No SSD Caching on Acer Ultrabook?

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Acer uses Intel Rapid Start Technology (I believe RST is the right name...) for fast resume from sleep mode, but does NOT uses Intel SRT for disk caching; instead it uses "ExpressCache" from Diskeeper. ExpressCache, unlike SRT, does not need the RAID mode to be enabled in the BIOS. The 20GB SSD should have two hidden partitions: one for RST that should match the RAM size (this needs to be increased if you upgrade the RAM), and the rest dedicated to ExpressCache.

I believe SRT/RST can be downloaded directly from Intel, but ExpressCache is OEM only. ExpressCache setup files & drivers may be available from your original Acer Windows installation... I am not sure if they can be downloaded from Acer directly (to be checked). The SSD partition for RST is particular --no drive letter, special id. You may want to search for dteailled instructions on how to configyre it exactly.

Bottom line: these SSD cache configurations should be carefully reviewed before performing a clean Windows installation!

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Updated on September 18, 2022

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  • Usman Asif
    Usman Asif almost 2 years

    I am trying to do regex validation for 11 digit mobile number of type 03025398448.Where first 3 digits are constant 030 and remaining 8 digits are from 0 to 9 (any number) and 1st digit could be written in +92 format .So, help me for this number regex code

    • ganesh
      ganesh over 11 years
      20GB is a tad small for the OS. (As reference: My 2 year old install of win7+firefox+openOffice+thunderbird+VLC..etc started out as a 17GB install, it has now grown to 20.3GB)
    • HeatfanJohn
      HeatfanJohn over 11 years
      Reading Smart Response Technology says that SRT (pre-launch name SSD Caching) requires the Intel Z68 chipset and for the integrated disk controller to be configured in a RAID mode and quote "not AHCI or IDE modes".
    • Tim Biegeleisen
      Tim Biegeleisen over 6 years
      Show us the range of inputs along with your C# code.
    • Usman Asif
      Usman Asif over 6 years
      first digit 0 or +92
    • Tim Biegeleisen
      Tim Biegeleisen over 6 years
      Are you saying that the +92 is optional, meaning a number may or may not start with +92?
  • tprk77
    tprk77 over 11 years
    This clears things up. Too bad ExpressCache is OEM only. Anyway, I guess I should have backed up the default windows install before I blew it away!
  • rollstuhlfahrer
    rollstuhlfahrer over 6 years
    Some kind of explanation would be great