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X25-M 50 nm Gen 1: What to use it for? Really.

idata
Esteemed Contributor III

I have used an X25-M generation 1 drive as a boot drive for Windows Vista and 7. In both cases, the drive deteriorated within 90 days to unusable write delays. The drives are at the latest firmware level. I realize TRIM support is not coming. No, I do not defrag them.

I really would like to find a way to use the pair as boot drives, but need to know how to maintain them so that they do not die from normal desktop OS activity. Suggestions?

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idata
Esteemed Contributor III

For most of the time, it was my home office desktop. Nothing unusual there. However, it was also running Folding@Home 24x7. But FAH is not a heavy IO consumer and the system was not paging. So, to this day I have no clue as to why the accelerated deterioration.

idata
Esteemed Contributor III

Just as a suggestion, try turning on superfetch and prefetch. I read an interview with Microsoft and they said that helped 1st Gen. drives.