Just go buy Partedmagic to wipe the drive... this is only 5 bucks at
partedmagic.com. You will find plenty of support for the program in
their forums. Greg wrote about this last week.
At 05:03 PM 8/2/2014, you wrote:
Greg,
This is good, new info for me. Can I please 'bend' this thread a bit?
I really think I wish to do a 'secure erase' in w7pro (32bit). Is
this possible?
My OB gifted me a Crucial MX100 series 128GB SSD. OK. I can find
zero information about it at Crucial/Support. But, Crucial seems to very
proud of this series.as I view the site. Confused atm.
Duncan
On 08/02/2014 18:45, Greg Sevart wrote:
No. The TRIM command is only sent upon a triggering action--in Windows,
that's deleting a file or performing a format. It's worth noting that you
also need to be in AHCI mode for TRIM to function.
It's similarly worth pointing out that the impact of using XP will not be
limited to the XP partition. The drive controller's wear-leveling algorithm
obfuscates the true NAND block for every logical sector write, meaning that
your XP data will be spread across all of the blocks in the drive (leaving
blocks that have not been erased everywhere).
With only casual use of XP, it's unlikely to be a major problem, but I do
recommend using a drive with manufacturer-supplied utilities that can
"optimize" the drive. Just run that occasionally within W7 and you should be
fine.
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From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf
Of Winterlight
Sent: Saturday, August 2, 2014 4:08 PM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] SSD and XP ?
I am in the process of taking a old Thinkpad X41 Tablet,that had Win7 on it
and setting it up to multiboot new installs of . Win7 PRO SP1 and XPProSP3.
XP is installed and uses a 6GB partition. The only purpose of running XP is
to run a single legacy USB device. There is nothing else installed on XP.I
won't be using a browser or anything on the internet.
The laptop will primary use Win7 PRO. So will Win7 pro Trim the XP
partition when it is booted up? Thanks m
At 12:08 PM 8/2/2014, you wrote:
XP doesn't support TRIM, the lack of which can slow SSDs down over time.
Some handle it better than others. If it's a Samsung or Intel, install
the manufacturer's utility and run the optimization. If it's anything
else, the drive needs secure erased.
Staying with XP should not be considered an option. Same goes for MSE,
since it has turned to crap.
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From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On
Behalf Of FORC5
Sent: Saturday, August 2, 2014 1:38 PM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: [H] SSD and XP ?
Any long term problem putting a SSD in XP ? What should I check ?
Have one here with a SSD that has really slowed down. Not sure yet if
the SSD or something else. Right off MSE went dormant so I need to
remove and replace with something.
Older Toshiba laptop. Them getting anything newer is not a option. I do
have some regular laptop drives I could put in.
thanks
fp
Date: Saturday, August 2nd, 2014
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