Chaoticlusts
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wow I sleep for a few hours and this whole thread explodes...
there's a misunderstanding here I'm a bit wiped out from a virus and other crap that I'm finding it hard to see where but as for a couple of the things
I've been researching the SRT tech since it launched to try and find out if this exact setup was possible during that time the things I found by fact that were possible is
1: you can definitely use an SSD cache on a secondary drive and it can be highly beneficial (granted there's only a few usage scenario's that benefit the big one being gaming)
2: the cache will only cache data from the drive it's attached too it won't cache data from elsewhere in the system (so it won't cache the OS if the OS is on another drive)
3: any space beyond the cache partition is still entirely usable as another drive
the 4th question I couldn't find an answer for anywhere until this thread popped up (and *#@& I looked ) was whether you could use one SSD for both a dedicated OS partition and an SRT cache
this is what aszu is trying to explain here something that was never explored in any reviews or any data from intel and the standard install process like he mentioned wasn't designed to allow for it
so yes he's not following the correct setup steps but that's because he's creating a setup that is atypical so the normal setup steps don't work (hense the work around he posted)
he's not saying you can't install an OS then setup SRT he knows you can do that what he's saying is you can't partition a SSD install an OS on it then setup the remaining space of that same SSD as SRT since it will wipe the OS partition during the setup so in this one particular scenario you have to do an odd work around
I hope I'm clarifying this disagreement more than exacerbating it aszu I don't think Nemesis is trolling I think this is just a weird misunderstanding if I"m reading it right..this may not be a clear explanation though as well...like I said I'm sleep deprived and feverish
there's a misunderstanding here I'm a bit wiped out from a virus and other crap that I'm finding it hard to see where but as for a couple of the things
I've been researching the SRT tech since it launched to try and find out if this exact setup was possible during that time the things I found by fact that were possible is
1: you can definitely use an SSD cache on a secondary drive and it can be highly beneficial (granted there's only a few usage scenario's that benefit the big one being gaming)
2: the cache will only cache data from the drive it's attached too it won't cache data from elsewhere in the system (so it won't cache the OS if the OS is on another drive)
3: any space beyond the cache partition is still entirely usable as another drive
the 4th question I couldn't find an answer for anywhere until this thread popped up (and *#@& I looked ) was whether you could use one SSD for both a dedicated OS partition and an SRT cache
this is what aszu is trying to explain here something that was never explored in any reviews or any data from intel and the standard install process like he mentioned wasn't designed to allow for it
so yes he's not following the correct setup steps but that's because he's creating a setup that is atypical so the normal setup steps don't work (hense the work around he posted)
he's not saying you can't install an OS then setup SRT he knows you can do that what he's saying is you can't partition a SSD install an OS on it then setup the remaining space of that same SSD as SRT since it will wipe the OS partition during the setup so in this one particular scenario you have to do an odd work around
I hope I'm clarifying this disagreement more than exacerbating it aszu I don't think Nemesis is trolling I think this is just a weird misunderstanding if I"m reading it right..this may not be a clear explanation though as well...like I said I'm sleep deprived and feverish