X25m 80GB READ is slow

[idata]

Hi,

I´ve a problem with my new SSD - the drive is up to date with the new 02HD Firmware, but my Read is too slow. Some hints for me.

Here is my system http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01635688&cc=us&lc=en&dlc=en

thanks in advance

AS SSD Benchmark 1.4.3645.3568

------------------------------Name: INTEL SS DSA2M080G2GC SATA Disk DeviceFirmware: 2CV1Controller: amdsataOffset: 1024 K - OKGröße: 74,53 GBDatum: 28.01.2010 21:08:57------------------------------Sequentiell:------------------------------Lesen: 154,30 MB/sSchreiben: 78,52 MB/s------------------------------4K:------------------------------Lesen: 6,80 MB/sSchreiben: 8,21 MB/s------------------------------4K-64Threads:------------------------------Lesen: 78,31 MB/sSchreiben: 48,47 MB/s------------------------------Zugriffszeiten:------------------------------Lesen: 0,289 msSchreiben: 0,443 ms------------------------------Score:------------------------------Lesen: 101Schreiben: 65Gesamt: 215------------------------------

[idata]

Thank you redux. Forgive me for not making that clear - yes, I did that.

By your answering does it mean you have a Gen 1 successfully running in AHCI? On which SATA line? Any other hard drives in there?

[idata]

G1 drives will work in AHCI mode. It should not matter which SATA port you use. Does your G1 have the latest firmware? If not, you defiantly need to update it. If it does have the latest firmware I would suggest a secure erase, which will bring performance back to new. (Unfortunately Intel chose to not provide TRIM support for G1 drives)

To secure erase you can use hdderase.

http://cmrr.ucsd.edu http://cmrr.ucsd.edu may need to switch back to IDE mode if the drive cannot be detected. You will lose all data when you secure erase. If you make an image of the drive before you secure erase you can reinstall it afterwards and you will be good to go. If you have Win 7 you can make an image from the backup and restore panel. (Takes around 10 minutes to back up and 10 minutes to restore).

There is loads of helpful info hidden away here:

http://www.intel.com/p/en_US/support/highlights/ssdc/x25m-80gb

[idata]

I do have the most recent firmware as well, thanks.

I've been doing research on this and it seems complicated by the fact my OS is on the SSD. It seems like the proper approach will be:

1) Create system image to a different hard drive (can I do this with another HD, puttingthe whole SSD on DVDs seems daunting)

2) Secure-erase the SSD

3) Boot from Windows installation DVD

4) Go to "Repair your computer" and select some (unnamed option) that will presumably let me point it at the HD I've put the system image on?

Will a system image also capture the fragmentation?

Is there an authoritative discussion of this somewhere? I've been through http://www.intel.com/p/en_US/support/highlights/ssdc/x25m-80gb that everyone is citing but can't find mention of this procedure except in forum posts (some of which are horror stories).

[idata]

Here is a tutorial on how to make a system image with Windows 7

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Back-up-your-programs-system-settings-and-files http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Back-up-your-programs-system-settings-and-files

SSD does not fragment like a hard drive so when you restore the system image (after you have secure erased the drive) you should be back to top performance.

To restore the system image:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Restore-your-computer-from-a-system-image-backup

EDIT:

By the way Intel provides a free Data Migration Software that will do the same job but I don't know if it will work with G1 drives.

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&ProdId=3114&DwnldID=19324&ProductFamily=Solid... http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&ProdId=3114&DwnldID=19324&ProductFamily=Solid...

[idata]

Well, I decided today was the day to try it and there sure are more challenges than any of the online instructions describe:

Creating system image : DONE

Get HDDErase v3.3 (not 4.0): DONE

My challenge comes in running HDDErase v3.3-

1) I have found clean DOS boot ISOs and made a boot disk - no use, it won't recognize my hard drives even when I set the BIOS to IDE and "compatible" to handle legacy OSs, thus I can't get to a hard drive to run the HDDErase program

2) I have found DOS boot ISO with HDDErase 4.0 already on it - no use, I need HDDErase 3.3

3) I can boot to a Windows recovery disk and run DOS and access HDDErase but it replies that it can't run under a 64-bit environment.

All the instructions I've found seem to assume you either have a floppy drive that you can put DOS and HDDErase on and boot from -or- that I can boot from USB (which my nice high end ASUS motherboard cannot do )

So, one solution would be if someone could tell me how to add HDDErase to this nice clean DOS iso... Or how to get to a 32-bit DOS from here...

any other ideas?