maybe the difference in unformatted and formated is the difference the current size is 512 byte sectors ? what is ntfs format compared to ? certainly the ram drives would need some kind of emulation or a whole new operating system DRAM based solid-state drives are especially useful on computers that already have the maximum amount of supported RAM. For example, some computer systems built on the x86-32 architecture can effectively be extended beyond the 4 GB limit by putting the paging file or swap file on a SSD. Owing to the bandwidth bottleneck of the bus they connect to, DRAM SSDs cannot read and write data as fast as main RAM can, but they are far faster than any mechanical hard drive. Placing the swap/scratch files on a RAM SSD, as opposed to a traditional hard drive, therefore can increase performance significantly. Versions of Windows prior to Windows 7 are optimized for hard disk drives rather than SSDs.[51][52] Windows Vista includes ReadyBoost to exploit characteristics of USB-connected flash devices. Windows 7 is optimized for SSDs[53][54] as well as for hard disks. It includes support for the TRIM command. Microsoft's exFAT file system is optimized for SSDs.[55] According to Microsoft, "The exFAT file system driver adds increased compatibility with flash media. This includes the following capabilities: Alignment of file system metadata on optimal write boundaries of the device; Alignment of the cluster heap on optimal write boundaries of the device."[56] Support for the new file system is included with Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows 7 and is available as an optional update for Windows XP.[56
--- In [email protected], "Derek J. Lassen" <xl198c...@...> wrote: > > That is 512 bytes / sector => 4096 bytes / sector. > > At 04:30 3/15/2010 +0000, you wrote: > > > > > >good article.... kudos for that > >people are dropping 400 dollars for the solid state drives > >needless to say vista is nanny software > >at the point where xp 32 or 64 becomes more > >trouble than it is worth that will be the point > >where i buy new hardware and a new op > >its amazing how many people have hardware that was never backward > >or forward compatible or upgradeable > >400k sectors and a translation to 512k sectors sounds like > >the ram hard drives to me > > > >--- In > ><mailto:Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected], > >Mike Morris WA6ILQ <wa6ilq@> wrote: > > > > > > The hard drive manufacturers are changing > > > the native drive sector size... industry wide. > > > Since XP and 2000 are frozen (no more major > > > updates) they are going to take a performance > > > hit. > > > > > > See > > > > > <<http://www.dailytech.com/HDD+Makers+Adopt+Improved+Storage+Format+Windows+XP+Users+Beware/article17869.htm>http://www.dailytech.com/HDD+Makers+Adopt+Improved+Storage+Format+Windows+XP+Users+Beware/article17869.htm> > > > > > > A lot of the comments at the bottom go off > > > on tangents, but the article at the top is > > > worth reading. > > > > > > Mike WA6ILQ > > > > > > > >
