Sean's Windows 7 Install & Optimization Guide for SSDs & HDDs

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5/21/12 at 11:06am

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Try disable the drives in device manager, maybe a windows script to toggle them on and off so you only turn them on when you need them.

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5/21/12 at 11:24am

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Originally Posted by MaFi0s0

Try disable the drives in device manager, maybe a windows script to toggle them on and off so you only turn them on when you need them.

I actually need those drives as they are my storage drive but is this an expected result?

I also have another question, my drives are labelled accordingly to its partition, windows explorer sees them as "Local Drives" while Disk Management actually sees the correct names, anyway to correct this ?

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5/21/12 at 12:40pm

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Originally Posted by WoodiE

Can't wait to follow this guide later this week! Just purchased a 256GB M4 along with many other goodies one of which is a ASrock Extreme4-M motherboard.

Is there anyway or need to upgrade the firmware immediately before installing Windows on this SSD?

http://forums.crucial.com/t5/Solid-State-Drives-SSD/M4-Firmware-000f-is-now-available/td-p/93526

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I have RAID 0 520 SSDs, while overclocking my RAM I got some corruption in my windows TMP files, I ran intel verification and it detected nothing.
Is it okay for me to run chkdsk??

Intel verification? 0.o I never heard of such a thing lol.

Run this: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1538-sfc-scannow-command-system-file-checker.html

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Just got the Corsair ForceGT 240Gb today and did my initial install, boot time is extremely fast and over all system response is just skyrocketing! I did however notice that when I reconnected both fo my mechanical drives there is an additional 5seconds of loading time increase with windows, with the SSD alone when the windows 'orbs' appear on the screen for 1 second, Im instantly taken to the desktop while with the 2 mech drives connected it adds 5 seconds, completing the window logo.. is there a way to remedy this ?

Nah, that is just how it is, unless someone else has a "fix."

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5/21/12 at 12:49pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Sean Webster

Intel verification? 0.o I never heard of such a thing lol.
Run this: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1538-sfc-scannow-command-system-file-checker.html

Its in the RST under manage > advanced > verify.

Thanks I will try that, so I shouldnt run chkdsk on Raid 0 SSDs?

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5/21/12 at 12:52pm

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Originally Posted by MaFi0s0

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sean Webster

Intel verification? 0.o I never heard of such a thing lol.
Run this: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1538-sfc-scannow-command-system-file-checker.html

Its in the RST under manage > advanced > verify.

Thanks I will try that, so I shouldnt run chkdsk on Raid 0 SSDs?

You can too.

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5/21/12 at 2:26pm

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Whats a good application to use to monitor my day to day basis on the read/writes that Im doing on my SSD?

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5/21/12 at 2:34pm

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Whats a good application to use to monitor my day to day basis on the read/writes that Im doing on my SSD?

http://www.ssdready.com/

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5/21/12 at 5:18pm

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http://forums.crucial.com/t5/Solid-State-Drives-SSD/M4-Firmware-000f-is-now-available/td-p/93526

Sean,

I know there IS a firmware update, however can I apply it before I install Windows 7 on the drive? My Samsung 830 128GB SSD came with a USB adapter - could I use that to apply the firmware then install the drive in the new system and install windows?

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5/21/12 at 5:23pm

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http://forums.crucial.com/t5/Solid-State-Drives-SSD/M4-Firmware-000f-is-now-available/td-p/93526

Sean,

I know there IS a firmware update, however can I apply it before I install Windows 7 on the drive? My Samsung 830 128GB SSD came with a USB adapter - could I use that to apply the firmware then install the drive in the new system and install windows?

There is a PDF with instructions where you download the firmware...

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5/22/12 at 7:36am

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Hi i followed most of this when i installed win7 on my intel 128gb ssd

some observations i found,
lets say i have plenty of pictures on a ms word document, then i type a sentence on any part of the document, theres a 3 sec delay before the letters come out or display on the document,
the document file is on another hdd but the MSword is installed in ssd along with the OS

youtube videos sometimes are very choppy (might be flash related but who knows)

are these side effects related to the settings after installation?

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