Restoring image to SSD very slow
Is restoring an image to an SSD exactly the same as restoring to a hard drive or do I need to do anything else? I restored an image to my SSD for the first time today, proceeding just as I would for a hard drive, and (a) it took a very long time, and (b) when my machine finally booted up things went v-e-r-y slowly with the red light showing disk activity on continuously. When I rebooted, however, everything was OK, and the alignment was still correct. So my question is, why was the process so slow, and is there anything else I should have done? (True Image 2011)
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Can you explain in more detail why you left your computer on all night? And a subsidiary question: has the situation for SSDs been improved with True Image 2013?
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I have not seen the kind of issue you mention with either 2012 or 2013 in this forum, but my memory fails me sometimes :-)
So I don't think there is any specific improvement to SSD support in 2013, aside from more recent general drivers in general.
"leaving the computer on all night" allows for the OS to run the TRIM command which allows the disk controller to optimize the allocation of memory blocks. Typically this command runs automatically based on logic at the disk controller level. It cannot be triggered by the user.
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Walter, I have 2012 and have noticed slow SSD restores when using boot disk but fast in windows. I've noticed 40GB IDE drives that restore faster. One symptom of the issue is that the estimated time remaining is not even close to being accurate even down to the last minute. This is even after doing a secure erase through parted magic. I'm guessing a bad driver for motherboard is being loaded by the boot disk.
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BCITMike wrote:noticed slow SSD restores when using boot disk but fast in windows. I've noticed 40GB IDE drives that restore faster.
It's possible that ATI doesn't have optimal support for certain SSD controllers.
BCITMike wrote:the estimated time remaining is not even close to being accurate even down to the last minute.
That is frequently the case no matter what hardware is used.
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