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Darren
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Darren
Starting Member
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 Posted - 11/09/2007 : 15:21:05
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NuovoTech
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USA
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Posted - 11/13/2007 : 02:22:30
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I have a question to anyone who's installed a SSD. My 80GB Toshiba HDD has a partitioned capacity of 74GB. Do SSDs lose a similar amount of GBs to partitioning or because they avoid the spinning disc/moving head geometry issues they lose considerably less GBs?  |
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Edwood
New Member
USA
93 Posts |
Posted - 11/13/2007 : 03:27:02
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Originally posted by NuovoTech
I have a question to anyone who's installed a SSD. My 80GB Toshiba HDD has a partitioned capacity of 74GB. Do SSDs lose a similar amount of GBs to partitioning or because they avoid the spinning disc/moving head geometry issues they lose considerably less GBs?
I'm 99.999% sure the SSD's will lose an identical amount, since it has to do with formatting partitions and cluster size, rather than hardware type, because there isn't a new type of format for SSD's, you pretty much install Windows the same as if it were a standard Hard Drive.
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Edwood
New Member
USA
93 Posts |
Posted - 01/07/2008 : 02:05:55
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Is 80GB the largest drive we can get? Anything larger?
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Edwood
New Member
USA
93 Posts |
Posted - 01/11/2008 : 14:40:18
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Is the 80GB Toshiba our only option for a larger than 60GB HDD?
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Edwood
New Member
USA
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Edwood
New Member
USA
93 Posts |
Posted - 01/16/2008 : 00:51:13
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Would it at all be possible to mod the P1610's PCMCIA slot to use the 1/8" HDD internally? Either through an adapter, with part of the HDD sticking out, or maybe something more hardcore like solding directly?
I never use the PCMCIA slot, and it would've been so perfect to have a SSD drive as the primary drive and a HDD in place of the PCMCIA slot.
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SeanH
New Member
USA
85 Posts |
Posted - 02/02/2008 : 13:08:22
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I have spent many hours searching for a replacement drive for the 1510 that is larger than 60GB. Here is what I've found.
- The 80 GB Non ZIF is still available, but not from vendors I have ever heard of and not that many left even so.
- The new 1620 is available with 100GB and 80GB disks but Toshiba no longer makes a non-ZIF model in either of these sizes. So either they are not Toshiba or The 1620 uses a ZIF connector.
- I was not able to find a non-ZIF disk of the proper size that is larger than 60GB from any manufacturer, except for the few mentioned above.
If anyone out there can point me at a link to a new, non-ZIF, 80GB or larger disk from a known reputable dealer please do. My wife's 1510 is on it's last legs.
Sean
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Edwood
New Member
USA
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tmt
Advanced Member
2769 Posts |
Posted - 02/13/2008 : 08:46:17
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Yep, that one will work fine. I bought a very similar one from seller "cubeternet" and it
works great. They come in both Toshiba and ZIF versions btw.
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slewis1513
Starting Member
USA
20 Posts |
Posted - 02/15/2008 : 15:45:43
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quote:
Originally posted by Edwood
quote:
Originally posted by NuovoTech
I have a question to anyone who's installed a SSD. My 80GB Toshiba HDD has a partitioned capacity of 74GB. Do SSDs lose a similar amount of GBs to partitioning or because they avoid the spinning disc/moving head geometry issues they lose considerably less GBs?
I'm 99.999% sure the SSD's will lose an identical amount, since it has to do with formatting partitions and cluster size, rather than hardware type, because there isn't a new type of format for SSD's, you pretty much install Windows the same as if it were a standard Hard Drive.
I installed a 32G SSD (Samsung) and it has a reported capacity of 30.4G.
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tmt
Advanced Member
2769 Posts |
Posted - 02/15/2008 : 16:35:05
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Originally posted by slewis1513
I installed a 32G SSD (Samsung) and it has a reported capacity of 30.4G.
That's because Windows counts GBs as 1024*1024*1024, while the rest of the storage
industry counts GBs as 1000*1000*1000. Also, after formatting with a filesystem,
Windows reports only the available space, which is less again due to overhead.
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jkim
Junior Member
USA
161 Posts |
Posted - 02/23/2008 : 22:15:28
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Be careful with the CF to IDE adapters. My experience has been very slow performance.
I installed one using a fast 2GB CF card on a different laptop, and the overall performance of the system is much slower compared to the IDE HD.
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blaznc
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nomo
Average Member
815 Posts |
Posted - 03/24/2008 : 10:10:12
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Originally posted by tmt
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Originally posted by slewis1513
I installed a 32G SSD (Samsung) and it has a reported capacity of 30.4G.
That's because Windows counts GBs as 1024*1024*1024, while the rest of the storage
industry counts GBs as 1000*1000*1000. Also, after formatting with a filesystem,
Windows reports only the available space, which is less again due to overhead.
Tom.
Applying 1000^3/1024^3 gives an effective ratio of 93.13%, which means a 32GB SSD should report no more than 29.8GB. How could slewis' machine report 30.4GB? My factory-installed 32GB SSD only reports 29.0GB. |
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tmt
Advanced Member
2769 Posts |
Posted - 03/24/2008 : 11:32:05
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Hmm, good point. Perhaps Windows is using 1000x1024x1024. In any case, the point is,
they're using different units.
Your SSD appears to have 1GB of lost space. Perhaps it was partitioned or the capacity
was formatted for an OEM recovery install?
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nomo
Average Member
815 Posts |
Posted - 03/24/2008 : 17:20:30
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Originally posted by tmt
the point is, they're using different units.
Agreed -- I'm just trying to get a better understanding of drive capacity. My SSD is down to about 10GB of available space even though my files occupy only 4.1MB. |
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tmt
Advanced Member
2769 Posts |
Posted - 03/24/2008 : 19:44:54
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Under Vista, a large amount of the storage comes from the /windows/winsxs (side-by-side)
directory. This is where system files, uninstalls, and other core stuff are kept.
Often, the files in other windows directories are simply links to them, so it's not
always duplicate. But, lots of it is, and isn't needed. For example, after installing
SP1, you can run vsp1cln.exe to clear out a bunch of stuff in it.
Another popular space-waster is \windows\installer, a hidden directory that holds all
the msi's and setup.exe's. It's used for reinstall/repair, etc.
Basically, they're necessary evils, but knowing they are there can help you account
for the space.
One suggestion is to look for directories that have a lot of text files, or bulk
data in them, and set the "compress" attribute on that tree. I do that for Visual
Studio and it saves a quarter GB, for example. It also works on the \windows\installer
directory, saves nearly half a gig. But, don't try it on system directories like
winsxs.
Tom.
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nomo
Average Member
815 Posts |
Posted - 03/26/2008 : 02:15:32
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| BTW, the P1610 I borrowed yesterday aligns with the 1/1.024^3 ratio. Its 30GB HDD is sized by Windows as 27.9GB. |
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1ezdealz
Starting Member
USA
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Posted - 05/01/2008 : 23:24:41
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| Noted some discussion of SSD hard drives here. I'm running a 32GB SSD and a ridata 266X 32GB compact flash card as a "C" and "D" drives. HDtach shows 40mbs transfer rate on SSD; boots really fast, and is probably the largest performance increase that you can add to a P1510D, now can someone figure out a simple way to add bluetooth to a non-bluetooth P1510D INTERNALLY!! |
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nomo
Average Member
815 Posts |
Posted - 05/02/2008 : 00:38:56
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Originally posted by 1ezdealz
now can someone figure out a simple way to add bluetooth to a non-bluetooth P1510D INTERNALLY!!
Try the search tool. Now 33% searchier.  quote:
Originally posted by UnLoGiC in Bluetooth Part Number
I don't know about the P1610 but the P1510 uses diffrent screens depending on if the device was sold with blueblooth or not which makes it very cumbersome to add bluetooth to a non-bluetooth P1510. I suspect it has something to do with antennas, you'll find more info about it if you search this forum.
You could also call Fujitsu technical support to get the required part numbers, or search eBay:
PCB Bluetooth with Cable for Fujitsu P1510 CP248270
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nomo
Average Member
815 Posts |
Posted - 05/02/2008 : 01:12:58
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Originally posted by 1ezdealz
I'm running a 32GB SSD and a ridata 266X 32GB compact flash card...
Where did you get the 32GB 266X CF card? Could you post a link, please? |
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nomo
Average Member
815 Posts |
Posted - 05/03/2008 : 12:40:34
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Originally posted by nomo
Where did you get the 32GB 266X CF card? Could you post a link, please?
Found it at NewEgg. The price is very attractive (currently $140).
1ezdealz, what does HDTach show for the 233X CF card (random access, average read, average burst, etc)? What cardbus adapter are you using? |
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pUK
Starting Member
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Posted - 06/13/2008 : 06:41:40
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I'm looking to get an MTRON MSD-PATA3018-016 which says interface type ATA-7.
Can anybody confirm what type of connector is on this or the P1610 and if this drive is compatible? Thanks. |
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UPGRADING THE HARD DRIVE
