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what caching software does seagate hybrid drive use

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hey there my ultrabook (acer aspire s3-951) came with a seagate hybrid hard drive which has 20GB SSD... recently i did a clean install of windows but now i can't seem to figure out what caching software came with the hybrid drive...

 

i tried using expresscache but when it woks it works like knife scrolling through butter... then slowly the cache starts to fill up and it flushes everything in the SSD .. i get a bluescreen most of the time and times the system just hangs up...

 

thanks!

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Welcome to the forum! :)

 

After the clean install, is the hard drive by itself, without the SSD caching?

I believe that it doesn't use any software, but I'm not sure, I've never used a SSHD...

 

Edit: I watched a tutorial from Seagate with upgrading to a SSHD, they didn't say anything about any software for caching...

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They don't use software, the caching is done automatically, no need to set up anything.

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FYI, It is not a hybrid drive, they only go up to 8GB flash with seagate.

 

You have a separate HDD and a (mSATA?) 20GB SSD for which you will indeed need software to make the caching work.

 

I'm guessing that you are looking for the intel Smart Responce Software (SRT)

http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/architecture-and-technology/smart-response-technology.html

 

 

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Does not use SRT, this might help you though, let me know if it does(n't).

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-1671671/acer-aspire-951-ssd-caching.html

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