M6600 Owners Thread

I got a question! I just bought a SSDMC 240 gb. On top of that I also have 2 750's. My ideal set up is to have certain programs on the SSD, but I want to default the remaining programs to one of the 750's. Is this possible without the hiccups of location? Also I plan to try out UEFI when I prepare to setup everything, how has that been for those that have done it?

 

SSDMC or mSata ? 240Gb more than enough to be Primary drive with lot of programs... Faster too ... about UEFI need to check previous comments... not set it up myself

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UEFI setup is good. Don't expect a performance benefit from doing it; does feel a little more stable.
Here's a guide: http://forum.notebookreview.com/del...529-m6600-reimaging-thread-2.html#post9464160
There is no need for quotes around SET ID= command, I just haven't edited that line out yet.

Programs should be kept on the SSD and it is not recommended to move them. Moving the Users and ProgramData folders is the generally accepted way and works great.

BTW, what's SSDMC I don't know the MC part

 

Maybe he meant MLC?

 

Could be, but looking again mSATA Card seems appropriate.

Never the less I should add that in the main reimaging guide there is a couple lines that are in error (I'll fix them next edit), one is that for a secondary + internal drives there is no need for the line:
CREATE PARTITION MSR SIZE=128 {Don't format or label or assign letter}
It is automatically created if the drive is CLEAN'ed after installed then converted to GPT then partitioned. Verify this by: SELECT DISK #, then: LIST PARTITION.

Another is that I inadvertently forgot to double check that QUICK was correctly copied in the DATA partition formatting line for a secondary + drive, like:
FORMAT FS=NTFS LABEL="DATA" QUICK
It could take some time without that parameter included, hours even; sorry it got chopped somewhere last edit update.

Anyway, regards.

 

I'll tell you guys my ideal set up.. What I'm trying to do is.. Have my 240gb msata split in half. 120 for windows and 120 for Mac. I asked about the programs on two separate drives because I'd like to limit the writes to the ssd. Currently I have my programs on one of the 750s and just windows on a 64 GB ssd. Also I'd like to experiment with raid 0 if that's reasonable.... Sorry if it sounds like I'm all over the place. I just want things to run smoother. What do you guys think on that set up and if you have any suggestions please do tell

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You'll need 30% unallocated space on the SSD for Over-Provision (OP)

Everything will run a lot faster with (OP) and all programs installed to it.

Forget RAID, it will slow to the slowest drive in the array, so it would be useless and negative to go there.

At the end of the reimaging post is the how to for relocating the folders that have files that incur a lot of writes.

 

So I should split 210 GB and leave the 30 unallocated. Is there any special settings I need to follow other than leaving that part unallocated?

No raid it is for the simple fact that the 750s are 5400 rpm. Do you mind linking me to the reimaging post?

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Sorry, please don't add in the link for the Reimaging guide, I subscribed to it. Since I was on my phone I couldn't see the link. Thanks RCB. I will come to you for some consulting as time goes in order to get the computer running great. I plan to change out the processor to a quad core.
When I change to UEFI, will it format as a GPT instead of the MBR? Should I format all the drives as GPT even though the OS isn't on each of them?

 

If you boot Windows installation media via UEFI, it will format the main drive as GPT instead of MBR. (This will mean you will have to wipe out any existing partitions on that drive before it will let you install to it.)

For other drives, it doesn't matter if they are GPT or MBR.