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Solid-state drive; a device that uses solid-state memory to persistently store data, often as a replacement for a traditional hard drive. Because SSDs do not use mechanical seeking to access data, they can provide much higher performance than hard drives especially with random I/O operations.

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Windows 7 not booting after failed SRT (SSD caching) install

This is a fairly new computer, only about a month old. i7 2700k, z68 motherboard, with a 1.5tb WD black HD, and a 128gb crucial M4 ssd. I followed the instructions for setting up ssd caching, the ...
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Whole working Windows 7 partition (on SSD) suddenly became "Unallocated Disk Space"

I have an HP 2540p with Windows 7 installed on a Plextor M3 SSD that sits in the upgrade drive bay (that used to house a DVD drive). The system has been working fine for months until this morning when ...
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Replace HD with SSD in MacBook where CD/DVD drive is broken

My prev gen (non-unibody) MacBook Pro could use an SSD. I want to replace the existing HDD with an SSD. That's the easy part. The hard part is that the CD/DVD drive on this MacBook is broken. So I ...
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Finding the physical sector size of USB / SOLID STATE DRIVE fdisk & stat

Currently trying to find a BULLET proof way to find the sector size of a FLASH based device (testing with USB thumb drive), not getting a convincing reply anywhere else using stat gives me the size = ...
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How to change safely storage controller mode from RST to AHCI in Windows 10?

can you please hint me to a solution. I try to change the storage "controller mode" in Windows 10. Currently it is set in my Bios/UEFI to RST mode. I like to change it to AHCI. Is it right that AHCI ...
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What kind of wear does writing and deleting large volumes of data put on storage devices?

The title pretty much says it all. What kind of wear does writing and deleting large volumes of data put on an HDD? What about a SSD? Will it affect lifespan, speed, or efficiency? When I say large ...
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Linux Directories to Map to SSD

I am going to do a reinstall of Ubuntu on my workstation and have an SSD in there. Which directories would you map to the SSD during installation for the following criteria: Rather not blast it with ...
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Properly disabling Intel SRT

I just purchased a Dell XPS 8500 that comes with a 2TB mechanical HDD + 32GB SSD that is configured to use Intel's SRT. I'm planning to dual boot Win7 and Ubuntu, but it seems like SRT drivers are ...
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How to use SSD as external drive and get the good performance?

I have my desktop which has Windows 8.1 and I use it as my primary work station. I want to use Ubuntu 14.04 and I don't like to dual boot on my PC. I want to install Ubuntu on external SSD and use it ...
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Why is this SSD returning inconsistent data, why doesn't the backup image file match the checksum?

This is about the SSD in a notebook. It appears the SSD is already going bad, possibly even corrupting data. It appears to return different data everytime it's accessed while not in use (see below for ...
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Antivirus impact on SSD

I've just purchased an OCZ Vertex 2 SSD drive and I'm trying to understand how various pieces of software could impact it. I'm going to be running Windows 7 on it. My current choice of antivirus ...
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My Intel 320 SSD - is encryption automatic?

So, I have just received an Intel 320 series SSD. They state that once I set my ATA passsword (through the BIOS), that encryption will then be active. I see no sign of this noted in the SSD Toolkit ...
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"Acceleration" not available in Intel SRT menu

I have an Asus Z68 Motherboard on an existing system running Windows 7 x64. I now want to install an OCZ Agility 3 SSD to make use of the Intel Smart Response Technology. Apparently, it's not an easy ...
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Mounting HFS+ partition in Ubuntu

Update: I was able to solve the problem with this solution I want to read data from my SSD from my broken MacBook. I connected it to my Ubuntu 16.04 PC and used the command given in the third answer:...
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Can't install Windows 10 on Samsung 850 EVO (250GB) SSD in Asus K75VM

I recently decided to revitalise my old Asus K75VM laptop (± 7years old now) by switching from the original (broken) HDD to a Samsung 850 EVO SSD, and I'm at a loss. I've been trying to install ...
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Connecting a hard disk causes computer to not even POST

As a power user and a long time computer enthusiast, I'm flabbergasted by this problem. I've seen many things in my lifetime, but this one is new to me. This is a long post, but an interesting ...
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MacOS: can't understand what is using all my disk space

I got a MacBook Air with a limited SSD HD: 128 GB. The largest software I have is XCode (3.2 GB) and I do have 2 versions of this (4.5 and previou). My iPhoto library has 1.3GB of photos. My dropbox ...
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Where does the Windows 10 game bar store ongoing background recordings, on disk or in memory?

When you enable the background recording feature of the Windows 10 "game bar", so that you can record a (by default) 30-second clip on demand, where is the ongoing recording stored? "In memory" would ...
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Partitioning Scheme on HDD+SSD system

I have a fresh Samsung ultrabook with 500GB HDD and a 16 GB SSD. It came with Windows 7 installed. I am going to dual boot with Xubuntu 12.04. The following is the layout as seen from GParted. /dev/...
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RAID1 default disk capacity is lesser than the disk sizes. Any ideas? Intel RRAID Storage Technology - RAIDfrom Bios

Here the screenshots I think they explains everything The disks are advertised as 1 TB and the real size of the disks are 931.5 GB I have installed Windows Server without RAID setup for ...
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Apart from speed, how do SSDs compare to HDDs?

I've heard that apart from straight-up speed, SSDs greatly outperform HDDs in power consumption and heat generation. How much greater, on average, is an SSD than an HDD in: Power consumption. Heat ...
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Are laptop hard drives and SSDs interchangeable?

I noticed that the sizes for laptop hard drives and SSDs seem to be identical in size. My laptop currently contains a SATA hard drive. Is it possible for me to just pop in an SSD drive in place of ...
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Settings for Boot Configuration Data (BCD) to install Bitlocker on Win 10

Situation: Win 10 Pro on an EVO 850 SSD drive. OS was cloned to SSD (which is new) from orig HD in the machine. TPM exists on machine, and is active. Used Samsun Magician to allow encryption (not ...
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What could cause slow SSD performance?

I recently upgraded my Windows XP (!) computer to a single Crucial M4 SSD. The system is running very fast and without problem, but running HD Tune Pro (and CrystalDisk) revealed that sequential read ...
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How to hide a partition?

I bought a small 32 GB SSD to store the operating system (Windows 7) and my applications. I'll copy the existing boot partition (30 GB) from my harddisk (WD Velociraptor) to the SSD using GParted ...
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More than 1 minute to boot Windows 10, even with SSD

Summarize As suggestions for attempts to solve the problem grew, I will start with a summary of what didn't work to make it easier to read the original article below: That's my current ...
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Do SSDs really have a much shorter life than HDDs? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: HDD vs SSD durability After reading Jeff Atwood's recent blog post on solid state drives, I'm somewhat deterred in wanting to own one. I basically want to use solid state ...
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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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Is it bad to defrag a ssd? Or just pointless? [duplicate]

I've read on some websites that it's bad to defrag an ssd. But I'm reading on this website now and one person was like "You didnt do any harm its just not necessary to defrag it." I feel like that's ...
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Samsung 840 EVO SSD takes 3+ minutes to boot Windows 7

I got a 250GB Samsung 840 EVO SSD a couple days ago to replace my old HDD. It is connected to a SATA3 port, AHCI is enabled, and I ran the optimizations included with Samsung Magician. The benchmarks ...
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Windows 8 EFI boot issue

I've got a simular problem as described in How can I repair the Windows 8 EFI Bootloader?, but with some different details. When I tried to change the bootsequence of my harddisks (of which 1 SSD) in ...
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Trying to make SSD boot drive with Windows 7 and old drive is not accessible

I wanted to upgrade my old computer. So, I made a new computer, and bought an SSD (Intel 40GB). I did a clean install of Windows 7 on the SSD. I also put my old hard drive (400GB spinner) with all ...
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Tools/Tips to reduce the files/directories in C: which is SSD on Windows 7

I bought a SSD to install it as C: drive on Windows 7. As the SSD size is relatively small, I need to come up with an idea to reduce the files/directories in C:. What I found is as follows. Run ...
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Internal drives vs USB-3 with external SSD or eSata with External SSD

I have a need to carry VMWare Virtual Machines with me for work. These are very large files (each VM is 20GB or more) and I carry around about 40 to 50 VM's to simulate different software ...
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Win7: How do I force TRIM on SSD, when system partition is encrypted with TrueCrypt?

I beg folks answering this question to stick to the point, and refrain from answers such as "why do you run encryption anyway", or "use Bitlocker instead". This question is specifically about ...
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Simultaneous IO to multiple SSDs in external USB 3.0 enclosures

UPDATE: Just tried this scenario on a board with eight extra SATA ports and it works. Slower than I'd thought but still acceptable. As per the discussion with David Schwartz I believe he may be ...
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SSD not detected after 2 days of power off

I have big problem with Plextor SSD M6S 128 MB (firmware 1.07). Last Friday I've shut down my computer and turned off the power strip. Yesterday evening, I tried to turn on the computer. When there ...
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Windows 8.1 Pro install - SSD not detected

Upgrading my girlfriend's Lenovo SL510 to use an SSD. I removed the old HDD and replaced it by the Samsung 830 128GB SSD. The SSD is visible in the BIOS and it is accessible/formattable from another ...
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Windows 8.1 fails to optimize System Reserved partition

I have Windows 8.1 Professional x64 running from a 256GB OCZ Vertex 4 SSD. Windows has divided the drive in to two partitions: System Reserved (350MB NTFS) C: (238.13GB NTFS) Whenever Windows ...
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OS does not boot after cloning from HDD to SSD

After cloning some of my partitions to SSD (I only left the file partition not cloned yet) I can't boot from my new SSD. The screen is blank with the underscore blinking in the top left corner. The ...
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How to set up OSes (Mac/Win/Ubuntu) on a SSD to promote its longevity (TRIM, etc.)

I recently bought an SSD (a 64GB Crucial M4 - which I believe has garbage collection, based on these specs) for my new computer. I've installed OS X 10.7.2 on it, and would like to reinstall this and ...
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Optimal location of pagefile on a system with two SSDs, with system drive faster than secondary drive

Background My laptop has three disk drives, two of which are SSDs. The system drive is a 512 GB Samsung SSD 850 PRO, while the other SSD is a 64 GB Plextor M5M. Needless to say, the M5M is ...
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I can boot from a clone, but only when the original drive isn't plugged in

I have a Samsung 850 EVO with Windows 10 installed and a new, blank Samsung 960 EVO. I'd like to move Windows to the 960 since it's faster. Then I can wipe the 850 and use it as extra storage. I ...
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Will I get good performance boost from SSD for OS and programs if my data files remain on slower mechanical SATA HDD

Will I get good performance boost from SSD for OS and programs if my data files remain on slower mechanical SATA HDD? Large SSDs are still costly; I was thinking of buying a 80gb for my OS and ...
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My new Lenovo T410 has slowed to a crawl. How do I fix it?

I've been using Windows for over 18 years now and consider myself a power user. This laptop is about 6 months old) specs: 4 GB RAM and running Windows 7 enterprise with a 120 GB solid state drive. ...
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SSD write amplification and endurance

Summary: How is endurance of SSDs measured and what is the impact of write amplifications? Details I have an Intel SSD Pro 2500 Series 480 GB drive. Recently I got a notification that my drive is ...
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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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Any Solid State Drive (SSD) compatibility issues/concerns with Dell D820/D830?

Are there any compatibility issues or concerns for a SSD with a Dell D820 or D830? We're looking to replace a failing drive in a D830 with an SSD. Any SSD recommendations? Gotchas?
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Windows 7 Disk Cleanup deleted 30GB of temp files but only recovered 10GB of disk space?

Windows 7 was reporting I had 9.49 GB space free on my primary C: (SSD) drive: Windows Disk Cleanup reported I had 28.1 GB of "Temporary files" that could be deleted to get this space back (together ...
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Can I change my SSD sector size?

My SSD which was manufactored this year has a sector size of 512 bytes. Can it be changed to 2k or 4k while keeping the data. Using Windows 7. I want to benchmark and see if bigger sector size ...
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