Posts by dennyb

Go into BIOS and set the boot order to your optical drive (DVD). Remove all drives except the one you want to install the OS to. Boot to the OS disc and format the drive...then reinstall windows. After installing the OS install the...

Quote:Originally Posted by ACHILEE5 Like one write cycle matters I think it was more important to get the drive working right again, than worry over a write cycle! AMEN Brother...and thanks to you my drive is performing...

Quote:Originally Posted by vinton13 May I jack this thread for one question? Does wiping free space increase performance? good question...i just tried AS SSD and it was no improvement. my 4K-64 Thrd is low and I think it is common...

Quote:Originally Posted by ACHILEE5 I'm not just a pretty face I'll say . Everything is working well now. I even got the Windows back-up to work. Kudos to OCN and my helpful friends here

How weird is this / Disk Wizard imaged the OS with both C and system reserved checked this time. I suppose wiping the free space is the reason ? I am going to try the Windows backup to create an image....but I will have to disconnect my...

Quote:Originally Posted by ACHILEE5 Yeah wiping the free space won't cause any harm, it's just one write after all! And I'm doing it right now edit, just finished it! Success....but I don't really know how it came to be. I wiped...

Quote:Originally Posted by Sean Webster wait, in the first post you describe your SSD not writing data, then you go on to say that your HDD wont make a new image from the SSD in another post. I'm confused. Are you trying to restore...

Thanks...wiping free space now. Will post here after it finishes and I try to re-image

Quote:Originally Posted by ACHILEE5 Hello Denny Are you trying to backup to a HDD, or restore from a HDD to the SSD? And how much free space does the SSD have? bump Hi Gary....I am trying to back up to a harddrive and I have 27.1...

Ok, thanks for responding