Chapter 6: Solid State Drive Optimization 6-3
System Configuration Requirements for the Intel
®
SSD Optimizer
SSDFormattedwithFAT32filesystem:TheIntelSSDOptimizerwillnotwork
onSSDsformattedwithfileallocationsystemFAT32.
DiskDefragmenterOff:IntelstronglyrecommendsdisablingDiskDefragmenter
topreventtheprogramfromrunning.IfDiskDefragmenterrunswhileIntelSSD
Optimizerisrunning,theIntelSSDOptimizerwillcomp
letesuccessfully,butthe
DiskDefragmenterwillhangandwillneedtobeshutdownmanually.
Known Issues
ThefollowinglistdescribesitemsyoushouldconsiderbeforeusingtheIntelSSD
ToolboxorIntelSSDOptimizer.
RAIDorDynamicDisks
TheIntelSSDToolboxwillnotworkwhentheSSDsareinaRAIDorDynamic
Diskconfiguration.
RAIDConfigurations‐ThetoolwillattemptvariouschecksforRAID
configurations.Seeth
eSSDswithaRAIDConfigurationorEncryptionsectiontosee
thenotificationwhenthetoolcannotdeterminewhetherthedrivehasRAIDor
encryption.TheIntelSSDOptimizerwillworkonencrypteddrives;however,
thereisnoguaranteedwaytodetermineineachcasewhetherthedrivehasRAID
orisencrypted,sotheto
olwillprompttheusertoconfirm.
DynamicDisks–TheIntelSSDToolboxwillnotworkwithanyformofDynamic
Disksanddisplaystheconfigurationas“NoPartition”intheSelectaDrivebox.For
moreinformation,pleaseseetheMicrosoftDynamicDriveFAQat
http://technet.microsoft.com/en‐us/library/cc737048%2
8WS.10%29.aspx.
MicrosoftWindowsXP64‐bitorWindowsServer200364‐bitOperating
SystemswithoutMicrosoftKBR942589HotfixInstalled
IfyouruntheIntelSSDOptimizerononeoftheabovenamedoperatingsystems
thatdoesnothavetheMicrosofthotfixinstalled,thetooldisplaysanerror
messagestatingtheprogramhasde
tectedthepresenceofaVolumeShadowCopy
Servicedata,evenifnoneispresent.
PleaseseeSection4.0forathoroughdescriptionoftheproblemandhowto
implementthehotfixfromMicrosoft.Onceinstalled,theIntelSSDOptimizerwill
runsuccessfully.