Storage Setup Recommendations

[Riddleofsteel]

I have a Supertalent UltraDrive ME 64gb and I use it in IDE mode. My firmware is a few versions old and I want to flash it. Will that process be as dangerous as they warn about? If it will wipe all my windows data I need to know.

Next, should I be running it in AHCI simply because its an SSD? I can flash it in IDE and then switch to AHCI if I need to.

Last question, does a hard drive having numerous platters slow it down for games as opposed to a drive with fewer platters? I have my games on a drive that's far too large but I want to keep them separate. It's a Samsung F3 Spinpoint 1gb. Is there a faster non-raptor, non-ssd drive out there for this purpose? Thanks.

 

[Little_4nic8er]

I have a Supertalent UltraDrive ME 64gb and I use it in IDE mode. My firmware is a few versions old and I want to flash it. Will that process be as dangerous as they warn about? If it will wipe all my windows data I need to know.

Next, should I be running it in AHCI simply because its an SSD? I can flash it in IDE and then switch to AHCI if I need to.

I flashed my Intel with W7 installed and had no issues. Not to say some wont, I'm just saying it does work without having to be destructive.

Yes! (Do you know the registry tweak to do it on a system with W7 already on it?)

 

[Riddleofsteel]

Dang. I have firmware 1711 and to jump to the newest I need to downgrade to the 15-- version. It definitely says that will destroy my data. I might need to wait a little bit. Thanks, yes, I've seen that tweak.