SSD - Install and Transfer the Operating System

Excuse me for butting in but whs that Gparted isn't or can't the same thing done with diskpart?

Sorry mate but am a little confused as to the difference.

ICit2lol said:

Excuse me for butting in but whs that Gparted isn't or can't the same thing done with diskpart?

Sorry mate but am a little confused as to the difference.

I assume you mean diskpart clean or clean all. But that is not at all the same thing. E.g Clean All would write a bunch of zeros on your SSD (Clean without the All just resets the control records). What you want though is nothing at all on your Nands. And that is what you do with a Secure Erase - makes write operations twice as fast as if there were stuff on the Nand. Over time, garbage collection will do the cleaning too. That is why you always should leave some freespace on the SSD and let it idle at times.

whs said:

ICit2lol said:

Excuse me for butting in but whs that Gparted isn't or can't the same thing done with diskpart?

Sorry mate but am a little confused as to the difference.

I assume you mean diskpart clean or clean all. But that is not at all the same thing. E.g Clean All would write a bunch of zeros on your SSD (Clean without the All just resets the control records). What you want though is nothing at all on your Nands. And that is what you do with a Secure Erase - makes write operations twice as fast as if there were stuff on the Nand. Over time, garbage collection will do the cleaning too. That is why you always should leave some freespace on the SSD and let it idle at times.

Thanks Wolfgang got that and yep that is what Gary said to do and I do leave it at idle for a couple of hours sometimes.
Am sticking an SSD into the laptop that was why I was interested in what you had put. New one comes with that 0309 firmware now too which is a bonus eh?

John, The latest FW is 000F :: Crucial m4 SSD FW update 000F

mjf said:

I upgraded from Fw 0309 to 000F. Unless you have an issue specifically mention in their update spec sheet I wouldn't make the move yet as I noticed a performance degradation. Their is no firmware rollback option.
Crucial SSD support outside of North America in my opinion is about the worst I've come across.

Blimey what on earth is going on at Crucial! Maybe I should have gone the Intel or even shelled for the Samsung.

Hum just been back through a few of the posts and threads on this and don't know what to do now upgrade or not? Might even consider getting a Corsair or Intel and keep the Crucial as spare until it has been sorted out - pretty annoying though!

I think you are right Michael. Not worth upgrading to 000F. The things they fixed in it will most likely not touch the average user.

If I were you, I would write a letter to the CEO of Crucial. I have done that once with Sony and got immediate action.

Thanks for the comments Wolfgang. If a Company doesn't have a monopoly or a unique product, I think poor support will be its downfall.

whs said:

I think you are right Michael. Not worth upgrading to 000F. The things they fixed in it will most likely not touch the average user.

If I were you, I would write a letter to the CEO of Crucial. I have done that once with Sony and got immediate action.

So stay with 0309 Wolfgang?

As for Crucial and Michael having to go to that length is pretty weak in my mind.

Really does make you wonder if it's worth staying with that brand.