cybermaus Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 Hi, The FAQ states that the “Performance Recovery” feature only works on a NTFS partition. Very clear. But if I have 2 NTFS partitions, will it still work? On both? Is a single partition advised? I have a Performance P128 CMFSSD-128GBG2D, with the VBM18C1Q firmware. The reason for the question is, my default laptop setup is one partition for OS and programs, and one for data, so I can 'ghost' an old stable version of the programs easily. Also, in a slight tangent: So for Linux there are no proper utilities for performance recovery, other than a full wipe? Thx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted October 23, 2009 Corsair Employees Share Posted October 23, 2009 The FAQ states that the “Performance Recovery” feature only works on a NTFS partition. Very clear. But if I have 2 NTFS partitions, will it still work? On both? Is a single partition advised? A: Unknown to your first question, but no one has complained it did not work with more than one partition. And the official statement from Samsung only mentioned "NTFS file system and nothing about having more than one partition. Also, in a slight tangent: So for Linux there are no proper utilities for performance recovery, other than a full wipe? A: Samsung only stated it had been tested with NTFS they did not claim it would not work with other file systems. So there is no data that shows using another file system will or will not work. Are you having a problem with performance loss with another file system? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybermaus Posted October 23, 2009 Author Share Posted October 23, 2009 No performance problems (yet). I was just trying to find the best strategy for my new drive. I guess I stick to 2 NTFS partitions for now. To be quite honest: I have some reservations having a 3rd party (samsung firmware) interpreting the NTFS and desiding which blocks can be erased, so I am going to be *very* careful about backups these next few months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted October 23, 2009 Corsair Employees Share Posted October 23, 2009 Well Samsung is the first party, we are using their controller and Flash Rams to build the drives, but I have not seen any problems with the Samsung Based Dries controllers and or firmware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybermaus Posted October 24, 2009 Author Share Posted October 24, 2009 Yes, for the drive, Samsung is the first party. But for a NTFS file system, they are not, MS is the first party. You may be aware how much trouble the Linux community had getting a good NTFS driver, and then the first editions had issues with lesser known and lesser understood NTFS features like compression, encryption, junction points, alternate file streams and whatnot. While I am happy to have the C firmware, with cleanup function, I would hate to discove that the routine marked some blocks incorrectly as unused because of less than perfect grasp of the FS. (For the same reason, I avoid Linux making large updates to my NTFS). It would be best for all when TRIM puts this responsibility back into the OS. But we'll have to be patient with that. Maybe I am just seeing too much danger. But I will be making backups until this technology has become mainstream. (Actually, I will be making backups regardless) Anyway, thanks for your input. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted October 26, 2009 Corsair Employees Share Posted October 26, 2009 NP and I would expect some information to come from Samsung soon one way or the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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