Thread: Speed up my Windows XP Pro. SP3 with Flash USB drives/drives?

In , J. P. Gilliver (John) typed on Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:27:08 +0000: In message , BillW50 writes: Actually all SSD that I know of uses wear leveling. This increases the number of writes, but the whole mass storage is written to evenly. Thus at the end of its life, the whole thing just dies. Too bad they don't add a counter or something to let you know how far you are in its life cycle. ;-) Do they not have the equivalent of SMART?...

On Sun, 8 Nov 2009 17:03:05 -0600, "BillW50" wrote: In , Ken Blake, MVP typed on Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:11:50 -0700: On Sun, 8 Nov 2009 12:59:40 -0700, "Bill in Co." wrote: Ken, I had thought there was an issue with the fairly limited number of max write cycles with any SSDs, making them NOT very suitable for windows (like the regular C: drive, where there is always a LOT of constant write activity). (yes,...

In , J. P. Gilliver (John) typed on Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:27:08 +0000: In message , BillW50 writes: Actually all SSD that I know of uses wear leveling. This increases the number of writes, but the whole mass storage is written to evenly. Thus at the end of its life, the whole thing just dies. Too bad they don't add a counter or something to let you know how far you are in its life cycle. ;-) Do they not have the equivalent of SMART?...

In , Ken Blake, MVP typed: On Sun, 8 Nov 2009 12:59:40 -0700, "Bill in Co." wrote: Ken Blake, MVP wrote: On Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:23:40 -0500, "WMB" wrote: If speed is your objective, and cost is not a deterrent, image your current drive, install a SSD HD, re-install the image. "Chris Prillo" did and says its a slam bam for performance. I would sure like to hear from an average joe who tried...

If speed is your objective, and cost is not a deterrent, image your current drive, install a SSD HD, re-install the image. "Chris Prillo" did and says its a slam bam for performance. I would sure like to hear from an average joe who tried it. "Ant" wrote in message ... Um, nice poem? On 8/16/2009 2:58 PM PT, db typed: there is a third party maker that makes a ready boost version for xp. it's about 50...

Ken Blake, MVP wrote: On Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:23:40 -0500, "WMB" wrote: If speed is your objective, and cost is not a deterrent, image your current drive, install a SSD HD, re-install the image. "Chris Prillo" did and says its a slam bam for performance. I would sure like to hear from an average joe who tried it. SSD drives tend to be on the small side and expensive. I have three drives on my personal machine...

Actually, HD MTBF numbers are PURE statistics! Twayne wrote: In , Ken Blake, MVP typed: On Mon, 9 Nov 2009 11:22:34 -0600, "BillW50" wrote: Actually if you can believe the specs of SSDs, a manufacture claims the MTBF is 227 years. And HDD are only less than 37 years. I'm always reluctant to believe MTBF claims. They may be correct, but with numbers as high as 227 years, I have no confidence in them. MTBFs are a little...

In , Ken Blake, MVP typed: On Mon, 9 Nov 2009 11:22:34 -0600, "BillW50" wrote: Actually if you can believe the specs of SSDs, a manufacture claims the MTBF is 227 years. And HDD are only less than 37 years. I'm always reluctant to believe MTBF claims. They may be correct, but with numbers as high as 227 years, I have no confidence in them. MTBFs are a little like statistics; you can make them say different things at...

In message , BillW50 writes: [] Actually all SSD that I know of uses wear leveling. This increases the number of writes, but the whole mass storage is written to evenly. Thus at the end of its life, the whole thing just dies. Too bad they don't add a counter or something to let you know how far you are in its life cycle. ;-) Do they not have the equivalent of SMART? -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985...

In message , BillW50 writes: [] Actually all SSD that I know of uses wear leveling. This increases the number of writes, but the whole mass storage is written to evenly. Thus at the end of its life, the whole thing just dies. Too bad they don't add a counter or something to let you know how far you are in its life cycle. ;-) Do they not have the equivalent of SMART? -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985...