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    Buyer Beware: OCZ Agility2 and Vertex2 issues

    How do they intend to do this since it is my understanding all fabs will be using the 25 nm process in a month or so and 35 nm product will not be available. I guess Mushkin can stockpile but that is expensive for them because all the stockpiled parts represents capital not working and earning a...
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    Buyer Beware: OCZ Agility2 and Vertex2 issues

    I feel a need to offer some opinions. First, Micron, in the article referenced above, made the following statement: "The end result of all this has created some negative perceptions about the quality of 25nm NAND," This as absolutely a true statement and based on good reason. In my opinion, at...
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    wise to throw away a working hard drive because it is old?

    I have 12 to 15 unused fully functional HDDs ranging in size from 60 Gb to 350 GB and some dating back to 2000 or so. Most are SATA but a few are PATA. They all have tons of personnal data on them because they were either used as my primary drive or a backup drive. I thought of giving them away...
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    How do I Fix my Ethernet Connection?

    Thanks soytusandwich, that worked perfectly. Appreciate the good suggestion and also need to compliment you on thinking about something so simple and effective so quickly. I did not see your reply until just now but when I got home from work this morning I tried the same thing. You seemed to...
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    How do I Fix my Ethernet Connection?

    Two days ago, just after reinstalling ESET V4, my normally very well behaved machine started giving me a problem connecting to my Ethernet network. This is not a hardware issue because the problem does not occur if I boot off a two week old backup clone. Normally, my machine connects to my...
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    What makes the Intel SSD's so special?

    Is this really true when TRIM is implemented? Based on a number of articles I recently read, I perceive TRIM will very closely maintain the drives original performance. Do I perceive this correctly?
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    Intel X-25M Firmware Update

    First and foremost, back up the drive first! Repeat: First and foremost, back up the drive first! That being said, the process is a no brainer and there is probably very little risk. The download file is a .iso. Burn the iso to a CD using something like ImgBurn or even Nero. Make sure...
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    Would an SSD help me?

    Why would you ever have a need to have 50+ tabs open and how do you even remember what each tab represents? I sometimes might have as many as seven or eight tabs open. Firefox loads almost instantaneously with my 80 GB G2. I only have a single monitor but my boot up time from "Starting...
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    Would an SSD help me?

    I could not agree more! Its nice to be spoiled.
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    Would an SSD help me?

    I also use an SSD as my system/app drive and have a large HDD for my data. In my opinion there is only one reason to get an SSD; The appearance of Speed. With the SSD: -time from "Starting Windows" to a ready Desktop is 18 seconds -Programs such as Word, Excel, iTunes, etc. start almost...
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    Which SSD? - Does it Really Make a Difference?

    Thanks for all the responses. I am going to buy the Corsair Force CSSD-F120GB2-BRKT 120GB SSD. Although I do not expect it to be noticeably faster than the Intel drive, it does have faster specifications. So, all else being equal, I will default to the better spec. I originally decided to...
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    Which SSD? - Does it Really Make a Difference?

    In defense of GeorgeHR, his observation is really correct. Perception is reality. If, realistically, the three drives will appear to perform similarly, then benchmarks serve no consequential purpose.
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    Which SSD? - Does it Really Make a Difference?

    Thanks for all the good advice. I do not keep important data on the SSD, only the system and applications. If it crashes, I will not lose any consequential data and the pain will be mostly limited to having to reinstall everything - not trivial but certainly recoverable. In any case, I clone...
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    Which SSD? - Does it Really Make a Difference?

    My 80 GB Intel G2 SSD is down to only 27 GB free and I expect that to slowly whittle away with time. I am going to replace it with a 120 GB SSD as the price is about right (circa $230) and the additional 40 GB should easily last another few years. I use the SSD for the system and applications...
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    SSD upgrade - 80 GB to 120 GB

    InvisiBill, thanks for your responses. Your suggestions are certainly helpful. Based on your suggestion above, I did download EASEUS Todo Backup, thinking it contained everything EASEUS Disk Copy had plus more. I was wrong. Todo Backup requires installing and running from Windows, something I...
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