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I've been playing around with this and I realise that some people have been complaining of a slowdown, so I *think* I've found a fix that doesn't involve losing any data or completely wiping the driveI'd be interested to hear from anyone with an X25-E or Kingston SSDNow E-Series that's suffering the slowdown and wants to try and fix it
P.S. Go easy, it's my first SSD Review
excellent review..... very informative...
good job....
Very Nice. Thanks
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7 pass DoD on flash disk? Are they trying to prematurely kill it? Simple cell erase with 0 (zero) writing after it would be enough for the same effect. 10 times faster with just the same effect.
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Nice review and what a speedy drive there
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Good review.. but what is the fix for fragmentation? To me it looks like you are wiping the drive just like others have prosed. What am I missing?
It appears the drives aren't all that immune to fragmentation after all.
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Nice!
But your HDtune write bench shows 74gb raptor highlighted. (or, you have one fast raptor, custom built)
I hope you'll get the chance to compare it or maybe even intels "M" drive to OCZ's Vertex!
Last edited by XS Janus; 03-03-2009 at 03:09 AM.
Originally Posted by LexDiamonds
As I say, it's just a workaround, I haven't seen anyone else offer a fix on the E series drives and the fix that Intel offer means that you have to wipe the drive, this way you can do it with your O/S still on there and it wipes the free space - it's still at the experimental stage at the moment and that's why I wanted to hear from other X25-E owners to see hoe they go with it.
I also tried different types of 1 pass and three pass, but had the best success with the 7 pass DoD wipe - As you can see from the results, the drive had slowed considerably so it was worth a try
Nice!
But your HDtune write bench shows 74gb raptor highlighted. (or, you have one fast raptor, custom built
I hope you'll get the chance to compare it or maybe even intels "M" drive to OCZ's Vertex!
Oh haha, good spot, I think I must have caught it with the mouse pointer when doing the screenies, I'll fix it now, thanks
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