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    P-7805u - New SSD and Windows 7

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by lpnowlan, Nov 22, 2009.

  1. lpnowlan

    lpnowlan Notebook Consultant

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    Well, I finally decided to order my first SSD after months of reading reviews... i went with the Intel 80gb X25-M G2 even though its 2mb seq read isnt jaw dropping compared to others... its overall performance and price compared to Indilinx SLC drives convinced me to go with the Intel.

    Native TRIM was a big selling point for me also.

    Is there anything I need to do before installing Windows 7 on the drive when it comes in?

    Thanks for the help.
     
    lpnowlan, Nov 22, 2009
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  2. stephen0205

    stephen0205 Notebook Consultant

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    not that i know of , it installed on my ssd as smooth as butter, just mind to double check that disk defrag is disabled in the services.

    ssd drives do not need defragged, and if you defrag them it shortens there life drasticly
     
    stephen0205, Nov 22, 2009
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  3. lpnowlan

    lpnowlan Notebook Consultant

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    What about 3rd party degragmenters? Are they worth it?

    Diskeeper seems to have some neat SSD features
    http://www.diskeeper.com/hyperfast/index.aspx
     
    lpnowlan, Nov 22, 2009
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  4. Kamin_Majere

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    Nope dont defrag it... you'll only regret it.

    Just make sure Defrag is disabled in Win7 and i tend to turn off system restore, but thats not required by any means.

    Other than that just treat it as a great HD that is smoking fast and dont worry about it anymore.
     
    Kamin_Majere, Nov 22, 2009
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  5. lpnowlan

    lpnowlan Notebook Consultant

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    Alright, will do.

    I can't wait to try it out, hopefully it gets here tomorrow :)
     
    lpnowlan, Nov 22, 2009
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  6. stephen0205

    stephen0205 Notebook Consultant

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    there really good, and really fast, ull love it.

    windows installs, boots and performs real fast, its a nice piece of kit

    the intel one will be very very fast, for read, not so great for write speed but its an insanely fast read makes up for that i thinks
     
    stephen0205, Nov 22, 2009
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  7. lpnowlan

    lpnowlan Notebook Consultant

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    I got my SSD yesterday and installed Windows 7 on it, i'm very impressed with its speed. Games load much faster, especially Dragon Age, which loads all the time LOL.

    I'll have more time to mess with it this weekend, but so far, it's just like the reviews say.
     
    lpnowlan, Nov 26, 2009
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  8. stephen0205

    stephen0205 Notebook Consultant

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    nice, im glad ur happy, im jelious, i wanted the intel one, but just couldnt afford it
     
    stephen0205, Nov 26, 2009
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