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- Kingston SSD S100 new V series 128GB
- Enhances productivity and makes users more efficient
- Runs silent and cool with no moving mechanical parts
- No moving mechanical parts so the SSD handles rougher conditions
- Three-year warranty, 24/7 tech support
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Kingston’s SSDNow S100 solid-state drives are designed for small capacity hard drive replacements and upgrades, making them a perfect match for system integrators and white box builders. Utilising Flash NAND memory components, they’re ideal for non-PC applications from gaming and casinos to digital signage.
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I have looked at SSD drives with envious eyes for a long time; they have always been so very expensive for so little storage. Finally the prices have come down to something more affordable and I was ready to take the plunge with the Kingston SSD V100. This notebook bundle costs a little more than the bare disk; but comes with a USB drive caddy for your old drive and some software (PC Only Mac Users) to clone your old hard drive.
Installing it was a snip with lots of helpful guides on the internet that step you through dismantling your computer to upgrade your hard drive mine was soon installed. Being a mac user I chose to reinstall OS/X onto the disk from the DVD and then use the Migration Assistant to copy across my accounts, documents and software using the USB drive caddy to store my old hard drive. You coul use SuperDuper to clone the original hard drive; but I wanted to start from scratch as the operating system should be a bit quicker that way. My older notebook has the harddrive deep inside the case - but it was a question of removing a few dozed screws and the hard drive itself just slots in and out. Very simple and nothing to be afraid of doing yourself.
Once i had everything installed I found my notebook is much quicker in use; it boots in about 25 seconds (from over a minute.) Applications from the Safari Browser to Aperture open more or less instantly - with only monsters like word taking a few seconds. It is also noticeable that my computer isn't getting as warm as it did previously which is a handy bonus - especially as the disk was in the wrist pad. Next to a new macbook pro it can hold its own which is a great achievement for something so old.
So why did I ding the star; well the USB caddy wouldn't work with the supplied cable; it didn't get enough power. Luckily I had a dual USB -> Mini USB cable at home which let me power hte drive and extract my original files - without it I would have had to resort to reinstalling everything.
Installing it was a snip with lots of helpful guides on the internet that step you through dismantling your computer to upgrade your hard drive mine was soon installed. Being a mac user I chose to reinstall OS/X onto the disk from the DVD and then use the Migration Assistant to copy across my accounts, documents and software using the USB drive caddy to store my old hard drive. You coul use SuperDuper to clone the original hard drive; but I wanted to start from scratch as the operating system should be a bit quicker that way. My older notebook has the harddrive deep inside the case - but it was a question of removing a few dozed screws and the hard drive itself just slots in and out. Very simple and nothing to be afraid of doing yourself.
Once i had everything installed I found my notebook is much quicker in use; it boots in about 25 seconds (from over a minute.) Applications from the Safari Browser to Aperture open more or less instantly - with only monsters like word taking a few seconds. It is also noticeable that my computer isn't getting as warm as it did previously which is a handy bonus - especially as the disk was in the wrist pad. Next to a new macbook pro it can hold its own which is a great achievement for something so old.
So why did I ding the star; well the USB caddy wouldn't work with the supplied cable; it didn't get enough power. Luckily I had a dual USB -> Mini USB cable at home which let me power hte drive and extract my original files - without it I would have had to resort to reinstalling everything.
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ThinkPad X60s (Model 1704-5UG) L2400 Core Duo 1.66 Ghz, Windows 7 Ultimate N, 2GB Ram, 80GB 5400 RPM Hard disk converted to 128GB SSD (Kingston SSDNow V100), used an external Lacie USB CD drive during upgrade.
Time taken to install the SSD and transfer 40GB of data over and be up and running, 55 minutes (including cooking dinner !)
Tips for the next time I do it, (and should help others out).
1. Check the BIOS boot key for the computer before you upgrade (On the thinkpad X60s, press F1 during boot-up not the ThinkVantage Key for the Thinkpad , and you need to make sure you can boot from external sources before the internal hard drive. You want the boot order to be USB CD drive before HDD
2. When you take the hard disk out of the laptop, you should unscrew the supporting holder around the hard disk and screw that onto your new ssd drive, the ssd did fit without it, but then the old hard disk would not fit into the external drive holder that kingston supply to use the hard disk afterwards.
3. After you boot into the Acronis drive cloning software and copy your hard disk, it will restart. For my setup I had to unplug the external hard drive as it tried to boot of the external hard disk containing the hdd based windows 7 version, rather than the internal ssd because of the boot order.
Test timings of key activities, before ssd upgrade, and after, and for interest when running Windows 8 developer preview of a 20GB partition from the ssd.
Startup Laptop
Before 95 seconds, after 45 seconds. Windows 8: 17 seconds
Shutdown Laptop
Before 25 seconds, after 12 seconds. Windows 8: 8 seconds
Windows Performance rating of Hard Disk ( Marks out of 7):
Before: 4.3 After: 6.6
Time to Hibernate laptop
Before 32 seconds, after 16 seconds. Windows 8: 7 seconds
Time to resume from hibernation to login screen
Before 34 seconds, after 22 seconds. Windows 8: 14 seconds
Word 2010, Excel 2010 and PowerPoint now all load in under 2 seconds in the Win 7 SSD setup. I didn't time them pre-upgrade, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't that quick.
I highly recommend the upgrade as it saved me blowing £1,500 on a new laptop.
Time taken to install the SSD and transfer 40GB of data over and be up and running, 55 minutes (including cooking dinner !)
Tips for the next time I do it, (and should help others out).
1. Check the BIOS boot key for the computer before you upgrade (On the thinkpad X60s, press F1 during boot-up not the ThinkVantage Key for the Thinkpad , and you need to make sure you can boot from external sources before the internal hard drive. You want the boot order to be USB CD drive before HDD
2. When you take the hard disk out of the laptop, you should unscrew the supporting holder around the hard disk and screw that onto your new ssd drive, the ssd did fit without it, but then the old hard disk would not fit into the external drive holder that kingston supply to use the hard disk afterwards.
3. After you boot into the Acronis drive cloning software and copy your hard disk, it will restart. For my setup I had to unplug the external hard drive as it tried to boot of the external hard disk containing the hdd based windows 7 version, rather than the internal ssd because of the boot order.
Test timings of key activities, before ssd upgrade, and after, and for interest when running Windows 8 developer preview of a 20GB partition from the ssd.
Startup Laptop
Before 95 seconds, after 45 seconds. Windows 8: 17 seconds
Shutdown Laptop
Before 25 seconds, after 12 seconds. Windows 8: 8 seconds
Windows Performance rating of Hard Disk ( Marks out of 7):
Before: 4.3 After: 6.6
Time to Hibernate laptop
Before 32 seconds, after 16 seconds. Windows 8: 7 seconds
Time to resume from hibernation to login screen
Before 34 seconds, after 22 seconds. Windows 8: 14 seconds
Word 2010, Excel 2010 and PowerPoint now all load in under 2 seconds in the Win 7 SSD setup. I didn't time them pre-upgrade, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't that quick.
I highly recommend the upgrade as it saved me blowing £1,500 on a new laptop.
My setup is a Macbook Pro running the latest version of Lion, after a few months of use it failed - I started up my mac, and it hung on the grey apple logo startup screen. Turned it off and tried again, this time it hung for a few seconds before automatically turning itself off.
Booting from a backup drive, I was able to see all my files on the SDD, but it reported an error when mounting, with OSX recommending I take important file off it and reformat it. I did this, spent yes reinstalling everything and 3 days later starting up from the SSD - error - it again hung on the grey apple startup screen until automatically turning off my mac. Same problem again.
Disk utility reports it as an Invalid Node Structure. I've now searched on the internet and found other people with this drive reporting this serious problem on forums, and recently so too. No solution or comment has been put forward by Kingston or Apple. It seems to be specific to this SSD and Lion. Perhaps something to do with Lion saving files as it shuts down, or perhaps due to insufficient power for the SSD on shutdown.
I will try to return the SSD and perhaps go back to a normal disk drive or try another brand of SSD.
Avoid it if you use a Mac and Lion!
Booting from a backup drive, I was able to see all my files on the SDD, but it reported an error when mounting, with OSX recommending I take important file off it and reformat it. I did this, spent yes reinstalling everything and 3 days later starting up from the SSD - error - it again hung on the grey apple startup screen until automatically turning off my mac. Same problem again.
Disk utility reports it as an Invalid Node Structure. I've now searched on the internet and found other people with this drive reporting this serious problem on forums, and recently so too. No solution or comment has been put forward by Kingston or Apple. It seems to be specific to this SSD and Lion. Perhaps something to do with Lion saving files as it shuts down, or perhaps due to insufficient power for the SSD on shutdown.
I will try to return the SSD and perhaps go back to a normal disk drive or try another brand of SSD.
Avoid it if you use a Mac and Lion!
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Why did I buy this?
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