Another solution for SSD: EWF?

[silo]

hi ive just followed all the steps as above, but I am still able to write to my SSD...
how can i check if I have done it correctly?

ive solved my own problem thru a little googling.. now it works like a treat!!!
just forgot to run the "ewfmgr c: -enable" line

[technonoise]

just to let you know that this procedure works perfectly also on Windows Vista..

[MiniM3]

Hi all, please excuse my ignorance, I'm a novice at this, I just purchased my AA1 a few days ago, installed Windows XP Pro SP3 on it and would like to use EWF if I can understand a couple of things. During installation I was presented with 2 partitions, one was about 6.6 gig and the other about 1.2 gig, I've partitioned them both to Fat32 and installed Windows in the larger partition (c:) and the 1.2 gig partition I'm just using as a temp/paging drive. I also added an 8 gig SDHC card in for most of my application installs, some programs are also installed in the C: partition where XP resides.

Now, here's my question. When using the EWF, I'm a little worried about the last couple registry entries to implement the EWF in this thread:

Name: ArcName
Type: REG_SZ
Value: multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)

and...

Name: UpperFilters
Type: REG_MULTI_SZ
Value: EWF (if the value of this key is volsnap, add EWF to the value on a new line)

* First, the Value: multi(0)rdisk(0)partition(1) <--- is this the large partition that I've installed windows xp on? if so, will this effect how my programs installed on that partition?

** Second, the EWF (if the value of this key is volsnap, add EWF to the value on a new line) <--- I have no clue what this means, should I leave it at default (EWF) ?

If anyone can shed some light on this I would really appreciate it. I hate to botch it up and reinstall everything again. Is there a way to write all these registry entries into one batch file and run it so that I don't have to enter every entry one by one?

Thanks in advance!

Damen

[iDq]

[...] the 1.2 gig partition I'm just using as a temp/paging drive[...]

You should disable page file. The 1.2 Gb partition is part of the SSD drive. If you enable page file you're writing data to SSD, so EWF won't help here.

* First, the Value: multi(0)rdisk(0)partition(1) <--- is this the large partition that I've installed windows xp on? if so, will this effect how my programs installed on that partition?

Yes, it should be the large partition (or the drive 'C:'). EWF will avoid any writes to your protected volume ('C:'). Anyway, you can commit writes to 'C:' by executing these commands:

ewfmgr c: -commitanddisable -live
ewfmgr c: -enable

** Second, the EWF (if the value of this key is volsnap, add EWF to the value on a new line) <--- I have no clue what this means, should I leave it at default (EWF) ?

That key must contain this value:

volsnap
ewf

[MiniM3]

[...] the 1.2 gig partition I'm just using as a temp/paging drive[...]

You should disable page file. The 1.2 Gb partition is part of the SSD drive. If you enable page file you're writing data to SSD, so EWF won't help here.

* First, the Value: multi(0)rdisk(0)partition(1) <--- is this the large partition that I've installed windows xp on? if so, will this effect how my programs installed on that partition?

Yes, it should be the large partition (or the drive 'C:'). EWF will avoid any writes to your protected volume ('C:'). Anyway, you can commit writes to 'C:' by executing these commands:

ewfmgr c: -commitanddisable -live
ewfmgr c: -enable

** Second, the EWF (if the value of this key is volsnap, add EWF to the value on a new line) <--- I have no clue what this means, should I leave it at default (EWF) ?

That key must contain this value:

volsnap
ewf

iDq, thanks for the reply, cool, I will remove the page file, the reason I have it on is because I run Photoshop on it and every windows boots up, it gives me that warning about not having a page file. So, if I have apps installed on C: or plan to install more apps on C: I should enable the commands you listed?

As for the UpperFilter keys, do you mean that there should be 2 of those key entries one with volsnap as the value and the other as ewf as the value? Please confirm.


Thank you.

Damne

[MiniM3]

So this trick, offers absolutely zero-writing to ssd and it will reduce the wearing down of the ssd to zero because nothing is being written right?

Yes, nothing is written to SSD, unless you execute these commands:

ewfmgr c: -commitanddisable -live
ewfmgr c: -enable

Also is protection software necessary to protect the computer while it's in use, so virus doesn't interrupt and force us to restart to get rid of it?

Not an antivirus, only avoid writes to protected volume (SSD)

Ok, I got all the registry in, if i do these commands to enable write to the SSD, do I have to disable it again?

Damen

[MiniM3]

Ok, windows is now running super fast after inplementing EWF. Amazing!

One problem though, shut down is also tremendously fast as well. But every time I start up windows, I get the Windows did not start successfully properly ... screen.. any way around this? If i disable EWF, I don't get this message screen, so I'm pretty sure it's the EWF causing it.

Damen

[technonoise]

to remove the boot message you just have to delete the file named bootstat.dat..
it is a protected/system file so you've to enable explorer to let you see this kinda files bebore search for it.

[silo]

to remove the boot message you just have to delete the file named bootstat.dat..
it is a protected/system file so you've to enable explorer to let you see this kinda files bebore search for it.

or as pointed out in the FBWF thread, you can simply right click on My Computer > Properties > Advanced Tab > *under Startup and Recovery* click Settings > uncheck "Time to display recovery options when needed:"..
hope that helps!

[peekay123]

Gotta tell ya... I installed the EWF filter as instructed plus I setup a ramdisk for temp/tmp files so that when I do a commit, those files don't get committed. This thing ROCKS! I have a One model ZG5 (as per label on back) and upgraded it with extra 1GB 667 Ram (total 1.5GB). I also have a second class 6 SD as my unprotected writable drive.

I ran ATTO disk bench and here are the results (I ran it twice just to be sure):

results witn ewf and ramdisk combo

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Thanks... great thread