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Subject: [Leica] Computer Question
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Sun, 26 May 2013 18:44:08 -0500
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Yes, it often requires a restart of the computer to get recognition of the 
drive.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tina Manley" <images at comporium.net>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2013 6:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Computer Question


> Thanks, Jim.  I went to Disk Management to do that and it doesn't show up.
> I'm going to try restarting everything but I've got too much going on
> right now with scanning and converting files.
>
> Tina
>
>
> On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 7:25 PM, Jim Nichols 
> <jhnichols at lighttube.net>wrote:
>
>> Tina,
>>
>> I have added such drives to my Win XP machine, and I have to initialize
>> the drive and assign a drive letter.  Maybe someone can advise whether or
>> not your system requires something similar, or whether it can just be
>> plugged in.
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tina Manley" <images at comporium.net>
>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2013 5:54 PM
>>
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Computer Question
>>
>>
>>  Thanks, Brian.  I'll look into the Seagate drives.  The little Samsung
>>> 256GB external SSD drive hooks up to the eSata port on my laptop and 
>>> uses
>>> two USB cables for power.  I had planned to put the LR catalog on it and
>>> use it for a scratch disk, but I can't get the computer to recognize 
>>> that
>>> it is there.
>>>
>>> Tina
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 6:26 PM, Brian Reid 
>>> <reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>*
>>> *wrote:
>>>
>>>  In the world of speedup, nothing is faster than its slowest part.
>>>> SSD drives are very fast, but USB is very slow, and if you connect an 
>>>> SSD
>>>> drive with a USB cable you will have a hard time seeing a difference.
>>>>
>>>> I like the article to which Geoff referred you.
>>>>
>>>> I have a computer with 2 SSD internal drives and 2 mechanical internal
>>>> drives and I have had a very hard time getting applications to use the
>>>> SSD
>>>> drives to their advantage. Photoshop CS6, which is my primary tool, 
>>>> gets
>>>> it
>>>> right, but Lightroom isn't as willing to use some drive other than the
>>>> one
>>>> it wants to.
>>>>
>>>> I suspect that the Seagate hybrid drives would be best for speeding up 
>>>> a
>>>> laptop.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.seagate.com/****internal-hard-drives/laptop-**<http://www.seagate.com/**internal-hard-drives/laptop-**>
>>>> hard-drives/laptop-solid-****state-hybrid-drive/<http://**
>>>> www.seagate.com/internal-hard-**drives/laptop-hard-drives/**
>>>> laptop-solid-state-hybrid-**drive/<http://www.seagate.com/internal-hard-drives/laptop-hard-drives/laptop-solid-state-hybrid-drive/>
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> They might even be better for my computer but I haven't had time to 
>>>> plan
>>>> a
>>>> migration to them. They are a nifty combination of SSD and mechanical
>>>> drives that do all of the speedup magic inside them.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Tina Manley, ASMP
>>> www.tinamanley.com
>>>
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>>
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>
>
> -- 
> Tina Manley, ASMP
> www.tinamanley.com
>
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