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    XPS 16 SSD 250gb drive maintainace.

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by apu701, Jun 20, 2010.

  1. apu701

    apu701 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I will be receiving a new XPS 16 with the dell 250gb SSD.

    I am hoping it will be TRIM supported reading some threads in the Hardware section.

    My concern is drive maintenance. How do i do it? Any utitilies?
     
    apu701, Jun 20, 2010
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    fred2028 Sexy member

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    Leave it and make sure you don't expose it to heat or moisture. Disable defrag.
     
    fred2028, Jun 20, 2010
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  3. ifti

    ifti Undiscovered

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    ^^^
    I agree.
    NEVER defrag.
    Other then that, just use it as per normal.
    Do you know which SSD it is?? It will need TRIM support if its one of the Indilinx controller drives so that Win7 can TRIM it when its idle.

    If its a Sandforce controller drive, like the Mercury Extreme or the Vertex 2 (which I doubt as they are more expensive) you dont need to do anything as it automatically TRIMs on-the-fly.
     
    ifti, Jun 21, 2010
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  4. jtvgeo

    jtvgeo Notebook Consultant

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    how to "Disable defrag"?
     
    jtvgeo, Jun 21, 2010
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    ifti Undiscovered

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    Just make sure its not running on a schedule.....
     
    ifti, Jun 21, 2010
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    the_scotsman Notebook Consultant

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    The 256 SSD drives are Samsung ones. They have TRIM support, so it's all good.
     
    the_scotsman, Jun 21, 2010
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