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Enabling large disks and large sectors in Windows 8 - Building Windows 8 - Site Home - ... - 0 views

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shared by Phil Ashman on 01 Dec 11 - Cached
  • maximum capacity of a single hard disk drive will increase to 8TB by 2015.
  • The Master Boot Record partition table (MBR) scheme was invented at the time, which allowed for up to 32-bits of information to represent the maximum capacity of the disk. Simple math informs us that the largest addressable byte represented via 32 bits is 232 or 2.2TB.
  • GPT allows for up to 64-bits of information to store the number that represents the maximum size of a disk, which in turn allows for up to a theoretical maximum of 9.4 ZettaByte (1 ZB = 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 bytes).
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  • UEFI was designed from the ground up to work with very large capacity drives by utilizing the GUID partition table, or GPT
  • that is, a lot of the space in the current 512-byte sector is being used to store ECC information instead of being available for you to store your data. This, among other things, has led to the introduction of larger sector sizes.
  • Disks with this emulation layer to support unaligned writes are called 4K with 512-byte emulation, or “512e” for short. Disks without this emulation layer are called “4K Native.”
  • Learning from some issues identified with prior versions of Windows, AF disks have been a key design point for new features and technologies in Windows 8; as a result, Windows 8 is the first OS with full support for both types of AF disks – 512e and 4K Native.
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All Core i7 Models | Hardware Secrets - 0 views

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shared by Phil Ashman on 05 Oct 10 - No Cached
  • Phil Ashman on 05 Oct 10
     
    The Core i7 was the first Intel processor to bring an integrated memory controller, feature available on AMD processors since the Athlon 64. It is based on the Core architecture, like the Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Quad, but with several enhancements to increase performance (Nehalem microarchitecture). 
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How to Maximize the Life of Your SSD - Lifehacker - 0 views

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shared by Phil Ashman on 05 Jun 11 - No Cached
  • Phil Ashman on 05 Jun 11
     
    Super User - An SSD drive is a worthwhile investment, but like any storage device, it can fail. In fact, failing isn't that uncommon. As with your spinning drives, you should always set up a good backup solution, and you can do plenty to take full advantage of your SSD, but you can also take steps to maximize your SSD's lifespan. Here's how.
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