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Re: SSD + 7,200 RPM drive
Thank you musicman691. Formatting won't be a problem; I actually know how to do that. Like you, I pick up the occasional commission in the studio, but I don't really solicit any work. I am, after all, retired, and kickin' back keeps me busy.
And thanks to each of you who took the time to respond! Jim |
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Re: SSD + 7,200 RPM drive
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And one reason for asking about the SSD specs is to understand if there are firmware updates for the drive. And there is an update for the MX500, probably not super crucial but you may want to take it if the drive is not at that update already. See: https://www.crucial.com/usa/en/support-ssd-mx500, and here is how you find your firmware revision: https://www.crucial.com/usa/en/find-...vision-windows. SSDs are incredibly complex beasts and it is usually a good idea to keep the firmware fairly up to date. Make sure you have a backup of that drive before updating the firmware. If you don't make regular backups now ius a good time to do that, using Acronis or similar software (at least for the boot drive). Your CPU age (launched in 2012) likely means you have SATA III (6 Gbps) connections off the motherboard to the drive. But you should check they are not SATA II (if so you could add a PCIe SATA III adapter). It's unlikely... but just something to check. Had you had a more setup with a very high performance PCIe SSD then a better setup might have been to ditch the HDD and put everything on that single SSD. With a SATA SSD you want to leave them separate. And a final question is on Windows you need to be using NFTS filesystems for the OS and the session drive, not exFAT. Likely not a problem here, very rarely that might be an issue with some smaller external drives that might come pre-formated as exFAT. |
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Re: SSD + 7,200 RPM drive
Thank you, Darryl, for the suggestion and the links. Using them, I was able to get everything updated and running smoothly.
Jim |
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