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    SSD Help - Restore SSD Performance

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by RogueMonk, Aug 6, 2009.

  1. RogueMonk

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    Could you advise me? I'm going to put my 'old' ssd--partiot Warp V2--into my older macbook. Before I do, I'd like to restore it to full performance. But I don't know how best to do that. The drive doesn't support TRIM and I can't get the OCZ erase utility to work either.

    Any suggestions? Would a full wipe of the HD do it?

    Thanks.
     
    RogueMonk, Aug 6, 2009
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    I would like to know also..
     
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    some say that a diskpart clean would do it.
    some say that using HDD Erase (from Intel) would do it.
    I restored the write performance on mine by using the "wipe free space" option in CCleaner.
     
    goofball, Aug 6, 2009
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    A "wipe free space" clean from CCleaner basically writes zero into every free space available on your SSD, so you're basically making it slower, as every cell is written to, not faster.
    I personally use HDD Erase, "enhanced secure erase" option to wipe my SSD.
     
    AvalonXIII, Aug 6, 2009
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  5. RogueMonk

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    I have tried that, but can't seem to get it to work. Any advice?
     
    RogueMonk, Aug 6, 2009
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    Let me guess, you have 4GB of RAM in your laptop? ;)
    HDDErase won't run if you have more than 2GB of RAM.
     
    AvalonXIII, Aug 6, 2009
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  7. RogueMonk

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    Um...what does that have to do with it?
     
    RogueMonk, Aug 6, 2009
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    I updated my post, read it again.
     
    AvalonXIII, Aug 6, 2009
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    Ah - where do I download it?
     
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    OK - I did try that, but it says it only works on Intel architecture.

    Mine is nvidia/amd.


    I guess I can try in my macbook.
     
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    are you in compatibility mode? I believe that it doesn't run in AHCI mode.

    Wipe free space worked for me, my writes went back to 80+MB/sec for sequential as opposed to ~55MB/sec prior to running it.
     
    goofball, Aug 6, 2009
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    There's the possibility that the autorecovery function of Intel SSD kicks in before your second benchmark.
     
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    I've tried everything - every different configuration on my various machines -- I just can't get it to work.
     
    RogueMonk, Aug 6, 2009
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    I don't have an Intel SSD. I have a jmicron based SSD so no TRIM here, that's the only reason why I'm trying to find non-destructive ways of restoring lost write performance. My next steps, if ccleaner did not work, were either to use diskpart or use hdderase.
     
    goofball, Aug 7, 2009
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    Hmm, I see. So I guess ccleaner works just as well on refreshing the performance of SSD drive then. Thanks for the info. :)
     
    zephir, Aug 7, 2009
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    You should try what goofball does. He also has a JMicron drive and ccleaner's wipe free space function helps performance going back up.
     
    zephir, Aug 7, 2009
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    That only works if the drive is a boot drive with windows installed.

    I want to wipe the drive, and install it a mac.
     
    RogueMonk, Aug 7, 2009
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    did you try a diskpart clean on it?
     
    goofball, Aug 7, 2009
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    My understanding is that this will not restore an SSD. It will only clean the data. Basically, what I'm looking for is a way to reset the drive so that all flash sectors are showing writable to the controller.
     
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    Laptopaddict, Aug 27, 2009
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