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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Windows 7 - Installed new SSD System Drive with strange OS issues
I've recently installed a new SSD as the main system disk on my computer, clean formatting the previous 2 disks, but i've noticed some odd issues with how Windows is regarding the hardware.
I have 3 ...
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User Profile Service failed the logon. User profile cannot be loaded After system reboots from crash [closed]
This is a strange one, I attempt to logon to my windows 7 PC and it logs in fine, but any process that then gets focus crashes and the system resets itself.
Once it has rebooted you can not logon ...
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clone a running Windows 7 from 240 GB SSD to 120 GB SSD
is it possible to clone my running Windows 7 from a bigger SSD to a smaller SSD.
or do i need to reinstall everything?
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OCZ Onyx SSD will not boot until power turned off and on
There is a 64G OCZ Onyx working as the boot drive for my windows 7 box for little over a couple years now. What happens now is that the box will freeze like the HDD has disappeared and the box will ...
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SSD high Disk Queue length; slow computer - what is the cause or solution?
According to this, disk queue length is the number of hard disk requests stacked up.
I have a laptop with a SSD drive. The disk queue length consistently gets up over 10.00 when doing things like ...
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Dual boot SSD with rapiddrive and separate OS
I have Lenovo Y470 series laptop with Windows 7 home premium installed in 750Gb HDD.
I bought new SSD (Crucial M4 64Gb msata) yesterday and installed it in the slot.
Now i want to partition my SSD ...
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My hard drive is not showing up
I am having some difficulties.
I just install a new ssd into my desktop and move my old sata drive to be 2nd.
I boot my computer and install windows 7 home premium on my new ssd.
Please note the ...
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In Windows 7, can I create a Symlink or Junction for winsxs or installer folders
I have an SSD as my C:\ drive, and it's only 128 Gig.
I'm noticing that the C:\Windows subfolders "winsxs" and "Installer"--both of which I've read numerous places that one should never delete ...
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How do I disable the “SECURITY FREEZE LOCK” on my SATA hard disk?
I am sending ATA commands to SATA HDD using IOCTL_ATA_PASS_THROUGH in windows. IDENTIFY DEVICE (ECh) ATA commands returns 256 words of data.
Word 128, Bit 3 is set in the returned data, and according ...
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Fancycache + HDD vs SSD
My girlfriend's three years old Sony Vaio laptop is getting really slow so I will perform a clean Win7 install on it in a couple of weeks. While at it, I'm considering getting her to upgrade a ...
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What can I move off an ssd to a data drive while still keeping some benefits windows 7
I have an Asus laptop that I recently downgraded from Windows 8 to Windows 7. The laptop has a small SSD on it with 24GB of space and a larger standard SATA hard drive with 750GB of space. Now I think ...
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How best to partition an SSD boot drive and HDD storage drive for Windows and Linux
Okay I'm not 100% sure if this question belongs here or the unix stack exchange.
I consulted the following thread(s) on superuser and while helpful don't answer my questions:
Dual Boot Windows 7 + ...
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caching big HDD to small SSD in virtualbox
I use raw disk partitions in virtual box for both hdd and sdd.
I would like the guest OS (Windows 7) to take advantage of ssd by caching bigger hdd.
How can I set this up? What software do I need to ...
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How to check if a drive has an MBR?
I cloned my drive. Then I wanted to select that as boot device, but it didn't show up in BIOS.
This forum post says it's because the MBR was not copied.
So how do I verify that the MBR was copied? ...
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Can I install windows on an SSD and access data from my old windows HDD?
I purchased new computer components, switching my hardware from AMD and Radeon to Intel and Nvidia. I kept components from my old computer like the powersupply and two HDDs.
Everything appeared to ...
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Mushkin SSD consistent crash when wake from sleep / hibernate
I have a 240GB Mushkin Chronos (MKNSSDCR240GB) that always crashes whenever waking from sleep mode.
It's installed in an Acer AOD250 running a fresh Windows 7 install.
I've talked to Mushkin support ...
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SSD recognized by BIOS but not by Win 7 System Recovery Tools
Situation:
Desktop PC with SSD (Corsair) as main disk with Win 7 on it. Sudden blue screen today and since then I cannot boot anymore. After many unsuccessful hours now, I turn to you.
The SSD is ...
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SSD and Lenovo X60s laptop dont get along under Windows and Linux
I put an SSD in my Lenovo X60s laptop and the two do not seem to get along. I tried to install Windows 7 and 8 several times and I got several different errors, most often:
windows setup could not ...
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Is Windows 7 on a SSD slower if I use Windows integrated mirroring?
Yesterday I configured Windows software mirroring for my SSD and one of my HDD, because I don't want to loose any data from the SSD. Now Windows seems to be much slower. Is mirroring in Windows 7 so ...
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How do I calculate an over or under-provisioning amount of space for my SSD?
In my proactive attempt to maintain my SSD’s performance and knowing that it degrades as it fills, a user should benefit from keeping a certain calculable amount or percentage of space “free” (Over- ...
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Is free space required on a SSD for performance? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Does low disk space affect SSD performance?
Follow-up question: How do I calculate an over or under-provisioning amount of space for my SSD?
After looking at some ...
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TRIM for Raid0 SSD Arrays, do I need to use Intel SSD Toolbox? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is TRIM supported on RAID 0 configurations for SSD drives in Windows 7?
I recently upgraded my computer due to a failed motherboard and decided to have some fun with ...
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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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Windows 7/8 installation fails on a SSD
Short story: I have recently purchased a SSD (Samsung 840 PRO, 512 Go) on which I wish to install Windows 8. However the installation fails to complete. It starts just fine (regional options, serial ...
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SSD appears to be full, it isn't (Windows 7, NTFS)
I installed windows 7 Pro x64 on a 128 GB Adata SX300 SSD yesterday (clean install after full format, SSD is brand new) and installed a bunch of programs and all available updates from windows update. ...
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What driver to get SD card read to work?
i've built a computer using coolermaster silencio 650 as the case. The case has an SD card slot on the top. I plugged in the usb cable for it, but it still won't detect any SD's that I plug in.
I'm ...
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Windows 8/7 in SSD/HDD
I just need some help with somethings. I've just bought the Dell inspiron 14z, with 32Go SSD, and 500Go HDD. Windows 8 is installed on it and I don't like it so I've decided to install windows 7 on ...
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SSD showing in DiskManagement but not in Window Explorer
I have got a new SSD (Corsair Force Series 3 120 GB SSD Internal Hard Drive) . I am trying to connect it using SATA to USB . Window is detecting the drive but not mounting it!!
When I am trying to ...
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Migrating Windows to SSD
I've been following the various guides online for migrating to an SSD but I just can't seem to get my partition to shrink to a small enough size. I've run every defrag option in defraggler multiple ...
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Throughput issues on newly built PC (according to Windows Experience Index) [closed]
I recently built a new PC running Windows 7 on an SSD and am surprised to see my Primary Hard Disk - Disk Data Transfer Rate scoring at a 5.9.
My motherboard is a GIGABYTE GA-Z77X-UP4 TH and my SSD ...
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Migrating Windows 7 to SSD with a twist (system volume only)
Up front: I've seen these:
Changing hard disk with ssd, can I migrate contents so that I can switch drives without a hassle?
Replacing notebook SATA hard disk with SSD without reinstalling
plus ...
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Delete OSX partition and join remainder to Windows 7 partition
I have an iMac 27" with a SSD that has OSX installed on it. I used Boot Camp to install Windows 7 partition. I found myself using Windows 7 more then OSX because I have a PC at work so I would like to ...
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Is it possible to avoid any periodic HDD-writes on a Windows 7 System?
Because I am using a SSD-Harddrive as my System-Disk, I would like to minimize the amount of periodic disk-writes, while Windows is in an idle state.
Is it possible to boot up a cleansed Windows7, ...
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Intel's “Rapid Start Technology” vs Hybrid Sleep, is there a point on desktop? [closed]
From reading Intel's docs it sounds like this "technology" does the same thing as regular Windows' Hibernate, but it saves less data, which supposedly on start up has to read smaller "hibernation" ...
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My hard drive doesn't show up on my computer after I have installed windows 7
I have just installed windows 7 on my computer and on the install I was able to choose my two hard drives both my samsung and my ssd , I choosed my samsung and it installed without errors. But now ...
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Enabling AHCI in BIOS for SSD
I am trying to help a friend with a desktop upgrade. It is an old machine with an Intel DG31 main board. The board has 1 IDE port to which a DVD-ROM drive is connected, and 2 SATA ports. 1 SATA port ...
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Does Windows 7 support TRIM for Spanned Dynamic Disks?
Windows 7 supports TRIM for an individual SSD, but does it work with two SSDs merged together as a Spanned Dynamic Disk?
"Dynamic Disk" is Microsoft's proprietary version of LVM.The equivalent ...
