[Sean Webster]

Storage Essentials Thread

Ok, here are all the guides and info to the Hard Drives & Storage section. Feel free to add any suggestions to the list.

Before anything, the most important thread to see is here: (link)

Sean's Premium Threads:

Everything on Installing and Optimizing Windows 8:

Sean's Windows 8 Install & Optimization Guide for SSDs & HDDs

Everything on Installing and Optimizing Windows 7:

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

Information threads:

SSD Interface Comparison: PCI Express vs SATA

Sean's SSD Buyers Guide & Information Thread

Storage Drivers, Utilities, and Firmware Thread

How to's:

Sean's Data Backup Guide

Sean's SSD & HDD Troubleshooting Guide

How to: Verify TRIM is working in Windows

How to: Disk and Partition Cloning, Backup, Restoration, & Migration

How to: Set up and Utilize RAM Disks

How to: Secure Erase your Solid State Drive (SSD) with Parted Magic

How to: Properly re-align your SSD/HDD partitions

How to: Change SATA Modes After Windows Installation

How to: Initialize And Format A New Disk For Use In Windows

How to: Set up Intel Smart Response Technology (SSD caching)

How to: Validate New Drives Before Deployment

How to: Set up RAID

Optimize SSD Benchmark Performance

Articles and Reviews:

There is No Difference Between SATA Cables

Review: Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery - Technician

Main Section:

Guides and Information:

• Guide: Using 1 SSD as system drive(OS) and acceleration drive(RAID/ Smart Response Technology/ SSD Caching)
• ATTN: EVERYONE WITH HARD DRIVES!
• Xeb's Data Recovery Thread
• Wanna open and fix that dead drive? Think again! Here is why you should NOT do it!
• NAS Essentials Thread
• [Inspirado] Converting an old PC into a NAS
• Short-Stroke: Why, and how..
• Info: How to silence any HDD for 1$
• Guide: Booting in 30 seconds
• Seagate Bricked Firmware Drive Fix (With Pics)
• joemaniaci's basic HDD repair guide
• ImDisk -- open source RAM drive with no size limitations
• [FAQ] Never Use Your Flash Drive Normally Again!!!!
• Info: I'm selling my hard drive. How can I erase the data completely?
• How to: Interpret HDTune Results
• A Guide To LVM: Making Your Hard Drives Fit Your Data, Not The Other Way Around
• Benchmark: Should I defragment my system? Which defragmenter is best?

Benchmark Comparisons:

• Benches: 4x WD10EZEX's RAID 0, 10, and 5 on Z68
• RAMDisks Roundup and Testing
• Post your HDtune 2.55 Results & Spreadsheet
• Short Stroke "Side by side Results"
• WD Caviar Black 640GB Benches (at different short strokes)
  
• WD Caviar Black 640GB Benches (on different motherboards)
• WD 1TB Black (WD1002FAEX) > F3 1TB (HD103SJ)
• SB850 Max Throughput Benchmarks

Clubs:

• Least amount of used space club

Random:

• Post your boot times
• The world famous "how long have you left your hard disk drive turned on for?" champio
• How much Total HD space do you have?

SSD Section:

Guides and Information:

• Effect of Power Saving features on SSD speed
• SSD General Information Compilation
• The Truth About SSDs
• Using your Kingston 40GB SSD with Intel SSD Toolbox
• How to get your Kingston 40GB SSD to support TRIM
• Trim works in IDE mode
• GUIDE: Installing Windows 7 on a new drive
• GUIDE: Move your old Windows onto your new SSD
• GUIDE: Basic tips to save disk space in Windows 7
• Moving your Documents/Pictures/Videos folders to storage drive easily
• Tutorials: Real world Windows 7 SSD tweaks and optimization
• Windows 7 SSD Tweaking Guide
• Howto: Get the Most Out of Your SSD
• Secure erase SSD it get the speed back WITH Windows still installed

Benchmark Comparisons:

• AS SSD benchmark Thread
• Anvil Storage Utilities Benchmark Thread
• The CrystalDiskMark SSD bench thread

SSD Reviews:

• SSD Reviews Thread

Clubs:

• [Official] Corsair Performance Pro Owners Club
• [Official] Crucial SSD Club
• [Official] Intel SSD Owners Club
• [Official] Plextor M3 Owners Club
• [Official] Samsung SSD830 Owners Club
• [Official] SandForce Driven SSD Owners Club
• [Official] Vertex 4 Owners Club

Random:

• SSD owners, "Must have App!"
• [SSD Testimonial] Thinking about buying an SSD, read this
• So you want to buy a Solid State Drive? (Drive List Updated)
• Max Attainable SATA2 Speeds
• Paging File on SSD? Yes!
• The Indilinx SSD Status Thread

RAID Controllers and Software Section:

Guides and Information:

• [Guide] All You Ever Wanted To Know About RAID
• How to: Recover Intel RAID "Non-Member Disk" Error
• FIX: AHCI/SATA drives showing in "Safely Remove Hardware"

Benchmark Comparisons

• PERC 5/i RAID Card: Tips and Benchmarks

 

[stubass]

NAS section
different NAS servers such as Thecrus, Synology Qnaps for example
http://www.thecus.com/
http://www.synology.com/index.php?lang=default
http://www.qnap.com/index.asp

Different RAID types such as unRAID and RAID-Z and the ZFS (Zettabyte File System) file system (as seen in freeBSD for example)
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/filesystems-zfs.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZFS
http://zfsonlinux.org/

unRAID servers
http://lime-technology.com/
http://lime-technology.com/wiki/index.php?title=UnRAID_Wiki

How to turn an older PC into a NAS using freeNAS (built on freeBSD and support for the ZFS file system)
http://www.freenas.org/

some sugestions for you

 

[RedStapler]

Damn you Stuart. You beat me. I wanted to be first to say THANKS, Sean! You really do a lot of good stuff around here!

 

[Sean Webster]

Quote:

Originally Posted by stubass

NAS section
-snip-
some sugestions for you

I'll be waiting for that NAS Essentials thread

Quote:

Originally Posted by RedStapler

Damn you Stuart. You beat me. I wanted to be first to say THANKS, Sean! You really do a lot of good stuff around here!

Thank you for the complement.

I have a bunch of stuff to add still.

Need help still, feel free to link me some OCN threads to add or look into.

 

[Lord Xeb]

I think Sean deserves his cookie.



Good job

 

[noobhell]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lord Xeb

I think Sean deserves his cookie.



Good job

My bro saw this when I was on here and the first thing he started shouting was it's a poo! it's a poo!

 

[Bobotheklown]

Bookmarking this page

Keep up the good work Sean!

 

[Sean Webster]

Thanks everyone, I want that cookie

lol

Any suggestions on things to add or guides for me to make?

 

[Sean Webster]

2 Week bump

Anyone else want to give me a nice big cookie or at least a recommendation to add to this thread or any other sticky? lol

 

[{Unregistered}]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sean Webster

2 Week bump

Anyone else want to give me a nice big cookie or at least a recommendation to add to this thread or any other sticky? lol

Officer, you have to show me your badge first. No badge, no authority.

 

[Sean Webster]

Quote:

Originally Posted by {Unregistered}

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sean Webster

2 Week bump

Anyone else want to give me a nice big cookie or at least a recommendation to add to this thread or any other sticky? lol

Officer, you have to show me your badge first. No badge, no authority.

Sorry sir, but it appears to me that you are Unregistered here and have no say on the matter.

 

[{Unregistered}]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sean Webster

Sorry sir, but it appears to me that you are Unregistered here and have no say on the matter.

Danggit!!! Should have thought it through...

~Undercover Cop + Curly braces make me superior to you.

 

[Sean Webster]

hahaha u so funnies

 

[Sean Webster]

I be bumppin' it.

 

[Confessed]

Some of these guides have helped me tons with my new build. Thanks a lot.

 

[eBombzor]

Nice thread Sean. You might want to add this to the list. http://www.pchelpforum.com/xf/threads/windows-8-clean-install-with-upgrade-license-0xc004f061.141873/

I use this because my key doesn't want to work with me whenever I do a fresh install. Super frustrating.

 

[hyperkite]

Sean the work you do is unbelievable.
Thanks for all the hard work you are defiantly paying it forward

John

 

[Lige]

I don't see a lot of guides about tools/software used to verify problems with a hard drive (beyond that of chkdsk and such). Could a guide be made for this?

 

[Sean Webster]

This is what I have for it so far: www.overclock.net/t/1248358/seans-ssd-hdd-troubleshooting-guide
Here are utilities: http://www.overclock.net/t/1227609/storage-drivers-utilities-and-firmware-thread

Let me know if you want me to add anything. Feel free to make something up yourself and I'll add it if you want.

 

[BoredErica]

What is the best benchmark suite for testing mechanical and solid-state drives? I want one program that can do all the useful tests and have results that are compatible for HDD and SSDs. For example in Samgsung's Magician software, SSDs score like x150 higher IOPS compared to HDDs. SSDs are fast but they are not x100+ faster than HDDs in any type of loading situation, ever. So I think the number is very misleading.