A solid-state drive (SSD) is a data storage device that uses solid-state memory to store persistent data with the intention of providing access in the same manner of a traditional block i/o hard disk drive.
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Moving Windows\winsxs\Backup to another drive
I've installed an SSD and for a number of big directories (e.g. Users\me\Downloads), I've been able to use the Sysinternals "junction" command to create a hard link on C: that references a copy of the ...
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2010 Mac Pro beachballing/freezing
My machine is a 2010 Mac Pro 2 x 2.66 6-core intel xeon with 32 GBs of ram running Mac OS X 10.8.3. Just the other day it started to beach ball after about an hour of use. It doesn't make any ...
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Installing Windows onto 2nd drive then removing 1st drive
I have Windows 8 installed on a hard drive and I have just purchased an SSD drive that I'm going to slap Windows 8 onto as well, with the view to chuck the old hard drive out.
I have installed the ...
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Partitioning best-practices for SSD+regular HDD with multi-boot
I have a (couple of) regular HDDs on my machine , and I'm about to buy an SSD, probably 128GB, for it.
I would like the machine to be a Dual-Boot Linux (3.x kernel) + Windows 7. My question has two ...
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SSD, SD, eMMC, Raw NAND what are the differences?
so the underlying technology with SSD, eMMC, SD, USB Flash etc... is NAND flash correct? So is the difference between all of them just the way controllers are implemented? Or are the technologies ...
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Bootmgr is missing
I have seen many posts about this issue but none of them helped me solve my problem. I just installed a new SSD on my laptop. On the old HDD I have two partitions (Windows and Linux). I cloned the ...
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What is my missing SSD drive used for?
My new asus laptop came with an ssd drive and a normal drive. I was expecting to see the c drive as the ssd but it doesnt even have a drive letter. I assume that its not actually big enough to have ...
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How to determine the failing file from a block address?
While investigating about a failing drive (see. Why SMART is passing while it indicates failure for RAW read error rate?).
I've performed a SMART test on all my drives.
My SSD internal drive shows ...
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Swapping.. OS Partitions?
Occasionally I get tasked with literally swapping the installation locations of Windows/Ubuntu. We build PCs for developers and by default they come with a 120GB SSD and a 2TB 5400 split into two ...
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Windows 7 running on Macbook pro not resuming after hibernate
I have a mid 2010 Macbook Pro 13" on which I was running Windows 7 32 bit perfectly fine. Recently I upgraded the memory to 8 GB and put in a Samsung 840 256 GB SSD into the DVD drive bay. I cloned ...
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How long will an SSD last? [closed]
If I buy the average-joe middle-priced middle-class quality SSD drive with, let's say 256 GB of storage, and I would write to it 24/7/365 at max speed and when the disk is full, format it and start ...
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Custom built PC slowly freezes up [closed]
So this is probably one of the weirdest PC issues I have ever experienced. I built my PC in the winter of 2011, so about 1.5 years ago. Here are the stats:
ASUS P8P67 (REV 3.1) LGA 1155 Intel P67 ...
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Should I format an SSD cache drive before reinstalling Windows 7?
I bought a laptop which has a 500gb hard drive, and a small SSD drive for caching (24gb). It runs Windows 7 64-bit.
I would like to format the hard drive and reinstall windows. Should I also format ...
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Dell XPS 14 with Win 8. Cache, and a linux partition [closed]
I just bought a Dell XPS with Windows 8. Spent several months making the choice.
The OS is on the 500GB HDD, and the 32GB SSD is used as cache.. seems standard.
How much space does Win 8 really ...
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Swapfile on different drive
Is it worth to spend money on a small capacity HDD (~5-20 GB, very cheap though) to use it as swapping area for the OS?
I do believe it will increase the OS performance , or maybe SSD (still ~5-20 ...
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Will Windows 8/OS X boot from a hard-drive drive created from a block-level backup of its main hard-drive?
I'm running Windows 8 and OS X on a late 2010 Macbook Pro using Bootcamp. I'd like to replace the internal HDD with an SSD, but want to get a backup process in place first.
I read this article by ...
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Cannot start Fedora when installed on two disks
My laptop has an SSD and a HDD. There is now no OS on my laptop.
Before I had installed Fedora 18 successfully (it was only on the SSD). Then I made some mistakes and the OS broke. Now I want to ...
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Power consumption: SSD vs HDD
In questions like this one and in websites everywhere it's noted that SSDs use much less power than HDDs... usually citing ~2 W vs ~6 W for HDDs, my question (and sorry if its stupid just need to be ...
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Freeze, sudden reset, SSD no longer recognized by BIOS
How it came about:
On a Windows 7 Pro 32-Bit Machine. I was running an incremental backup covering the usual user specific data and a couple of manually selected directories (nothing special: no ...
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Should the pagefile be placed on the SSD or the HDD?
I have read quite a bit about the placement of page files lately (researching my question) and have not found an answer specific to my question, so hopefully someone here can help.
New system being ...
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SSD and AHCI BIOS settings
I have a laptop that already has an SSD and an HDD. I want to replace the HDD with another SSD. I have read that I need to change the BIOS settings to AHCI.
I want to ask this because my PC has an ...
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Install windows on Mac Mini with Fusion Drive
Is it possible to use bootcamp and install windows on a Mac with a 1Tb fusion drive? Will windows see 2 drives (SSD+HD)? Can I install windows on the SSD?
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Copying certain files between two SSD's is really slow
I have a couple ~1GB folders that I am copying from my 128GB Samsung 830 SSD to my 250GB Samsung 840 SSD (Brand new). It goes at around 250MB/s as expected for the first half, but then it stalls ...
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Boot from secondary HD
I have a Dell XPS 15 and have been using it for some time with the factory HD. I got an SSD to be the primary drive (I have installed in the HD bay) and moved the factory HD to the optical bay.
When I ...
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Can i have a SSD + Hybrid combination in my laptop?
I have a Toshiba Qosmio x870-144. It has a 128GB SSD and a 1TB 5400 RPM HDD. I have a spare Seagate 750GB Hybrid 7200rpm.
Can I replace the 1TB HDD with the Seagate?
Will I get better performance?
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Can an SSD have a MBR and a bootloader?
I installed both Linux and Windows on my newly bought SSD (sda). When I installed Linux, I chose to install the bootloader on the SSD (sda).
After I finished, I got only a black screen when I chose ...
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Regularly re-appearing Intermittent 2s freezes (Intel i5, NVidia GF 670, Vertex4 SSD, Win8-64)
My system is as follows:
CPU: Intel i5
GPU: NVidia GeForce GTX 670
SSD: OCZ Vertex 4
From time to time, usually after prolonged use, my computer starts freezing. It does not crash, nor freeze ...
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Using an SSD as a portable external drive?
Is it possible to use an SSD as a portable external drive? Are there tangible benefits to doing so over using a HDD, such as improved read/write times?
I believe I am picking up where this thread ...
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Hard Drive usage causing system lag [closed]
This is something of a complicated problem so I will describe it to the best of my ability. Recently, my computer (Windows 7 Pro custom rig w/ I7-2600k, Samsung 540 SSD, and GTX 480 GPU)has been ...
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Why can Linux systems sometime recover data Windows can't? Any concrete reasons?
Background:
Earlier this year I had a problem with a SSD drive that Windows would recognize anymore. But eventually a bootable Parted Magic 2012-10-10 did the trick. See this solved thread. One ...
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Windows 8 Pro Install BSOD After Disk Selection
I am trying to install Windows 8 Pro from an ISO, burned to a DVD. Setup boots and allows me to go through the install screens, up to disk selection. I have a Kingston Hyper-X SSD 128GB disk as Disk0 ...
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ThinkPad T430s SSD freezing after started
My ThinkPad T430s notebook with Windows 8 64 bit always freezes after start. It takes about 30s to 1 min until it freezes. If I disable the mini SSD(15G) in my notebook, it will work well. But every ...
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Restore Windows 7 Image to different hard disk
I have an issue which has been driving me mad. I am trying to restore an image of a Windows 7 partition made with Windows Backup to a different hard disk drive (the original drive is failing) but in ...
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Disk Read Error and more problems - Any ideas what to do?
I'm having problems with my PC, first of all I started getting Disk Read Errors when trying to boot from my SSD. However I usually was able to restart my computer a few times and it would eventually ...
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Intel Rapid Storage Technology Installing Windows 7 Disk Space 0.0 MB
I have a EVGA X58 FTW3 and 4 16GB mtron SSD disks. I have used them in many Asus boards in a striped set-up, but on this board that comes with Intel's RST, I can't get it to work.
I've downloaded the ...
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Changing boot drive on Mac OS
I'm in the process of adding an SSD into my Mac Mini alongside the already fitted HDD (which currently has the OS).
Can I keep the HDD connected to the system while installing the new OS on the SSD?
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Samsung840SDD install alongside using/used windows 7 HDD, Migration software made new drives, how do I tell which is which physical drive?
Ok so I started with my HDD and have windows and a few programs on it, bought a new Samsung SDD the 840 Pro.
Initially as usual I had my C:/ drive, windows everything was there. The Data Migration ...
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Upgrading to SSD, Clone HDD or Fresh Install?
I have just received the SSD I ordered for my Mac Mini, I would like to know would cloning the existing boot drive from the HDD have any issues? Or would it be simply easier and less headache to do a ...
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App lock-up on Windows 8 (apparently disk related)
Since installing Windows 8 (the problem didn't happen on Windows 7), my laptop will lock up:
All apps will gradually stop responding when interacted with, for a minute or so, and then everything ...
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How do I clone an entire physical disk? [duplicate]
I've got a MacBook Pro with a 500GB hard disk with OSX Mountain Lion and Windows 8 (via BootCamp) installed, I've bought a 500GB SSD and I want to clone the old disk to the new one.
How can I clone ...
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How do I clean-install a new SSD with Windows 7 upgrade DVD
I'm adding some new fancy pieces to my computer from HP. I now have a legitimate copy of Windows 7 home premium that comes from an upgrade DVD from Windows Vista that was given me with the computer ...
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Necessity of SSD in building a new PC [closed]
Should I buy a PC chassis that does not provide for SSD, if I need store large amounts of date from voice to text input and also considerable digitally recorded video. I am NOT a Gamer, but ...
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Do SSD-based Apple laptops contain accelerometers?
Do modern SSD-based MacBook Pro's have an accelerometer / gyroscope / sudden motion sensor?
On my old 2007 MacBook Pro I used to see the Chrome logo shift and tilt on this HTML5 Rocks page, and I'd ...
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Mini PCI-e to USB adapter for Netbook SSD access
My old Asus Eee PC 1000 Linux netbook laptop finally kicked the bucket. It now frequently halts at random times, including immediately after pressing the power button. After some tests I concluded ...
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Does diagonal or vertical position affect the lifespan of a SSD drive?
I tried to find an answer for such question, but I found answers only for not of SSDs (solid-state drive). From what I know SSD disk is much different than old hard disks.
The main problem for me is ...
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Drives don't work after waking up from hibernation
I just installed an SSD in my system and made it my main drive, but when my PC wakes up from hibernation the other drives don't work. Can someone tell me how to fix this?
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create hibernation partition on SSD (The drive cannot find the sector requested)
I try to create hibernation partition on SSD for expresscache purposes, but get error message "The drive cannot find the sector requested. See the System Event Log for more information." See the ...
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RAID 1 with ThinkPad T530
A friend of mine has a T530 (I think he bought it last year) and I checked the spec it seems to support RAID 1 (mirroring). He currently has one hard disk running and is considering RAID 1 and is also ...
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Will my new drive fit in my laptop?
My laptop is a ASUS K53E
My current dive is
Height 9.5mm Width 69.75mm Length 100.3mm
The new drive is
Height 7.00 Width 69.85 Length 100.00
My question is is the new drive to wide?
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Locked SSD: Am I out of luck?
I've managed to get myself into a bind. I have a OCZ Vertex 2 SSD that has a low level lock turned on (seems to be from a failed secure erase with parted magic, though not sure).
I'm hammering at ...
