Velociraptor questions

metalmackey · 8 May 2011 at 14:08

Hi Guys,

My SSD died the other day and I cant really "trust" it for a reinstall so I'm using an old Maxtor 500GB as my O/S drive. I was thinking of getting the Velociraptor 600GB SATA 3 drive but using it on a SATA 2 port as I've heard the Marvell SATA 3 on my mobo is a bit crappy. Any opinions please and will I lose a lot of performance using SATA 2?

Ta

Randomface74 · 8 May 2011 at 14:09

RMA the SSD?

andy_mk3 · 8 May 2011 at 14:16

billysielu said:
RMA the SSD?

metalmackey · 8 May 2011 at 14:16

billysielu said:
RMA the SSD?

Cant be asked, might keep it and use it in another PC and see how it goes LOL.

The SSD is probably ok anyway, I think Win 7 has got currupted on it due to a power cut I had and it went funny a few days after. I get a BSOD when booting even if I try safemode. When my bro and I build a spare PC, I'll put it in that and test it for a while.

Krislord · 8 May 2011 at 14:18

I don't think the Velociraptor will hit the SATA 2 limit.

Going back from an SSD to a mechanical drive would be noticeably slower in terms of responsiveness.

413x · 8 May 2011 at 14:58

my velociraptors dont hit sata 2 limits

AbsenceJam · 8 May 2011 at 15:13

Velociraptors are such an enormous waste of money. Such a small speed advantage over a 7200rpm disk and so many times the price. Stick with the SSD or RAID 7200 drives would be my advice.

chaparral · 8 May 2011 at 17:08

metalmackey said:
Cant be asked, might keep it and use it in another PC and see how it goes LOL.

The SSD is probably ok anyway, I think Win 7 has got currupted on it due to a power cut I had and it went funny a few days after. I get a BSOD when booting even if I try safemode. When my bro and I build a spare PC, I'll put it in that and test it for a while.

Why not just try restalling windows on your SSD drive with it in your PC and see if it works :confused:

Relentless81 · 8 May 2011 at 17:11

The Samsung Spinpoint F1 is a much cheaper and just as good in benchmarks, this is going back nearly a year ago though

linktoinsanity · 8 May 2011 at 17:19

chaparral said:
Why not just try restalling windows on your SSD drive with it in your PC and see if it works

This. I don't understand why you don't try this either?

metalmackey · 8 May 2011 at 18:30

I hate reinstalling LOL. I'll try to slipstream a sp1 install DVD and see how it goes

EDIT: What is the best software to use to clone my current O/S drive to the SSD? Windows backup doesn't work because the SSD is smaller (even though the data would fit easily).

chaparral · 8 May 2011 at 19:10

metalmackey said:
EDIT: What is the best software to use to clone my current O/S drive to the SSD? Windows backup doesn't work because the SSD is smaller (even though the data would fit easily).

I use Acronis*True*Image*Home 2010

metalmackey · 8 May 2011 at 23:01

I've been reading that True Image is very buggy and doesn't work for a lot of people.

chaparral · 8 May 2011 at 23:16

metalmackey said:
I've been reading that True Image is very buggy and doesn't work for a lot of people.

It Worked fine for me every time i have used it...

Maybe it because i haven't used the part of it that some people find buggy,as i only use the harddrive cloning part of it..

GaryH-21 · 9 May 2011 at 04:38

I use 'Active Disk Image' boot disk to get a backup, and it doesn't mind moving to smaller partitions as long as theirs enough room for the data! (not free though)

http://www.disk-image.net/

metalmackey · 11 May 2011 at 22:45

GaryH-21 said:
I use 'Active Disk Image' boot disk to get a backup, and it doesn't mind moving to smaller partitions as long as theirs enough room for the data! (not free though)

http://www.disk-image.net/

Cheers mate

Used it to copy my hard drive to the smaller SSD and worked like a charm. SSD seems tobe working fine so the powercut must have been to blame. I've updated the SSD firmware and also backed it up