On 6/25/2013 6:48 PM, C.H.Ling wrote:
> ...
> Also:
>
> http://download.intel.com/support/chipsets/sb/intel_smart_response_technology_user_guide.pdf
>
> It is a way to use lower cost to give the computer faster read/write
> response. But I'd prefer a larger SSD for system and temp files as the SSD
> is more affordable now.
As I've said before, I've been frustrated in trying to use the Toshiba Android
tablet as my traveling photography
assistant. The hardware is capable, but the software to conveniently copy new
image files from card to external HD seems
simply not to exist.
My younger son has got me receiving endless special offers in my email. I could
turn them off, but have found some great
deals. Just before we left last week, there was an offer for a Crucial M500
240GB SSD at a low price, and I had bonus $
I could use on it. Faced with a decision deadline of moments before taking off,
I bit.
I've now found yet another reason to be happy with my Thermaltake HD 'toaster'.
I put the new drive in it, cloned the
boot drive of my netbook+, put the new drive in it and am off to the races.
Boot time is down from 2.5 min. to under one minute. (Remember, this is a 10.6"
netbook with a 1.2 Gz, dual core
processor, not a rocket ship.) PS loads in half the time.
Win Explorer was a regular annoyance, taking so long to start up that I would
wonder if I had actually clicked on it.
Apparently all time was spent loading the initial disk info to display. Now, it
pops up almost instantly.
I'm obviously not getting full performance from the SATA III drive on a SATA I
connection, but it still makes a big
difference for anything that uses the disk. It may just keep me from spending
money on extra portable hardware for now. :-)
There was recently a thread on cloning software. I tried a couple. I looked at
Apricorn, but it says it will only work
with their hardware. While $19 isn't much for a USB=>SATA adapter with well
reviewed software, it was the start of the
weekend, and I didn't want to wait until today to get started. That's when the
light went on that I could use the USB
connection to the toaster I already had.
Next, I tried EaseUS Todo Backup Free 6.0. It looks slick, and seems to do the
job - at first look. For whatever reason,
it was going to enlarge the admin partitions, one massively, even though I was
going to a slightly smaller disk, and
leave me with a much reduced main partition. I could make the admin pieces
about the right size, but then it left
undefined sections on the disk in useless places. A clone made with it booted
fine.
Next came Macrium Reflect free. It made everything the right sizes, and one may
make adjustments easily and precisely to
partition sizes, space between, etc. Cloning went smoothly and the cloned disk
is working perfectly, as far as I can tell.
What I can't figure out is why the used part of the primary partition declined
in size from 109 GB* on the HD to 99 GB
on the SSD. I spent time checking folder sizes, number and size of files, and
couldn't fine a missing 10GB of anything.
Sector sizes? Whatever it is, I now have more free space on my primary
partition of the 240 GB SSD than I had on the 256
GB HD. Can't complain. :-)
I'm not sure why Crucial has gone to slightly smaller capacities with their new
line, but the greatly increased number
of read/write cycles seems worth it.
Low Latency Moose
* No, of course it was close to full before I started, but I put it on a
stringent diet before cloning.
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