Biggest tip for users of an SSD: do not run Defrag on it. Watch out for this being "auto-scheduled".

Also, with an Intel SSD, run the Intel SSD Toolbox utility periodically; the first menu choice invokes the Trim command to keep the drive organized optimally after file deletes.

About your drive 1, the original generation of SSD drives are supposedly not as well suited for 'writes' as they are for 'reads', even if you do have an OS that supports the Trim command (as Windows 7 does). Perhaps the advice has now changed, but it used to be recommended that SSD drives worked best for holding the OS and apps, but not as well for data.


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