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Just to expand on what I meant by lying, this is where I found out about it, when I was getting ready to by my first SSD years ago:
SSD Tweaks and Optimizations in Windows 7 - Windows 7 Help ForumsSo How does the SSD work with current and past hardware and operating systems without the need for 'magic' expensive upgrades?
Simply put, the first job of the SSD controller is to lie its butt off! Really! Here are the lies the controller must tell in order to work:
1: It has to tell your BIOS and motherboard "Don't mind me, I'm just a plain old fast hard drive. you can boot from me and use me!"
2: After the hardware accepts the SSD, the SSD controller has totell the same lie to the operating system which is used to performing input and output to specific blocks on a hard drive. Basically, the operating system is fooled into thinking it is in full control of where on the SSD the data is going, since it has always had control in the past on normal hard drives. There is a lot of logic involved in this, so the controller has its own processor and basic operating system (firmware).
Yep over at Seven Forums:)