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Electronics Repair (sci.electronics.repair) Discussion of repairing electronic equipment. Topics include requests for assistance, where to obtain servicing information and parts, techniques for diagnosis and repair, and annecdotes about success, failures and problems. |
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William Sommerwerck wrote:
optical drives). My new computer has a solid-state "hard disk", and you wouldn't believe how fast it boots up, or how fast programs start to run. These, if flash memory, do have a definite wear out mechanism, although they do try to avoid writing to the same spot, even if the software does, to mitigate this. |
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"David Woolley" wrote in message
... William Sommerwerck wrote: My new computer has a solid-state "hard disk", and you wouldn't believe how fast it boots up, or how fast programs start to run. These, if flash memory, do have a definite wear out mechanism, although they do try to avoid writing to the same spot, even if the software does, to mitigate this. Correct. SSDs are an exception. They contain "leveling" software that makes sure the disk is written to evenly. The Crucial disk I use is spec'd at about 40TB of total writes. |
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On 03/10/2012 00:49, William Sommerwerck wrote:
"David Woolley" wrote in message ... William Sommerwerck wrote: My new computer has a solid-state "hard disk", and you wouldn't believe how fast it boots up, or how fast programs start to run. These, if flash memory, do have a definite wear out mechanism, although they do try to avoid writing to the same spot, even if the software does, to mitigate this. Correct. SSDs are an exception. They contain "leveling" software that makes sure the disk is written to evenly. The Crucial disk I use is spec'd at about 40TB of total writes. For most usage scenarios the theoretical lifetimes of modern SSDs are longer than HDDs. |
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