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    SATA Handshake Errors

    I tried the first 3 solutions, & perhaps that is the reason why results are reproducible :-)
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    SATA Handshake Errors

    Does anybody know, why do handshake errors occur ? What I understand from the spec is, handshake errors occur when one or more R_ERRP handshake response are received in response to frame transmission. Such errors may be the result of a CRC error detected by the recipient, a disparity or...
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    Is it bad to partition an SSD?

    Why would a partition cause damage to an SSD? Partitions are a logical way to make your drive look cleaner within the Operating System environment. For an SSD, it wouldn' t know, block range xxxx to yyyy belong to partition c:\ or d:\. The SSD would have its own way of calculating the block...
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    how do we know if TRIM is working?

    Contrary to the popular belief, I don t think TRIM should lessen down the Life Remaining of an SSD. Trim is issued by the OS (windows 7) when a file is deleted. The OS ensures the blocks are reclaimed for further use. If the OS wouldn't have issued a trim, consider the scenario when a write...