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Windows 7 & SSD: defragmentation, SuperFetch, prefetch. Again and again, I read that so-called SSD disks would be safer and faster than traditional hard drives. What advantages does SSD have? What should I be aware of in the configuration in Windows 7? You need to know about SSD hard drives SSD stands for Solid State Disc or also Solid State Drive and refers to a still relatively young memory technology that is appropriate due to falling hardware prices as an alternative to traditional hard drives.

SSD drives are offered in different versions, for example, as a pure Flash or hybrid plates, which combine traditional hard drive with a solid state memory. While you see mostly an available free slot with SATA port in desktops, notebooks are often forced to exchange the existing drive to an SSD drive. No matter which solution you choose, please bear in mind, that you experience the time advantages especially when reading the data - about when you start programs or loading large image or video files. Disable automatic defrag for SSD drives 1. 2. 3.

Project Xanadu® How can I use my SSD for windows 7 and other applications, while using my HDD for games, photos, music [Solved] - SSD. Your question squid917 I just got a Samsung 840 pro series 128 gb.

How can I use my SSD for windows 7 and other applications, while using my HDD for games, photos, music [Solved] - SSD

Currently I have a 2tb HDD in my first bay. How could I I use my SSD for windows 7 and other small applications, while using my HDD for things like steam games? Sorry, I am really new to this stuff so I need step by step instructions. See full content More about : ssd windows applications hdd games photos music Reply to squid917 Best solution Sakkura. The Top 7 Best Linux Distros for 2014. The Linux avalanche is rolling and gathering mass and momentum.

The Top 7 Best Linux Distros for 2014

Linux won, so what's next? Amazing growth is what's next: we're at the bare beginning of the Linux juggernaut rolling into existing markets and blazing into new ones. All this growth and progress is the result of years of hard work by tens of thousands of people and billions of dollars of investment. It has reached critical mass and there is no stopping it. The strength of the Linux and FOSS ecosystem is its breadth and depth, and ability to fill important niches large and small without worrying about profitability.

Most Beautiful Distro: Bodhi This is an easy choice: Bodhi Linux. Fig.1: My pretty Bohdi desktop. Bodhi is based on Ubuntu LTS and takes a minimalist approach: minimum system requirements are 300+MHz CPU, 128MB RAM, and 2.5GB hard drive space, and it installs with a bare minimum set of packages. Best Desktop Distro: Xubuntu So suppose you install Ubuntu, and you're sitting there looking at Unity and going "ew". Windows 7 and SSDs: Cutting your system drive down to size. Solid-state drives are wicked fast.

Windows 7 and SSDs: Cutting your system drive down to size

They can breathe new life into a PC whose performance is being dragged down by a slow conventional hard drive. They’re also expensive and (at least for now) limited in total capacity. So how do you get the performance benefits of an SSD upgrade without breaking the bank? With a notebook, you’re generally stuck with a single drive. But with desktop PCs (and with large notebooks that support the installation of a second disk drive), you can do what I’ve done: use a fast SSD as a Windows 7 system drive and install a conventional hard disk for use as a dedicated data drive. In that configuration, your goal is to use just the right amount of space on the relatively small, expensive system drive.

In this post and the accompanying gallery, I go through three big buckets of files that potentially consume large amounts of disk space, and I list the strategies you should follow for sizing and, if possible, relocating that data. Don't miss the rest of this series: SpinRite. SpinRite is a computer software program for scanning magnetic data storage devices such as hard disks, recovering data from them and refreshing their surfaces.

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The first version was released in 1988. Version 6.0, still current as of March 2014[update], was released in 2004.[1] SpinRite is run from a bootable medium (floppy disc, optical disc, bootable external storage device such as a USB stick) on a PC-compatible computer; it uses its own operating system and ignores the one installed, whether functional or not. History[edit] Features[edit] SpinRite tests the data surfaces of writeable magnetic disks, including IDE, SATA, and floppy disks. SpinRite attempts to recover data from hard disks with damaged portions that may not be readable via the operating system. Certain claims made by SpinRite's makers have proved controversial. SpinRite 2.0, circa 1991. Version 6 is rather different from previous versions. The price as of December 2012[update] was US$89. Issues[edit] Dive Into Python. World Data Atlas.