Windows 8 Developer Preview: SSD boot and reboot times on ThinkPad W520

Posted by Paul Braren on Sep 16 2011 (updated on Sep 27 2011) in
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    • Read about this laptop in much greater detail at my blog post here:
    https://tinkertry.com/thinkpadw520saga

    Great technical info on boot time and how Microsoft does this (it's more like a hibernate resume than a power off/power on)
    “Delivering fast boot times in Windows 8″ Steven Sinofsky 8 Sep 2011 7:00 PM

    I used the Kingston SSDNow V+100 SVP100S2B/96G SSD drive, in this uncut/unedited video.  I also cover the BIOS settings used, and compare boot and reboot times.

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