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Most people use their SSD as their primary system installation disk with Windows 7.
W7 already has a lot of optimizations for SSDs, both in terms of performance and lifetime. Minimizing writes increases the lifetime of SSDs, so post each suggestion as an answer and let others vote on them.
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I'm not sure anymore that minimizing writes is a good thing [tm], hard facts that SSDs will degrade within a noticeable time are missing and it seems this it can create a bit FUD about the functionality of the SSD. In other words: I question the usefulness of my wiki question.
Maybe modern SSDs won't degrade much from typical system activity, but what if you're running Windows from a cheap USB flash drive? i wouldn't necessarily expect them to have the kind of advanced ware-levelling firmware that SSDs have. so i think this question is still relevant in that case – Cauterite – 2017-05-17T05:10:19.643
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We've written a post about this on the Super User Blog, see Maximizing the lifetime of your SSD.
– Tamara Wijsman – 2011-05-12T16:37:58.4203This reminds me of way back when, when CDR drives first came out. People were paranoid about using them. People were so afraid of wearing out their purchase they never used them. The same thing is happening with SSDs. The whole point of these devices is to *use* them! The more you write to a SSD, the more you benefit from it. Its like a Ferrari, it stays shiny in the garage, but you cant go fast unless you actually drive it. – Keltari – 2011-08-23T12:31:10.943