The performance of the 100GB 4,200 RPM HDD in my HP 2710p tablet using Vista and Bitlocker has been unbearable for some time. I've been watching forum/blog posts for several months looking for a workable SSD solution. I talked to a few people who had tried first generation SSDs, and they said that SSD performance was WORSE than the 4,200 RPM HDD that I already was using. Based on the forum/blog posts that I've seen, this is probably due to the controllers used.....
After several good reports in the same sources regarding the throughput of the Runcore IV products, I decided to give it a try. I've had the Runcore SSD installed for almost a week, and performance FAR EXCEEDS MY EXPECTATIONS. Read/write performance for 4K random files has improved over 500% (even under Bitlocker). So far I've had zero problems. MS Word and Excel start instantly (previously this took 30-60 seconds). Previously, network-based backup would bring my system to its knees. Now, I don't even notice.
Note: The fact that some Runcore installations noted in this forum have started out great and developed problems later has not been lost on me. I'm keeping my system backed up, and my old HDD is close at hand in case it's needed; however, so far, so good.
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After some initial confusion regarding installing the SSD in the USB enclosure, given below are the steps for my installation.
After several good reports in the same sources regarding the throughput of the Runcore IV products, I decided to give it a try. I've had the Runcore SSD installed for almost a week, and performance FAR EXCEEDS MY EXPECTATIONS. Read/write performance for 4K random files has improved over 500% (even under Bitlocker). So far I've had zero problems. MS Word and Excel start instantly (previously this took 30-60 seconds). Previously, network-based backup would bring my system to its knees. Now, I don't even notice.
Note: The fact that some Runcore installations noted in this forum have started out great and developed problems later has not been lost on me. I'm keeping my system backed up, and my old HDD is close at hand in case it's needed; however, so far, so good.
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After some initial confusion regarding installing the SSD in the USB enclosure, given below are the steps for my installation.
- Turn Bitlocker off and decrypt the laptop’s HDD.
- Connect SSD via USB and copy Migrate Easy to HDD.
- Install Migrate Easy on the HDD & reboot.
- Execute Migrate Easy to clone the HDD to the SSD.
- Physically replace the HDD with the SSD.
- Re-enable Bitlocker and encrypt the SSD.
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