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Old 10-09-2009, 08:03 PM   #72843
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You trying to have them blown away in Hurricane? Florida always getting hit. Bunny and CG should come here because not only do I have beach I have Mexico to! I win. Come on down girls
i'm in texas.
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Old 10-09-2009, 08:03 PM   #72844
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I would say fry them.

My opinion. fry em but be honest.

nother topic:

You gave me some pretty good ideas for setting up my XP OS so I don't overwrite to the SSD I just put in...
What were they again?
Things like:
Turn off Indexing
Don't Defrag
Don't use "super delete" utilities
Don't optimize or reorg the disk
Disk Performance Testing (rare)

The idea is to reduce unnecessary writes to the disk, most of the above will have no performance difference with a SSD with the possible exception of indexing but I really doubt it on a the sizes of drives now.

So look at anything that is going to cause a lot of writes, if you have the option to turn it off and it makes sense to do so, then turn it off.

There are aurguments out there that say it makes no difference for the "average" user with the newer drives, you'll replace computers before you wear out the disk.

Personally I would fall more in the middle, for example I would not do a super delete which is non-tech speak for writting and rewritting to the exact same locations many times to ensure there is no way possible to recover the deleted file.

I might optimize once in a while, but not monthly like I do on this system. I have indexing turned off as it annoys me and I have no performance issues with the system finding files, so I would with a SSD also.

However, all that said there is only ONE thing you have to do to make the impact of a failure minor, and that is to do regular backups to another drive (does not have to be a SSD)...

Finally, if you start getting locations that become unreliable and unable to write to, the OS is going to catch it, I would take a look at the device log once in a while and see if the OS is logging any Disk I/O errors at all, that would be your early warning of the drive wearing out.
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Old 10-09-2009, 08:04 PM   #72845
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South Padre Island
i have never been. ever. and i have lived here 18 years. lol.
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Old 10-09-2009, 08:04 PM   #72846
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You trying to have them blown away in Hurricane? Florida always getting hit. Bunny and CG should come here because not only do I have beach I have Mexico to! I win. Come on down girls
everyone needs a good hurricane... Just stay away from the trailer parks... you'll be good...



and you missed my edit...
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Old 10-09-2009, 08:04 PM   #72847
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So Cal beaches are nicer, and If you feel like it you can go snowboarding on the same day.
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Old 10-09-2009, 08:05 PM   #72848
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i wish it snowed here. *sad*
Snow is only good in one place, ski resorts. When you don't live with snow it sounds wonderful, but in actual fact, it really draws a vacuum
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Old 10-09-2009, 08:05 PM   #72849
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everyone needs a good hurricane... Just stay away from the trailer parks... you'll be good...



and you missed my edit...
i spend my summers in florida, i have been in god knows how many hurricanes.
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Old 10-09-2009, 08:07 PM   #72850
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CamaroSpike Just realized you are from Charleston.. I was stationed out in Goosecreek for a long time.
sorry to hear that.

lmao... jk. I'm going to be leaving here in about 5 months or so give or take

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where would we go? galveston? lol. yuck. i'm a fort walton beach florida girl.
you can stay out at my beach house down here on Isle of Palms
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Old 10-09-2009, 08:08 PM   #72851
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sorry to hear that.

lmao... jk. I'm going to be leaving here in about 5 months or so give or take


you can stay out at my beach house down here on Isle of Palms
where is that?
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Old 10-09-2009, 08:08 PM   #72852
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Things like:
Turn off Indexing
Don't Defrag
Don't use "super delete" utilities
Don't optimize or reorg the disk
Disk Performance Testing (rare)

The idea is to reduce unnecessary writes to the disk, most of the above will have no performance difference with a SSD with the possible exception of indexing but I really doubt it on a the sizes of drives now.

So look at anything that is going to cause a lot of writes, if you have the option to turn it off and it makes sense to do so, then turn it off.

There are aurguments out there that say it makes no difference for the "average" user with the newer drives, you'll replace computers before you wear out the disk.

Personally I would fall more in the middle, for example I would not do a super delete which is non-tech speak for writting and rewritting to the exact same locations many times to ensure there is no way possible to recover the deleted file.

I might optimize once in a while, but not monthly like I do on this system. I have indexing turned off as it annoys me and I have no performance issues with the system finding files, so I would with a SSD also.

However, all that said there is only ONE thing you have to do to make the impact of a failure minor, and that is to do regular backups to another drive (does not have to be a SSD)...

Finally, if you start getting locations that become unreliable and unable to write to, the OS is going to catch it, I would take a look at the device log once in a while and see if the OS is logging any Disk I/O errors at all, that would be your early warning of the drive wearing out.
Backups not a problem I image the drive to my old HD about once a month... And I monitor the drives for errors frequently. Everything you said makes great sense.. thanks man!
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Old 10-09-2009, 08:09 PM   #72853
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So Cal beaches are nicer, and If you feel like it you can go snowboarding on the same day.
God I miss San Dog... so very much....

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Old 10-09-2009, 08:10 PM   #72854
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Bah snow sucks. You do not wish you had it, trust me.

And as far as going to beaches, I have a beach a few hours away. It's just covered in snow right now. It is really awesome in the summer, though.

I can't beleive it was 80 something 2 weeks ago and now it is below freezing. Saskatchewan has one of the most extreme temperature differentials in the world I think
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i have never been. ever. and i have lived here 18 years. lol.
Well when should I pick you up then!
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where is that?

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&so...ed=0CBcQ8gEwAA
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