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hackszine.com - 10/7/2008

Making Windows XP play a little better with solid state drives

— hackszine.com — I tried getting Windows XP running on my 20GB EEE PC 900, but out of the box, it's pretty sluggish. The problem may be that Windows XP is not being optimized for solid state drives (SSDs). Posting on the OCZ (maker of SATA SSD drives) forums, ... (more) Making Windows XP play a little better with solid state ...

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