostr from filling the cache with useless things. To do this go to the options menu and select exclude list, once there go ahead and add any secondary drives as well as folders with music, videos, pictures. Then add the following file masks
    *.mp3
    *.jpeg
    *.png
    *temp
    *mkv
    *mp4
    Along with any others you can think of that you would like to add.


    Now go ahead and click on 'build cache now'

    Part 2: ReadyBoost

    Very similar to Eboostr, but with it's own manner of doing things, ready boost can be a wonderful addition to any computer even one running eboostr. You can use almost any flashdrive, just grabbing a cheap 4GB one can surprisingly speedup your computer. If you do use both Ready Boost and Eboostr DO NOT place them on the same flash drive, it will cause BSOD's.

    To activate ReadyBoost simply go to my computer, right click the flash drive and go to properties, then go to the ReadyBoost tab and select dedicate this device to ReadyBoost.



    Caching applies to all disk content, not just the page file or system DLLs. Flash devices typically are slower than a hard disk for sequential I/O so, to maximize performance, ReadyBoost includes logic that recognizes large, sequential read requests and has the hard disk service these requests.

    Microsoft recommends the amount of flash memory for ReadyBoost acceleration be one to three times the amount of RAM in your computer. This recommendation should not be confused with the message that is displayed in the ReadyBoost¯ tab of drive properties dialog: for example, for a flash drive of 16 GB capacity formatted as FAT32 it will display a message that Windows recommends reserving 4094 MB for optimal performance¯ even if RAM size is 10 GB, just because 4094 MB is the maximum file size on a FAT32 volume.

    if you wish you can use Passmark's app timer to test application load times

    Without eboostr/readyboost
    Program Files\Nightly\firefox.exe - 1 executions
    0.6425
    With eboostr/readyboost
    Program Files\Nightly\firefox.exe - 1 executions
    0.0023

    Part 3: PerfectDisk

    Now before you go off saying all defrag programs are the same, PerfectDisk has a few features that help it stand out, one of which is called Optiwrite. This service works in the background to prevent fragmentation from ever happening in the first place.

    OptiWrite is our new file system filter that eliminates fragmentation in real time by ensuring that up to 100% of file are written to the file system in a single continuous stream. In addition to saving the resources normally required to analyze and defragment files, it ensures maximum sequential write performance for storage devices, effectively eliminating slow random write behavior. OptiWrite performs above and beyond its competition because it was designed to prevent file fragmentation in a way that does not negatively impact the performance of subsequent reads.
    Another way this program works to keep your HD clean and ready to go, is free space consolidation. Sure you can defrag your programs, but what about the free space? If it is scattered and random then the files you later write will inevitably also become fragmented.

    Solutions that simply focus on defragmenting files end up repeatedly scattering and rearranging files across the drive. With no attention to free space consolidation, free space becomes fragmented and as new files are created, there is a greater likelihood that they get created in a fragmented state. If you simply prevent file fragmentation at the expense of creating free space fragmentation, a volume will inevitably be forced to fragment files regardless of any prevention method. Any solution that fails to understand this in its implementation will at best delay the need to defragment, and at worst, eventually promote the need to do so.


    Setting Up PerfectDisk:

    After installing PerfectDisk open it up and right click your main drive, then select drive preferences.

    In this menu change the default optimization to 'smart placement'

    Then go to the SmartPlacement tab, change 'optimize using¯ to SMARTPlacement Performance Aggressive'.

    Now go to the 'Boot Time Defrag' tab, and check all available boxes, click ok and repeat for all available drives.

    Return to the main program and select the 'StealthPatrol'¯ tab found at the top of the program, from here make sure that 'OptiWrite' and 'Auto-Optimization¯ is turned on for all available drives.

    Once done return to the main tab, select all drives (click first drive then shift+click the last drive) and click the small down arrow under 'start'¯ select 'Consolidate Free Space'¯ and let it run, runtime will depend on drive size and current state of free space fragmentation.

    Part 4: Mz 7 Optimizer

    This program is nothing special it is a tweak tool simply brings a few registry tweaks to a GUI interface to save time and be more friendly for users. I actually will not recommend most of the tweaks in the program in fact a would say ignore most of them as most of them are not going to do anything and even possibly cause issues. I choose this particular program over the 2314392845328943487 available ones since it has some good tweaks in it and unlike some it does not just do it for you (which I cannot stand since sometimes I do not like the tweaks it applies)

    Using Mz 7 Optimizer:
    Open up the program, it will warn you that this is your first time using it and ask if you want to backup the registry. That is up to you, I personally do.

    On the first screen select the 'Enable system cache optimization'

    Then go to the 'Hard Disk Tweaks' tab. From here Select all the available boxes note do not use 'disable 8.3 filename creation' if you use 16-bit applications.

    Continue to the 'Memory Tweaks'¯ tab and select 'enable file system cache memory optimizations'¯ and 'increase additional worker threads for running processes'¯ change 'optimize memory usage allocation for'¯ to 'applications'¯ and set 'windows prefetch and superfetch technologies'¯ to 'application launch'¯

    Go to the 'Windows Tweaks' from the options on the left, on the first screen shown check restart desktop and taskbar automatically after errors launch folder windows in a separate process¯ and launch desktop and taskbar in a separate process

    Click Apply, and restart your computer.

    That's It! Enjoy the increased stability and speed.

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    Last edited by XMz; 08-29-2013 at 08:20 PM.


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