Get the most out of your SSD. We reveal tips on how to not only increase the pace, but also the life of your flash drive.
Before using your new SSD into operation, you should bring it to the current state of technology - with a firmware update. You can connect the hard drive to your PC and install the tool CrystalDiskInfo 4.1.3 . Select the program to start in the second row from the top menu with a mouse click from the SSD. Directly under the name you will see the release of "firmware". Now start the browser of your choice and go to the website of the SSD manufacturer to the support area. In most cases you will find in there a newer firmware version.
Information Center: CrystalDiskInfo tells the firmware version of a flash memory hard drive information, but also on the previously studied reading and writing performance.
Firmware update via Windows or Boot CD
Particularly comfortable to update the firmware of SSDs with SandForce controller. You can start the firmware supplied with the Field Updater. The tool scans for the SSD and it lists under its model name. Set to "All" is checked before the name, and click the bottom left of "Update Firmware ...". Now open an Explorer window where you select the firmware file and click "Open." They propose the following warning by clicking on "Proceed" to the wind. Please be patient, to appear right next to "All" is a green check box. Restart Crystal Disk Info: It now shows the new firmware version on your SSD.
SSDs with other controllers, the firmware upgrade is usually in an ISO file is packed, with which you make a boot CD. Alternatively, you can set the ISO file with a tool like Unetbootin 5.6.3 write to a USB stick. Please read before but just the "Firmware Update Guide" of the SSD manufacturer's instructions. Frequent firmware updates, set by boot media requires some tweaking in the BIOS. So you need about the m4 model Crucial to the SATA mode to "IDE" Legacy "or" compatibility mode "position since the firmware update with" AHCI does not work. "
Firmware update made easy: The Program Field Updater for SSDs with SandForce controller runs under Windows and automatically detects the SSD model.
No compromise: put new operating system
For maximum stability, durability and speed, you should install the operating system on the SSD. SSDs are suited for Mac OS X, Linux (kernel 2.6.33) and Windows 7 - only to support the Trim command, which carries an automatic garbage collection for a consistently high write performance. Who holds on to Windows XP or Vista, it with tools such as Secure Erase 4.0 manually perform garbage collection. Your old hard drive - if available - use now as a pure data storage.
For maximum stability, durability and speed, you should install the operating system on the SSD. SSDs are suited for Mac OS X, Linux (kernel 2.6.33) and Windows 7 - only to support the Trim command, which carries an automatic garbage collection for a consistently high write performance. Who holds on to Windows XP or Vista, it with tools such as Secure Erase 4.0 manually perform garbage collection. Your old hard drive - if available - use now as a pure data storage.
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