Can this drive use the Windows TRIM command?
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I just got paid version of Tweak-SSD to enable TRIM Optimization and ran it: Now optimizing drive(s) C:\ on disk SanDisk SDSSDP064G ATA Device ----------------- Processing TRIM Data....(27398MB) Optimizing disk and writing TRIM data - completed 20% Optimizing disk and writing TRIM data - completed 40% Optimizing disk and writing TRIM data - completed 60% Optimizing disk and writing TRIM data - completed 80% Freeing up disk space and completing optimization ... The selected disk (partition) was optimized. ----------------- Done. The selected disk and its' partitions were optimized! Windows might slow down over the next few minutes, but this will normalize itself.
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Is there any software on the internal memory that will be erased if I format the drive?
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Windows XP doesn't support TRIM functions. If you use Windows XP with any SSD, the SSD will degrade performance (slow down) and won't last long. Windows 7 and 8 supports TRIM, that is after the files were deleted, the OS will send deleted information to SSD, the SSD will erase those unused blocks in the background - this is called garbage collection. As a results, the SSD will perform faster and the SSD last longer. There may be some third party disk software to do similar TRIM functions, but you must run the disk software manually each month or each week depending upon your usage.
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If your using it as a secondary drive Windows will reformat it for you. I reformatted mine several times.
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Only if you format it as MS-DOS (FAT). If you format it as OSX Extended, no. Windows can't access it typically that way.
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No. That's not really how I used this software. I uses to fix a damaged drive data table. It doesn't sound like that's what this is.
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No, not all. The PC will see it as any other drive and you can just copy/cut paste
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Unless there are limitations imposed by your motherboard, you can; however, the concept of using striped format is really something that helps hard drives with movable disks. Nevertheless, I've never tried it, but it sounds feasible. Good luck
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If you reformat the drive you'll erase all the present data on it. If it's a brand new drive, just format it for FAT32 and both -Win7 and OS X- can read it. As to the file size limit, there is none.
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Sure they can. Just go to windows7 backup or restore your files section set up back up and start. But before you start to copy make sure you have enough (DVD+RW's 4.5GB divided by how much space you need) and format them all before you begin. Hope this helps. Good luck.
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Yes it has TRIM support, most all SSD's do now daysas for firmware I can't answer that
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Short answer: Yes. I did it and it works great. Long Answer: It's not simple, especially if you are upgrading to a smaller disk. 1) Create a recovery disk/thumb drive with the Windows Utility. Besides being a good idea, they offer you the option to delete the Recovery partition from the back end of the drive. Doing so will allow you to more easily manipulate the existing partitions for transfer. 2) Delete the blank d: Data partition. I am not sure why they break it up like this. Possibly shrink the System partition (I first went to a 128GB drive, then to a 256). 3) Unscrew the bottom, remove the drive (REAL SHUT DOWN FIRST!!!) 4) I tried to use Clonezilla to duplicate the drive, but this didn't work so well. So I ended up using a simple dd command in linux. If all this is beyond you, just find a local geek to help. 5) Plugged in the new drive, screwed it all back up, and it worked! ONE ISSUE!!! Upon reboot, Windows thinks it's a special version called Windows To Go, and won't let you install from the MS Store. Here is the solution: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/W8ITProWTG/thread/af05f60a-4cb0-4561-b49f-71938dad6853
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I do not know. I liked this drive and the way it worked very much. I ended up having to buy a new computer, but this little drive worked very well.
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Use storage spaces in Windows works amazing. takes all of my 4 drives and makes it one large. Amazing free feature built into Windows!
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Yes, I have mine setup with Cut/Copy/Paste and Shift as the bound commands.
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According to PNY's website (https://www3.pny.com/XLR8-SSD-120GB-P3161C517.aspx) it does support TRIM features from the OS.
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So long as the computer can recognize the drive, you should be able to format it. If the drive is dead even this device won't help you.