Replacing personal HDD with SSD
Never looked back 2.5 years ago when I switched. Being able to render a 15-20 minute video within 15 minutes or less versus 2 hours on HDD, can't beat that.
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mpk wrote: Lots of them. I'd suggest a fresh install, win7/8 notices the SSD, and typically doesn't run defrag. (I'd check to make sure it doesn't). Machines run faster, cooler and longer. So... I...
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CarolB wrote: mpk wrote: Lots of them. I'd suggest a fresh install, win7/8 notices the SSD, and typically doesn't run defrag. (I'd check to make sure it doesn't). Machines run faster, cooler and...
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Thanks, A.J. I just don't understand why this machine isn't faster than it is... After all the hype for SSD's, I thought it would speed up the boot time at least.
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Found this as well:Well, the answer to that question is pretty easy once you understand the difference between an SSD and a HDD. An SSD is basically non-volatile flash memory, which you are probably...
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CarolB wrote: Thanks, A.J. I just don't understand why this machine isn't faster than it is... After all the hype for SSD's, I thought it would speed up the boot time at least. What is your OS? I...
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CarolB wrote: Thanks, A.J. I just don't understand why this machine isn't faster than it is... After all the hype for SSD's, I thought it would speed up the boot time at least. Because it's not...
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SubyFly wrote: CarolB wrote: Thanks, A.J. I just don't understand why this machine isn't faster than it is... After all the hype for SSD's, I thought it would speed up the boot time at least....
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A.J. Stringham wrote: SubyFly wrote: Because it's not recommended to restore to an SSD or from an image. Do a clean install and you'll see the difference. Also a good point. Whenever you install an...
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A.J. Stringham wrote: What is your OS? I don't believe it was til Vista that the TRIM command was even available in a computer (why SSDs are a waste on XP). It wasn't really til Windows 7 that it was...
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CarolB wrote: A.J. Stringham wrote: SubyFly wrote: Because it's not recommended to restore to an SSD or from an image. Do a clean install and you'll see the difference. Also a good point. Whenever you...
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CarolB wrote: OS is Win 7. I believe that was a 32-bit machine, though. Either 3-4 GB memory. I'll have to do some work on it this weekend after I copy off everything I need. Thanks : ) Great!...
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SubyFly wrote: CarolB wrote: OS is Win 7. I believe that was a 32-bit machine, though. Either 3-4 GB memory. I'll have to do some work on it this weekend after I copy off everything I need. Thanks...
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When shopping for an SSD, get the drive that is going to last the longest instead of being the fastest. You will than yourself a couple of years down the road. I will only use an SSD as a boot drive,...
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timbalionguy wrote: When shopping for an SSD, get the drive that is going to last the longest instead of being the fastest. You will than yourself a couple of years down the road. I will only use an...
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Having just had to swap my old HDD back in when the SSD died, I really miss it. You won't regret it at all!
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The SSD rate of failure is lower in fact lower than the HDD? I mean, logic dictates it should be because of the lack of moving parts, however I read on the internet many histories of this disks dying...
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A.J. Stringham wrote: CarolB wrote: A.J. Stringham wrote: SubyFly wrote: Because it's not recommended to restore to an SSD or from an image. Do a clean install and you'll see the difference. Also a...
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JeremyCat wrote: What exact reason did you go with OWC for? Im rather curious as someone else has mentioned them before on SW in this thread:...
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I know there is probably better numbers out there but this is why I love my SSD on my Macbook Air. A big jump on READ from the original SSD and a slight jump on WRITE. Once you go SSD, you'll never...
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