11-23-2009 09:14 AM
On another forum (http://c0t0d0s0.org/archives/5993-Somewhat-stable-Solid-State.html http://c0t0d0s0.org/archives/5993-Somewhat-stable-Solid-State.html) I've read this:
"Intel says that you can increase endurance of the X25-M by 3.5X by lowering its capacity slightly".
Anyone knows if it's really the case and how exactly it's done?
Thanks.
11-23-2009 11:41 AM
When partitioning the drive (after a fresh HDDERASE), don't set the main partition to use all the space available. Leave a few GB of unused space on the drive, and it will use this for better wear leveling.
11-23-2009 12:21 PM
So you can't just shrink the partition by a few GB using the Disk Manager snap-in?
Why do you have to reformat from scratch? You don't want to do an OS reinstall unless you have to after all.......
11-23-2009 12:28 PM
Great. Thanks. I'll try that - but what's the suggested value of "few GB" for 80GB and/or 160GB drives?
11-23-2009 01:27 PM
There is an Intel presentation on this very subject, which can be found here:
http://intelstudios.edgesuite.net/idf/2009/sf/aep/IDF_2009_MEMS003/f.htm http://intelstudios.edgesuite.net/idf/2009/sf/aep/IDF_2009_MEMS003/f.htm
