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(More customer reviews)First of all, this drive is fast! It rates a 7.9 on the Windows index. I have benchmarked it once (read only) and it showed 250Mps not what the package states. Still that's pretty darn fast.
First be sure to log on to OCZ forums and print their ABC's on installing this drive. It will save you a lot of grief. Install your other software before you start tweaking!
Here is my experience. The drive wants a clean install so if you have an upgrade version of the software you are using contact Microsoft on how to do a clean install with an upgrade version. Stick tight with an activation issue an you will get free support. I didn't do this.
I created a flash drive install of the WIN7 upgrade version. I created a flash drive with Intel RST drivers and IBIS Drivers-be sure to upzip both of these before you put them on the flash drive. When it came time to activate I was told it was an upgrade version and I needed to install the previous version. Well I was impatient so I just cloned my existing drive to the new IBIS and I was off to the track. I changed the BIOS to boot first the SCSI drive and my new drive was wonderful. BUT, it didn't seem that much faster. I went to the trusty forum on IBIS on noticed somewhere it mentioned something about data problems because the data wasn't aligned properly on the drive since install wasn't done properly, don't clone from as spinner. Then for some silly reason I decided to turn on the sleep mode, I wanted anyone who walked up to my computer to need my password. DO NOT TURN ON SLEEP or HIBERNATE! Now the data corruption was in full swing. Less than a week went by before I knew I was in trouble. I moved everything back to a spinner and went back to OCZ. FYI I have not had good experience with their tech support but the forums are great if you have time.
Here is the correct way. Unplug every sata connection on your mother board. Put your new drive in the case and connect it to the installed card. Don't do anything to the SSD , DO NOT FORMAT OR PARTION. Change the boot order in the BIOS to boot from removable flash with OS on it. Boot to your operating system flash drive. install the OS, when asked for the drivers point to the flash drive with your drivers, select them and I also selected the Intel RST drivers at that point. When asked to put in your activation keys press next without entering your keys, again I say IF YOU ARE INSTALLING AN UPGRADE VERSION OF YOUR OS-DO NOT ENTER YOUR PRODUCT KEYS (yes you can go past that). Finish the install and contact Microsoft for how to register and activate your product. The first support team will tell you that you need to install the prior OS. Stick to your guns, let them know that you can Not install the previous OS but you have the activation keys. They will transfer you to the activation support team. They have an easy workaround. I was installed, registered, and activated all in a few key strokes.
I installed all of my software before I let windows apply any patches because some software doesn't like to install with the latest versions .net running. It will cause the sofware install to fail. In other words I unplugged my network cable before I started the new installation.
There is also a post with a hack for installing clean OS with upgrade software if you Google it. Don't know if it works.
If you mess up the install, as I did, you'll need to do a HDD erase or a secure erase and these are a real pain! Do it right the first time and you will not be sorry.
Was is worth the money. I don't know I'm a speed junky and I love it-45sec boot time. I don't love the new rules. Be sure to read everything you can get your hands on before you purchase this drive to make sure that it works for you. Special backups. Moving stagnate data. Don't write too much. Don't overfill the drive. Overprovision-what the heck is that, well I think it means leave extra disk space when you tell it how much you want formatted. Don't defragment. If you follow the instructions on the ABC's the drive will not show up in the scheduled defragment area. If you ever come across the error of no boot disk when you are booting. Check your bios to be sure that the boot drive is the IBIS. I kept having problems with this so I cleared my BIOS, removed the battery, unplugged all the power connectors to the motherboard waited 10 minutes. Then flashed the BIOS. A week has passed and that problem has not presented itself again.
This is not a complete install guide, get the ABC's off the OCZ site. Also go to the links in the guide and print them also. It's a ton of paper that I didn't want to waste the first time around. What I ended up wasting was many hours of my time and I ended up printing them anyway. I just wanted to highlight the areas not mentioned in the guide, where I went wrong and the areas I thought needed mentioning to get a good install the first time with the help of the OCZ forum guides. I don't guarantee anything. Good luck if you decide to go with this purchase. If you follow the rules I believe you will be reasonably pleased.
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What is HSDL? Unsatisfied with current interface options, OCZ developed High Speed Data Link or HSDL, to eliminate the existing I/O bottlenecks and take SSD technology to new heights. HSDL is capable of running up to 20Gbps of data bandwidth per channel, far surpassing the speed of existing storage interfaces. OCZ's Cutting Edge HSDL interface is the answer to the SATA bottleneck and the driving force behind the IBIS SSD. For more details, see our FAQs. Storage Redefined. The OCZ IBIS Series redefines desktop storage and surpasses at the limitations currently placed on not only hard drives, but other SSDs. As the first SSD to make use of the trailblazing HSDL interface, the IBIS delivers dominating performance for a faster, more responsive PC experience that is bootable to run the latest OS. Developed for blazing speeds to increase productivity for an enhanced computing experience, the IBIS is capable of delivering 750MB/s read/write speeds and up to 125,000 random write IOPS. Each IBIS features a robust 3.5" aluminum housing and is bundled with a single port HSDL adapter card.
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