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I just finished cloning my 120 Gb solid state drive to a 2Tb HDD using the linux dd utility. Windows seems to think the new HDD is a solid state drive, and it's running very slowly. Is there a way to tell Windows this isn't a solid state drive?
This is from the Windows Disk Management utility:
Amy
Posted 2015-03-08T21:18:04.680
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You have to open a cmd.exe as admin and run winsat formal so that Windows can benchmark the HDD speed again.
Now Windows will detect the HDD correctly and activate optimizations like Superfetch again to speed up the HDD.
magicandre1981
Posted 2015-03-08T21:18:04.680
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Not sure if it was the winsat formal or Device Manager, Scan for hardware changes that sorted mine out.
grantday
Posted 2015-03-08T21:18:04.680
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4this is not an answer, but a comment. – magicandre1981 – 2015-03-29T06:32:01.713
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EL FARAH
Posted 2015-03-08T21:18:04.680
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If windows still thinks its a ssd then your booting to your ssd – Ramhound – 2015-03-08T21:43:56.137
4That's not possible because the SSD is now sitting on my desk. – Amy – 2015-03-08T22:07:10.813
Are you perhaps confusing regular hard-disk performance with an actual issue? Because your question doesn't tell us how you arrived at this conclusion. – Daniel B – 2015-03-08T23:05:25.150
did the winsat command fixed it? – magicandre1981 – 2015-03-14T08:51:22.347
It is very easy for you to try the answers given. Your question loses value if you don't try answers and accept if an answer works and comment if it doesn't. I suggest trying the least likely one first, so the one somebody wasn't sure of, the device manager scan for hardware changes, then see if we can rule that one out.. then the winsat command which is more likely 'cos the answerer on that one was more sure. – barlop – 2015-03-28T11:53:47.580