Dual booting with windows 10

[Wirezfree]

That's fine, all looks good

[TMG1961]

I got: Timing buffered disk reads: 780 MB in  3.01 seconds = 259.36 MB/sec
I think the Disk interface is sata 1..but not sure about that

[Wirezfree]

O.K on the "0", that's good.

Regarding speed... that is down to H/W ~ Disk interface, SATA 1, 2 or 3..?
Try a:

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sudo hdparm -t /dev/sda
On my new PC with SATA3
On Disk1 ~ SSD:

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/dev/sda:
Timing buffered disk reads: 1552 MB in  3.00 seconds = 516.84 MB/sec

On Disk 2 ~ WD 2.5" "Black", about the fastest consumer 2.5" H.D available.

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/dev/sdb:
 Timing buffered disk reads: 334 MB in  3.01 seconds = 111.06 MB/sec

[TMG1961]

Did the check and it did return a 0
The boottime is now 23 seconds..thats from pushing the power button untill fully booted and ready to use
Its a lot faster then my old hd, but not as fast as it can be..speeds are around 250MB/sec


Edit: and an extra bonus..the laptop isnt making so much noise anymore..no rattling hd
Now i only hear the fan

[Wirezfree]

Hi,

No, you should be good to go.
There have been some firmware updates for certain Samsung SSD's,
but I have never had any issues, so have never bothered.

Early on there was an issue with data being incorrectly aligned to disk sectors.
It should not be an issue any more... But you can check with:

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sudo blockdev --getalignoff /dev/sda1It should return a "0" (zero)

Hopefully you should have noticed an improvement in boot time.?

[TMG1961]

Got a ssd from a friend, she bought a larger one. Its a ssd, a samsung 850 evo 120gb. Got it for half the price of a new one, she only used it for a few weeks.
So installed it in laptop, did a clean install of Linux and then followed the instructions for trimming the ssd in the help manual.

Is there anything else i need to do? During installing Linux Lite i just accepted the default settings, didnt create any partitions myself.

[TMG1961]

I am going to wait till November or December anyway, first need to pay my income tax
The extra 20-25 euro for the samsung wont break the bankaccount, so will be going for the 120gb samsung 850

[Wirezfree]

Hi,

The Kingston uses an older type of technology.
If you can afford the Samsung it will give better performance.
There is nothing special you need to do,
Just think of it like an ordinary spinner, but much faster.
You just install in the same way.

[TMG1961]

I was looking at the Kingston SSDNow V300 120gb, but i have no experience with ssd.
Been also looking at hdd caddy for adding second hd

[Jerry]

Agree with Dave, Samsung SSD's are awesome.

[Wirezfree]

Great New...
If you can afford an SSD, you will really notice a "big" difference.
I have used Samsung 840 & 850 with 120GB, they are very good.

[TMG1961]

Laptop is running again with Linux Lite 2.6 and got the virtual machine setup and running with windows 10, only had to use the manual to get usb working but all working fine now. Going to have a look to find some extra memory for the laptop and another larger hd.

Thanks all for helping.

[TMG1961]

If i did read it correct it should be able to hold 8GB of ddr2 memory..not sure if ddr3 memory will work
It used to have a 320gb 7200rpm hitachi hard drive, but sadly that died a 2,5 years ago, i have enough with a 120gb hd, so will start looking for a 7200rpm replacement for the old one i use now.

I will look into creating a virtual machine later today, first got a dentist appointment..notting serious, just the 6 months check up

[torreydale]

5 years is not bad at all.  It's just right, in fact.  My desktop is 8 years old.  My laptop must be about 3 years old.  They both run LL 2.6 with 8GB of RAM and 300GB hard drives.  With Linux Lite, I don't see a need to replace either of them for the next 5 years.

Before going much further, open up Systemback and create a restore point.

You don't have to have SSD.  For around $25 USD, you can get a 320GB hard drive on Amazon.  That's 5400 rpm.  7200 rpm might be about $10 more.  If your laptop can hold more than the 4GB of RAM you have listed, for virtualization, it would be beneficial to max out what it can handle.  On ebay, you should be able to find good deals on that.

You don't need Guest Additions yet.  It's to help with resizing the window of your VM.  Once you get Windows up, it'll be very easy to get that going. 

To get going with Virtualbox, look at the tutorial link I sent earlier.  https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/tutorials/how-to-install-test-and-use-linux-lite-in-oracle-virtualbox/

[Wirezfree]

@TMG1961
Guest Additions are the drivers that virtualbox uses to optimise the guest in a virtual environment.
sometime you get better graphics/audio support. Typically allows full screen, depending on host graphics.

To install, depending how you have it now.?, In a Window, or full screen
There is usually a "Menu" called "Devices", then an option "Insert Guest Additions CD Image"
Selecting this, depending on how windows is set up will either:
- Launch the installer, accept the defaults, let it install, and re-start the VM
or
- Will add a CD in the My Computer, opening it should start the installer, accept the defaults, let it install, and re-start the VM


example here shown here