System Manufacturer/Model Number: HP, Dell, Gateway, Toshiba - 4 laptops and 2 desktops OS: Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 CPU: from 1.6GHz Duo to i7 Monitor(s) Displays: 2x HP w2207 Keyboard: with trackball - no mices Mouse: Trackball mice Hard Drives: 5x HDD, 7x SSD, 12x Externals Internet Speed: DSL 6000
I would say, if it ain't broke, don't mess with it.
I was thinking the same myself.
Agree, haven't found anything suggesting the new firmware is mandatory or fixes a serious problem.
I did update mine before installing the OS.
The Magician software is suppose to leave your data intact, if you do decide to do it always make a disk image first.
To tell the truth I didn't even think about it. I had my PC torn apart installing a new CPU cooler, so I installed the SSD at the same time and it never even crossed my mind. So now that I have Windows 7 installed on it and the SDD is performing well, I'll leave it as is.
To tell the truth I didn't even think about it. I had my PC torn apart installing a new CPU cooler, so I installed the SSD at the same time and it never even crossed my mind. So now that I have Windows 7 installed on it and the SDD is performing well, I'll leave it as is.
It makes sense.
Like whs said: "I would say, if it ain't broke, don't mess with it."
Computer Type: PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number: Intel DZ77GA-70K OS: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 64-bit CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770K CPU @ 4.7GHz (Overclocked) Motherboard: Intel Corporation DZ77GA-70K, 0066 BIOS version Memory: 32 GB 12800 DDR3 Crucial Ballistix Sport Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 SC x 2 (SLI) by EVGA Sound Card: (1) Bluetooth Hands-free Audio (2) NVIDIA High Definition Monitor(s) Displays: LG 27" HDMI Screen Resolution: 12920 x 1080 x 32 bits (4294967296 colors) @ 60Hz Keyboard: Logitech backlit Mouse: Dell PSU: Corsair 750w fully modular Case: Corsair 650D with perforated side panel Cooling: 3 200mm case fans, Intel liquid cooling for CPU w 120mm fans Hard Drives: Intel 120GB SSD (ATA INTEL SSDSC2CT12 SCSI Disk Device)
Western Digital Caviar Black 64M cache 2TB 7200rpm (ATA WDC WD2002FAEX-0 SCSI Disk Device), 3 x WD 150Gb 10k Velociraptor hard drives in RAID 0 (testing) Internet Speed: 11Mbps DSL Browser: Chrome, IE and FireFox (latest versions) Antivirus: Windows Defender, MalWareBytes Pro and CCleaner Pro Other Info: Windows Home Server 2011 with 10 clients at home
Only a couple.
I uninstalled it, ran CCleaner reg cleaner and temp cleaner, rebooted reinstalled and still a blank window.
Also checked Windows Update for maybe a .NET update but nada.
Computer Type: PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number: Home Built Desktop By DataTech OS: Windows 7 Ultimate X64 SP1 CPU: Intel i5-2550K, Differing ~4.4-4.8GHz No built in GPU Motherboard: ASUS P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 Memory: 16GB G.Skill Sniper 1866MHz @ 2133MHz 2x8GB Graphics Card: ASUS GTX650TIB-DC2OC-2GD5, (650TI Boost) Sound Card: Onboard Realtek 5-1 Monitor(s) Displays: Samsung P2570HD Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Keyboard: E-Z Eyes, bright yellow keys with large characters Mouse: steelseries SENSEI Laser Pro Gaming PSU: Corsair HX650W Case: Inwin Dragon Rider Cooling: Hyper 212 EVO w/two Noctua fans, push-pull, @1300 RPM Hard Drives: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB SSD for OS, 500GB Seagate Constellation (Enterprise drive) for Data Internet Speed: 48-51Mbs Mbs down, 11 Mbs up Xfinity Cable Browser: IE 10, Opera, Pale Moon if needed Antivirus: Norton Internet Security 2013 Other Info: 4 case fans, LG BluRay-RE, ASUS DVD-RW, Mr. Fusion power supply, 1.21 gigawatts.
I thought it would be interesting to compare everyones hard drive performances with screenshots from HD Tune utility (get from HD Tune). Maybe after some time we could produce a results table.
So heres mine:
Im going to show you the single WD Raptor X results first for interest:
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I bought a Samsung 840 EVO120Gb which is showing a very disappointing performance.
My system is the following:
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Asus P7P55 WS
GSkill 12gb
Intel i5 760 2.8Ghz
4x Nvidia Quadro NVS 290
I'm interested to see what others are getting out of their SSD or SSDs in RAID. It's cool to look through the "Show us your hard drive performance" thread but here's a place for just SSD performance. I have a 128GB Patriot Torqx. (F/W v1881) Please post your benchmarks.:)
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Edit: I now...
Since the SSD boys and girls have a "Show us your SSD Performance" thread, I thought I'd start one for us mechanical HDD owners.
Simply DL, install, and run HD Tune and post screenshots of results here in this thread. Please also tell us the Make and Model of your HDD(s) and any other specs you...
I am trying to setup a default user or machine setup for how win7 handles folder view options. I want show hidden folders to be set to on for all users and the hide extensions for know file types to be unchecked or turned off ffor all users (so extensions show)
I have located them in the registry...