4 Jan 2012 at 08:21 #1 tidusjar tidusjar Soldato Joined 11 May 2011 Posts 2,901 Location Farnborough My SSD is on it's way and I wanted to know if there are any programs that are necessary and the Do's and Dont's with an SSD (Crucial M4).
My SSD is on it's way and I wanted to know if there are any programs that are necessary and the Do's and Dont's with an SSD (Crucial M4).
4 Jan 2012 at 11:12 #2 Kingy1968 Kingy1968 Associate Joined 30 Mar 2007 Posts 657 Location On The Earth 01. Make sure it had the 009 firmware on it.... 02. Never defrag it...
4 Jan 2012 at 11:43 #3 Surveyor Surveyor Caporegime Joined 5 Sep 2010 Posts 25,570 Set the SATA controller to AHCI mode before installing Windows (assuming that's what you're doing). Disconnect all other storage drives when installing Windows. Connect the SSD to an Intel/AMD SATA 3 port if you have them (I can't see your sig. if it contains your spec.). Run the WEI after installing so that Windows "knows" you have an SSD and sets it up properly (disabling degrag. etc.).
Set the SATA controller to AHCI mode before installing Windows (assuming that's what you're doing). Disconnect all other storage drives when installing Windows. Connect the SSD to an Intel/AMD SATA 3 port if you have them (I can't see your sig. if it contains your spec.). Run the WEI after installing so that Windows "knows" you have an SSD and sets it up properly (disabling degrag. etc.).
4 Jan 2012 at 11:49 #4 Essexraptor Essexraptor Associate Joined 20 Oct 2009 Posts 2,137 Location Deepest, darkest Essex The best advise I can give you is visit the manufactures forum site and follow the recommended setup and tweaking guides http://forums.crucial.com/t5/Solid-State-Drives-SSD/bd-p/ssd It's full of useful do's and dont's and will avoid making silly mistakes
The best advise I can give you is visit the manufactures forum site and follow the recommended setup and tweaking guides http://forums.crucial.com/t5/Solid-State-Drives-SSD/bd-p/ssd It's full of useful do's and dont's and will avoid making silly mistakes