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I'm still using Microsoft HD drivers from 2006?
I have a two year old system: Asus P6x58D Premium, 24 gig Kingston Hyperix 1333 Ram, i7 930, Plextor SSD for drive C etc. Win 7 64 bit Prof.
I also have three Western Digital Black Caviars bought during the last 3 years - different models. The most recent is a 2tb SATA 6. All of these drives use the Microsoft drivers from 2006 and there don't seem to be any new ones on the WD site. Am I just not looking in the right place? It seems to me that these drives have got to be slowed down by such old/generic drivers.
The oldest drive did have a firmware upgrade available but I was afraid of losing data and I wasn't sure it was worth it.
Is everyone using the Microsoft drivers from long ago or are there better drivers available?
Thanks.
Louise