Again another year and the Compaq laptop is still in service. However earlier in the year the laptop was taken down by various viruses which I had to take the hard drive out and scan it few times. Spent some time in the registry to inspect the damage, etc. The result was quite bad that many key Wind...

OK another year has gone by and still using the same laptop configuration with my trusty Windows 2000 and Transcend 64GB IDE SSD. I've been trying to keep updated on SSD technology and it appears that virtually 99% of the manufacturers are only interested in SATA. Of the few makes for IDE, they're m...

Well it's been over a year's use with the Transcend 64GB MLC SSD on the Compaq laptop. Studder is indeed an issue. Quite noticeably boot times are slower, a LOT slower when new. The studder problem arises just after Win2k boots and as soon as you see the desktop display, you have to wait an annoying...

Well it's been over a year's use with the Transcend 64GB MLC SSD on the Compaq laptop. Studder is indeed an issue. Quite noticeably boot times are slower, a LOT slower when new. The studder problem arises just after Win2k boots and as soon as you see the desktop display, you have to wait an annoying...

Has anyone noticed any noises coming from their SSD? When the SSD is writing or reading (ie when booting), putting my ear close to the hard drive I can hear some wee electronic noise. Hard to describe that sound but it's the same very faint sound of a normal hard drive. Searched online came up with ...

Ok i've manage to get some time and started playing with the Transcend SSD IDE units on old laptops. My results were very satisfying but the adventure in getting there was far from a cake walk. I would have to say that for most who are intersted in venturing the same path as I did, I want to say tha...

Yes i've read up about partition alignment for use in XP however, none in the case of using Windows 2000. I know Win2K is old but hey, so are my IDE laptops. http://www.liliputing.com/2008/12/whats-the-best-os-for-ssds-windows-2000.html http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArti...

For the sake of backups, having 2 laptop setups seems like being prerpared for the end of the world. Being mobile, space is also a concern. I looked at what hard drives the Compaq 1700 laptops use and they appear to be the same standard 2.5" IDE 44pin connector on the desktops. I believe the earlier...

The 64GB MLC Transcend set me back less than $150 USD shipped to my doorstep. NCIX.com (Vancouver) sells the OCZ Vertex 60GB and it would cost me well over $320 USD after taxes and shipping. If i'm gonna spend the $320 on an OCZ, why not spend the extra $100 and get the Intel 32GB X25-M which is "an...

It took me a long time to finished reading (fully) that AnandTech article. Felt like 20 pages. After those test results, I can see why the Intel SSD units were well ahead of the others. Even under Random Write tests, they were getting nearly 20 times faster than the conventional HDs. (Intel X25-M 23...

Yeh I just only noticed my mispelling after the original post.

BTW, currently doing the long read in the AnandTech link from another thread and... the writing on the wall is getting clear, "I should of bought SLC".

I forgot to mention that on the Compaq, the Win2k OS apparently has it's own version of studdering. For power savings, while working in Excel for some minutes the hard drive will stop (as set in the power saving control panel). But every so often, maybe 2 minutes after the HD stops, the OS or Excel ...

Thanks for your thoughts. I wasn't sure if anyone would reply considering how most people in my situation would just pick up a new netbook of some sort. I've jumped the gun by buying 2 Transcend MLC SSD units off eBay. A 64GB and a 32GB version in IDE (PATA) 2.5" form. I purchased these about a mont...

Have spend weeks reading all about SSD and it appears that MLC type drives are most proned to the evil "Studdering" effect. Makers like Transcend even don't recommend their MLC based HD for "OS" base installation. Nevertheless, of all the online reviews i've been reading about SSD and test reports o...