Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Frank, Tina I have two SSDs in my desktop configuration - one is used for the operating system (Win 7 Pro 64 bit), and one as a scratch disk, both for Windows and Photoshop, and nothing else. Both speed up performance considerably in their own right, and together it makes a world of difference. I also use 32GB RAM to speed things up even further in Lightroom/Photoshop. Cheers Jayanand On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 12:59 AM, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net>wrote: > I reviewed the specs and manual that you got with the drive..... > > First,, let me ask you what about your computer is "slow"? Opening files? > Saving files? LR4 or PS (whatever) version is slow to act upon commands? > Other? > > Another way to ask that question is to ask you what did you expect this > product to do for you? ( same possible answers as above) > > The item you bought is a SSD, Solid State drive. Its purpose is to speed > up > the OS, speed up frequently used files, etc. It replaces the mechanical > HDD > with a solid state one.. My understanding ( and I could be wrong) is that > upon starting up the computer, the CPU takes files from your regular old > boot HDD, and copies them over to the SSD. Then, when needed, the CPU > accesses the files not from the mechanical HDD, but rather this SSD. > Significantly shorter delays, significantly faster speeds of those files on > the SSD. > > Having said that, the SSD does NOT save any files permanently. Shut off > power, and it goes blank. Nada. Nothing. Saving or accessing files will > be > as slow as before. They will be saved on the mechanical HDD. > > What I would say is that the SSD will accelerate the CPU operations that > are > cached, including applications like ( and I say MAYBE here) LR4 or PS > whatever, and OS, but ( in your specific case) also including those parts > of > a file that are cached during image processing. > > It will NOT speed up the storage of files. Either write or read. > > Does this help you to understand what you bought? > > Frank Filippone > Red735i at verizon.net > > > http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009LI7CTY/ref=oh_details_o04_s00_i00?ie=UT > F8&psc=1 > > I thought it would be an external drive that I could hook up to USB but > it's > not! There are evidently ways to install it in a drive bay, which I do > have. What do I need to do that? Is there any way to use it as an > external > hard drive or would that defeat the purpose? > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >