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SSD fast reads, REALLY slow writes
I upgraded my PC about six months ago. I installed a Plextor PX-128M6Pro for Win7 and Program Files. I've got spinning drives for just about everything else. My old SSD is an 80Gb Corsair (Device Manager shows it as a SandForce[290900]). I left that in the system to use when I wanted good performance on particular applications/games. So today I decided to start using it, and I've discovered that I'm getting incredibly slow writes to the drive.
When I say I'm getting slow writes, I mean creating a shortcut for a file on the drive took 55 seconds. Right-clicking in a directory to create a new directory took a minute and 10 seconds for the new directory to show up. I then named it, and when I hit the <Enter> key to save the new name, it took a minute.
I can navigate the drive without any slowdowns, and I can copy files from the drive to other drives without any problems. None of my other drives are doing this.
Any suggestions what could be causing this?
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97X Gaming 7 (all drivers up to date)
Windows 7 Home Premium, SP1, 64-bit