LR + PS Optimizing Hardware Config on my Win7 PC

Dear All,
I'm looking to speed a few things up in terms of my hardware/software perfromance re. Photo editing (I'm a pro-photog).
Here is my current hardware profile (assembled by an individual contractor - not a brand):
Win 7 Ultimate 64bit
12 GB RAM (Standard issue kingston DDR3. Not that fancy Gaming Ram).
Intel Core i7 3770k CPU 3.50ghz (3rd Gen)
AMD 7750 1GB VGA (Display Memory: 2775 MB Dedicated Memory: 999 MB Shared Memory: 1776 MB)
USB 3.0 ports
Page File: 3737MB used, 14518MB available (Details of Custom pagefile config is next to each drive that is set to have a pagefile)
-Lightroom 4.1 (Multiple Catalogues - One for each shoot (+preview folder) located in the Main folder with the corresponding photos). 60% of all photos are processed and edited with this program.
-Autowrite XMP turned off
-Photoshop CS5 & CS6 30% of all photos are processed with CS5. 10% with CS6 (I can't get some filters (ColourEfex 2) to work with CS6 and haven't bothered sorting that out yet).
-I defrag regularily with MyDefrag
-Multitasking involves running LR, PS and Chrome/Gmail simultaneously.
-Each folder per shoot can range from 4GB - 50GB of Raw/DNG files.
Hard Disks:
(A) 1TB Sata/300 Driver: Windows/OS , LR & PSCS5 & PSCS6 Drive, partitioned 300GB for OS and 630GB for the other partition (B) which holds some music (400GB free). (Overkill I know but this was the only drive I had at one point...) (Pagefile 2000mb)
(C) 2TB Sata/600 Drive: Primary DATA drive, where Folders and their respective LR catalogues are stored and accessed. (Freespace ranges from 850GB-1.1TB) (Pagefile 2000mb)
(D) 2TB Sata/600 Drive: Backup of (E). These should be mirrored but it didn't happen that way for some reason...! (Mostly as above)
(F) 500gb Sata/300 Drive: This was an older drive that ended up as a PS scratch disk (The only one). It is mostly used for movies and LR catalogue backups. The LR Camera Raw Cache is also here (It's set to 100GB). (Freespace: 300GB) (Pagefile 2000mb)
Here are the intensive processes I wouldn't mind speeding up:
1) Importing and converting 1000's of 5D Mark 3 CR2 (RAW) files into DNG
2) Rendering 1:1 previews
3) Exporting apprx 500-800 full-res or Resized Jpegs from DNGs at a time
4) Exporting apprx 100-200 ZIP compressed tifs at a time
5) Saving Tif's with ZIP Compression in Photoshop CS5 & CS6 (If I'd like anything to be faster - it would be this. It can take anywhere from 20 seconds to 1 1/2 minutes to compress (ZIP) and save a flattened Tif with only minor changes eg. Cross process color changes. Resulting Tif files range from 60mb to 120-180mb). I don't have too many large (500GB+) layered Tif files on this computer so we can discount that. I also don't work with video or panoramas (for the forseeable future anyway!)
6) Batch processing SilverEFX Pro actions onto DNGs which are then saved as Tifs (as above in no 5)
*OS and Application start times are quite fast and are not an issue*
-The Usual process is to Export and Save images to the same harddrive as the Source file eg. a DNG on Drive (C) will be exported as a JPG to Drive (C)
I find no difference in terms of speed when Exporting from (C) to (D). Especially when you factor in the time it takes to copy the exported files back to (C) so that they're located in the same folder.
The Questions:
Q1: Does this setup make sense esp with regards to the Win Pagefile? Or is there something that isn't quite recommended (bottlenecking)?
Q2: If so how can I improve it? How might an SSD work best to improve performance esp with regards to point 5) - saving Tifs in PS? Or in LR perhaps as an Export or Save Disc? This may prove cumbersome as it requires the files to be moved back to disc (C) but if the performance gain is significant then whoopee!
Unfortunately SSD's are fairly pricey in the country I live in. A 120GB drive will cost about $160 a(affordable) and my current OS Drive (A) is already at 150GB of usesage (although this can be trimmed down). Mostly I'd rather not have to reinstall Windows and all my PS filers, fonts, minor programs etc but if the performance gain is worth it I could consider it.
The next level of SSD is at a currently unaffordable US$380.
I'd be grateful for any thoughts, this machine has come a long way since it was first assembled...!
Thank you in advance,
KC

Hello Epoch,
I think, there not many things that you can do do speed up your workflow. A few suggestions:
1) Importing and converting 1000's of 5D Mark 3 CR2 (RAW) files into DNG
-> USE an internal USB3 Card Reader ( reads more than 90 MB/s on my SDCard)
2) Rendering 1:1 previews
-> perhapst you skip the geneation of these files on import and first select images to delete. After deletion you can generate the previews.
3) Exporting apprx 500-800 full-res or Resized Jpegs from DNGs at a time
> exporting images is recorded inside the catalog. Updates on your catalog take place on every image you export. Therefor put the catalog on your fastest drive!
4) Exporting apprx 100-200 ZIP compressed tifs at a time
-> from you setup, I saw that you are using a 3770k @3.5 GHz. Overclocking? Mine 2500k is running @4.3Ghz since more than 1 1/2 year.
I tried myself to seedup LR by tweaking Windows7 - does not really worked for me.
You can try LR 4.2. There some reports, that is faster than 4.1.

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/dev/sda2 139,681,792 180,641,791 40,960,000 7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS
/dev/sda3 180,641,792 242,081,791 61,440,000 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 180,643,840 239,982,591 59,338,752 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 239,984,640 242,081,791 2,097,152 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda4 242,081,792 976,773,119 734,691,328 7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS
"blkid" output: ________________________________________________________________
Device UUID TYPE LABEL
/dev/sda1 5950F0AB218845D1 ntfs Juegos
/dev/sda2 F0FC4E7EFC4E3EDA ntfs
/dev/sda4 25EF7EEE7BF9CEE0 ntfs Datos
/dev/sda5 d24b6d6c-53ae-4559-b453-ab085e2625a6 ext4
/dev/sda6 c66e6518-27a5-46ab-8063-b8675049d58f swap
================================ Mount points: =================================
Device Mount_Point Type Options
/dev/sda4 /media/Datos fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,allow_other,blksize=4096)
/dev/sda5 / ext4 (rw,relatime,data=ordered)
================================ sda1/boot.ini: ================================
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
=========================== sda5/boot/grub/grub.cfg: ===========================
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
# It is automatically generated by grub-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
insmod part_gpt
insmod part_msdos
if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then
load_env
fi
set default="0"
if [ x"${feature_menuentry_id}" = xy ]; then
menuentry_id_option="--id"
else
menuentry_id_option=""
fi
export menuentry_id_option
if [ "${prev_saved_entry}" ]; then
set saved_entry="${prev_saved_entry}"
save_env saved_entry
set prev_saved_entry=
save_env prev_saved_entry
set boot_once=true
fi
function savedefault {
if [ -z "${boot_once}" ]; then
saved_entry="${chosen}"
save_env saved_entry
fi
function load_video {
if [ x$feature_all_video_module = xy ]; then
insmod all_video
else
insmod efi_gop
insmod efi_uga
insmod ieee1275_fb
insmod vbe
insmod vga
insmod video_bochs
insmod video_cirrus
fi
if [ x$feature_default_font_path = xy ] ; then
font=unicode
else
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,msdos5'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos5 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos5 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos5 d24b6d6c-53ae-4559-b453-ab085e2625a6
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root d24b6d6c-53ae-4559-b453-ab085e2625a6
fi
font="/usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2"
fi
if loadfont $font ; then
set gfxmode=auto
load_video
insmod gfxterm
set locale_dir=$prefix/locale
set lang=es_ES
insmod gettext
fi
terminal_input console
terminal_output gfxterm
set timeout=5
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry 'Arch GNU/Linux, with Linux core repo kernel' --class arch --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-core repo kernel-true-d24b6d6c-
53ae-4559-b453-ab085e2625a6' {
load_video
set gfxpayload=keep
insmod gzio
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,msdos5'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos5 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos5 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos5 d24b6d6c-53ae-4559-b453-ab085e2625a6
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root d24b6d6c-53ae-4559-b453-ab085e2625a6
fi
echo 'Loading Linux core repo kernel ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-linux root=UUID=d24b6d6c-53ae-4559-b453-ab085e2625a6 ro quiet
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initramfs-linux.img
menuentry 'Arch GNU/Linux, with Linux core repo kernel (Fallback initramfs)' --class arch --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-core repo
kernel-fallback-d24b6d6c-53ae-4559-b453-ab085e2625a6' {
load_video
set gfxpayload=keep
insmod gzio
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,msdos5'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos5 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos5 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos5 d24b6d6c-53ae-4559-b453-ab085e2625a6
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root d24b6d6c-53ae-4559-b453-ab085e2625a6
fi
echo 'Loading Linux core repo kernel ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-linux root=UUID=d24b6d6c-53ae-4559-b453-ab085e2625a6 ro quiet
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
### END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment. Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
#Windows 7 Loader
menuentry "Windows Loader" {
set root=(hd0,2)
chainloader (hd0,2)+1
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
if [ -f ${config_directory}/custom.cfg ]; then
source ${config_directory}/custom.cfg
elif [ -z "${config_directory}" -a -f $prefix/custom.cfg ]; then
source $prefix/custom.cfg;
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
=============================== sda5/etc/fstab: ================================
# /etc/fstab: static file system information
# <file system> <dir> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
tmpfs /tmp tmpfs nodev,nosuid 0 0
# UUID=d24b6d6c-53ae-4559-b453-ab085e2625a6
/dev/sda5 / ext4 rw,relatime,data=ordered 0 1
# UUID=B2A1-1615
#/dev/sdc1 /media/pen vfat rw,relatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro 0 2
# UUID=c66e6518-27a5-46ab-8063-b8675049d58f
/dev/sda6 none swap defaults 0 0
/dev/sda4 /media/Datos ntfs-3g rw,relatime,auto 0 1
============================= sda5/etc/lilo.conf: ==============================
# /etc/lilo.conf
boot=/dev/hda
# This line often fixes L40 errors on bootup
# disk=/dev/hda bios=0x80
default=arch
timeout=50
lba32
prompt
image=/boot/vmlinuz-linux
label=arch
root=/dev/hda3
initrd=/boot/initramfs-linux.img
read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz-linux
label=arch-fallback
root=/dev/hda3
initrd=/boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img
read-only
#other=/dev/hda1
# label=dos
======================= sda5/boot/syslinux/syslinux.cfg: =======================
# Config file for Syslinux -
# /boot/syslinux/syslinux.cfg
# Comboot modules:
# * menu.c32 - provides a text menu
# * vesamenu.c32 - provides a graphical menu
# * chain.c32 - chainload MBRs, partition boot sectors, Windows bootloaders
# * hdt.c32 - hardware detection tool
# * reboot.c32 - reboots the system
# * poweroff.com - shutdown the system
# To Use: Copy the respective files from /usr/lib/syslinux to /boot/syslinux.
# If /usr and /boot are on the same file system, symlink the files instead
# of copying them.
# If you do not use a menu, a 'boot:' prompt will be shown and the system
# will boot automatically after 5 seconds.
# Please review the wiki: [url]https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Syslinux[/url]
# The wiki provides further configuration examples
DEFAULT arch
PROMPT 0 # Set to 1 if you always want to display the boot: prompt
TIMEOUT 50
# You can create syslinux keymaps with the keytab-lilo tool
#KBDMAP de.ktl
# Menu Configuration
# Either menu.c32 or vesamenu32.c32 must be copied to /boot/syslinux
UI menu.c32
#UI vesamenu.c32
# Refer to [url]http://syslinux.zytor.com/wiki/index.php/Doc/menu[/url]
MENU TITLE Arch Linux
#MENU BACKGROUND splash.png
MENU COLOR border 30;44 #40ffffff #a0000000 std
MENU COLOR title 1;36;44 #9033ccff #a0000000 std
MENU COLOR sel 7;37;40 #e0ffffff #20ffffff all
MENU COLOR unsel 37;44 #50ffffff #a0000000 std
MENU COLOR help 37;40 #c0ffffff #a0000000 std
MENU COLOR timeout_msg 37;40 #80ffffff #00000000 std
MENU COLOR timeout 1;37;40 #c0ffffff #00000000 std
MENU COLOR msg07 37;40 #90ffffff #a0000000 std
MENU COLOR tabmsg 31;40 #30ffffff #00000000 std
# boot sections follow
# TIP: If you want a 1024x768 framebuffer, add "vga=773" to your kernel line.
LABEL arch
MENU LABEL Arch Linux
LINUX ../vmlinuz-linux
APPEND root=/dev/sda3 ro
INITRD ../initramfs-linux.img
LABEL archfallback
MENU LABEL Arch Linux Fallback
LINUX ../vmlinuz-linux
APPEND root=/dev/sda3 ro
INITRD ../initramfs-linux-fallback.img
#LABEL windows
# MENU LABEL Windows
# COM32 chain.c32
# APPEND hd0 1
LABEL hdt
MENU LABEL HDT (Hardware Detection Tool)
COM32 hdt.c32
LABEL reboot
MENU LABEL Reboot
COM32 reboot.c32
LABEL off
MENU LABEL Power Off
COMBOOT poweroff.com
=================== sda5: Location of files loaded by Grub: ====================
GiB - GB File Fragment(s)
90.323257446 = 96.983859200 boot/grub/grub.cfg 1
112.360614777 = 120.646291456 boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img 1
87.491901398 = 93.943713792 boot/initramfs-linux.img 1
110.640808105 = 118.799663104 boot/vmlinuz-linux 1
================= sda5: Location of files loaded by Syslinux: ==================
GiB - GB File Fragment(s)
98.263214111 = 105.509322752 boot/syslinux/syslinux.cfg 1
======================== Unknown MBRs/Boot Sectors/etc: ========================
Unknown BootLoader on sda3
00000000 96 6f 4e 5e d0 3b 99 1c 18 98 de 4a ca 47 ed 0a |.oN^.;.....J.G..|
00000010 72 79 71 b5 e0 5d 2c f5 c1 71 de d9 63 04 84 c7 |ryq..],..q..c...|
00000020 b2 6f 3e a3 5f 99 1b a0 2d 78 17 ad fb 69 ee c2 |.o>._...-x...i..|
00000030 a9 4e 96 33 a1 1c c3 80 06 ee 22 f1 be 5a 06 62 |.N.3......"..Z.b|
00000040 c8 8f 6f d6 bb cf 7e 12 c0 d8 5b 90 85 95 ff 1e |..o...~...[.....|
00000050 80 fa ea 89 d5 aa e6 cd b5 ed 01 93 24 05 fb 81 |............$...|
00000060 00 00 0c f6 08 00 00 e8 01 42 5c 00 00 00 00 af |.........B\.....|
00000070 01 21 0c 4f bf ff ff ff ff fe a9 c2 61 50 91 84 |.!.O........aP..|
00000080 64 11 09 04 7e 37 1d 71 aa 99 ed 37 5a 9e 6b 61 |d...~7.q...7Z.ka|
00000090 75 ca f9 b6 d2 eb 89 47 14 ba be bc b6 1e c7 fc |u......G........|
000000a0 7f 36 30 c5 54 f6 c5 9d dc e4 e7 1a af 69 4e bc |.60.T........iN.|
000000b0 12 94 d0 81 d2 f1 a9 4d d4 6f b1 25 e8 0f dc a2 |.......M.o.%....|
000000c0 e8 de 64 84 c5 a4 67 32 95 c0 00 51 27 70 0b 08 |..d...g2...Q'p..|
000000d0 82 f6 02 e0 80 02 c1 00 05 a6 0a 00 22 16 00 5c |............"..\|
000000e0 00 99 20 05 00 04 40 00 00 25 4a e1 60 a0 48 c2 |.. ...@..%J.`.H.|
000000f0 62 08 fc 4e b8 be ab 5b f3 51 c5 ca c8 bb ad 97 |b..N...[.Q......|
00000100 b9 59 17 37 24 c8 4b 6a f5 c8 7e 21 68 d0 52 ba |.Y.7$.Kj..~!h.R.|
00000110 dc ae 15 ed 16 8d 48 c7 21 12 e8 1c 9c 6f 44 bb |......H.!....oD.|
00000120 16 82 f5 23 69 e7 09 f7 25 45 55 93 08 b9 44 c5 |...#i...%EU...D.|
00000130 8a 09 b1 16 9c 80 05 2c 2b 31 0a c4 50 13 00 27 |.......,+1..P..'|
00000140 40 12 54 09 00 02 40 a0 02 f3 00 98 01 30 50 01 |@[email protected].|
00000150 10 14 00 01 70 01 c0 00 00 00 f3 08 00 00 e5 01 |....p...........|
00000160 42 73 00 00 00 00 af 01 21 2c 4f ff ff ff ff ff |Bs......!,O.....|
00000170 fe a6 02 61 40 91 87 e9 6b 89 d6 aa b8 bc b4 f3 |[email protected].......|
00000180 b9 55 14 cd 65 65 4a ae 12 a5 8b 4b bf a7 20 be |.U..eeJ....K.. .|
00000190 97 e8 79 05 32 cb 1b 76 c6 34 a5 99 6d 7e 48 dd |..y.2..v.4..m~H.|
000001a0 b9 d6 1c 46 51 c9 06 49 2d 05 b0 05 63 64 62 50 |...FQ..I-...cdbP|
000001b0 bc 65 05 9b 83 18 98 1c 20 7e 00 13 28 81 00 fe |.e...... ~..(...|
000001c0 ff ff 83 fe ff ff 00 08 00 00 00 70 89 03 00 fe |...........p....|
000001d0 ff ff 05 fe ff ff 00 78 89 03 00 08 20 00 00 00 |.......x.... ...|
000001e0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000001f0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Boot Info Script 0.61 [1 April 2012]
============================= Boot Info Summary: ===============================
=> Grub2 (v1.99) is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda and looks at sector 1 of
the same hard drive for core.img. core.img is at this location and looks
in partition 99 for .
sda1: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows XP: NTFS
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System: Windows 7
Boot files: /boot.ini /bootmgr /Boot/BCD
/Windows/System32/winload.exe /ntldr /NTDETECT.COM
sda2: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows XP: NTFS
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System: Windows XP
Boot files: /NTLDR /NTDETECT.COM
sda3: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: Extended Partition
Boot sector type: Unknown
Boot sector info:
sda5: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System: Arch Linux ()
Boot files: /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab /etc/lilo.conf
/boot/syslinux/syslinux.cfg
sda6: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: swap
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sda4: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows Vista/7: NTFS
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:
Boot files:
============================ Drive/Partition Info: =============================
Drive: sda _____________________________________________________________________
Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes, 976773168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Partition Boot Start Sector End Sector # of Sectors Id System
/dev/sda1 * 2,048 139,681,791 139,679,744 7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS
/dev/sda2 139,681,792 180,641,791 40,960,000 7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS
/dev/sda3 180,641,792 242,081,791 61,440,000 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 180,643,840 239,982,591 59,338,752 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 239,984,640 242,081,791 2,097,152 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda4 242,081,792 976,773,119 734,691,328 7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS
"blkid" output: ________________________________________________________________
Device UUID TYPE LABEL
/dev/sda1 5950F0AB218845D1 ntfs Juegos
/dev/sda2 F0FC4E7EFC4E3EDA ntfs
/dev/sda4 25EF7EEE7BF9CEE0 ntfs Datos
/dev/sda5 d24b6d6c-53ae-4559-b453-ab085e2625a6 ext4
/dev/sda6 c66e6518-27a5-46ab-8063-b8675049d58f swap
================================ Mount points: =================================
Device Mount_Point Type Options
/dev/sda4 /media/Datos fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,allow_other,blksize=4096)
/dev/sda5 / ext4 (rw,relatime,data=ordered)
================================ sda1/boot.ini: ================================
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
=========================== sda5/boot/grub/grub.cfg: ===========================
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
# It is automatically generated by grub-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
insmod part_gpt
insmod part_msdos
if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then
load_env
fi
set default="0"
if [ x"${feature_menuentry_id}" = xy ]; then
menuentry_id_option="--id"
else
menuentry_id_option=""
fi
export menuentry_id_option
if [ "${prev_saved_entry}" ]; then
set saved_entry="${prev_saved_entry}"
save_env saved_entry
set prev_saved_entry=
save_env prev_saved_entry
set boot_once=true
fi
function savedefault {
if [ -z "${boot_once}" ]; then
saved_entry="${chosen}"
save_env saved_entry
fi
function load_video {
if [ x$feature_all_video_module = xy ]; then
insmod all_video
else
insmod efi_gop
insmod efi_uga
insmod ieee1275_fb
insmod vbe
insmod vga
insmod video_bochs
insmod video_cirrus
fi
if [ x$feature_default_font_path = xy ] ; then
font=unicode
else
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,msdos5'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos5 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos5 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos5 d24b6d6c-53ae-4559-b453-ab085e2625a6
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root d24b6d6c-53ae-4559-b453-ab085e2625a6
fi
font="/usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2"
fi
if loadfont $font ; then
set gfxmode=auto
load_video
insmod gfxterm
set locale_dir=$prefix/locale
set lang=es_ES
insmod gettext
fi
terminal_input console
terminal_output gfxterm
set timeout=5
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry 'Arch GNU/Linux, with Linux core repo kernel' --class arch --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-core repo kernel-true-d24b6d6c-
53ae-4559-b453-ab085e2625a6' {
load_video
set gfxpayload=keep
insmod gzio
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,msdos5'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos5 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos5 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos5 d24b6d6c-53ae-4559-b453-ab085e2625a6
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root d24b6d6c-53ae-4559-b453-ab085e2625a6
fi
echo 'Loading Linux core repo kernel ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-linux root=UUID=d24b6d6c-53ae-4559-b453-ab085e2625a6 ro quiet
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initramfs-linux.img
menuentry 'Arch GNU/Linux, with Linux core repo kernel (Fallback initramfs)' --class arch --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-core repo
kernel-fallback-d24b6d6c-53ae-4559-b453-ab085e2625a6' {
load_video
set gfxpayload=keep
insmod gzio
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,msdos5'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos5 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos5 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos5 d24b6d6c-53ae-4559-b453-ab085e2625a6
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root d24b6d6c-53ae-4559-b453-ab085e2625a6
fi
echo 'Loading Linux core repo kernel ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-linux root=UUID=d24b6d6c-53ae-4559-b453-ab085e2625a6 ro quiet
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
### END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment. Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
#Windows 7 Loader
menuentry "Windows Loader" {
set root=(hd0,2)
chainloader (hd0,2)+1
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
if [ -f ${config_directory}/custom.cfg ]; then
source ${config_directory}/custom.cfg
elif [ -z "${config_directory}" -a -f $prefix/custom.cfg ]; then
source $prefix/custom.cfg;
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
=============================== sda5/etc/fstab: ================================
# /etc/fstab: static file system information
# <file system> <dir> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
tmpfs /tmp tmpfs nodev,nosuid 0 0
# UUID=d24b6d6c-53ae-4559-b453-ab085e2625a6
/dev/sda5 / ext4 rw,relatime,data=ordered 0 1
# UUID=B2A1-1615
#/dev/sdc1 /media/pen vfat rw,relatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro 0 2
# UUID=c66e6518-27a5-46ab-8063-b8675049d58f
/dev/sda6 none swap defaults 0 0
/dev/sda4 /media/Datos ntfs-3g rw,relatime,auto 0 1
============================= sda5/etc/lilo.conf: ==============================
# /etc/lilo.conf
boot=/dev/hda
# This line often fixes L40 errors on bootup
# disk=/dev/hda bios=0x80
default=arch
timeout=50
lba32
prompt
image=/boot/vmlinuz-linux
label=arch
root=/dev/hda3
initrd=/boot/initramfs-linux.img
read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz-linux
label=arch-fallback
root=/dev/hda3
initrd=/boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img
read-only
#other=/dev/hda1
# label=dos
======================= sda5/boot/syslinux/syslinux.cfg: =======================
# Config file for Syslinux -
# /boot/syslinux/syslinux.cfg
# Comboot modules:
# * menu.c32 - provides a text menu
# * vesamenu.c32 - provides a graphical menu
# * chain.c32 - chainload MBRs, partition boot sectors, Windows bootloaders
# * hdt.c32 - hardware detection tool
# * reboot.c32 - reboots the system
# * poweroff.com - shutdown the system
# To Use: Copy the respective files from /usr/lib/syslinux to /boot/syslinux.
# If /usr and /boot are on the same file system, symlink the files instead
# of copying them.
# If you do not use a menu, a 'boot:' prompt will be shown and the system
# will boot automatically after 5 seconds.
# Please review the wiki: [url]https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Syslinux[/url]
# The wiki provides further configuration examples
DEFAULT arch
PROMPT 0 # Set to 1 if you always want to display the boot: prompt
TIMEOUT 50
# You can create syslinux keymaps with the keytab-lilo tool
#KBDMAP de.ktl
# Menu Configuration
# Either menu.c32 or vesamenu32.c32 must be copied to /boot/syslinux
UI menu.c32
#UI vesamenu.c32
# Refer to [url]http://syslinux.zytor.com/wiki/index.php/Doc/menu[/url]
MENU TITLE Arch Linux
#MENU BACKGROUND splash.png
MENU COLOR border 30;44 #40ffffff #a0000000 std
MENU COLOR title 1;36;44 #9033ccff #a0000000 std
MENU COLOR sel 7;37;40 #e0ffffff #20ffffff all
MENU COLOR unsel 37;44 #50ffffff #a0000000 std
MENU COLOR help 37;40 #c0ffffff #a0000000 std
MENU COLOR timeout_msg 37;40 #80ffffff #00000000 std
MENU COLOR timeout 1;37;40 #c0ffffff #00000000 std
MENU COLOR msg07 37;40 #90ffffff #a0000000 std
MENU COLOR tabmsg 31;40 #30ffffff #00000000 std
# boot sections follow
# TIP: If you want a 1024x768 framebuffer, add "vga=773" to your kernel line.
LABEL arch
MENU LABEL Arch Linux
LINUX ../vmlinuz-linux
APPEND root=/dev/sda3 ro
INITRD ../initramfs-linux.img
LABEL archfallback
MENU LABEL Arch Linux Fallback
LINUX ../vmlinuz-linux
APPEND root=/dev/sda3 ro
INITRD ../initramfs-linux-fallback.img
#LABEL windows
# MENU LABEL Windows
# COM32 chain.c32
# APPEND hd0 1
LABEL hdt
MENU LABEL HDT (Hardware Detection Tool)
COM32 hdt.c32
LABEL reboot
MENU LABEL Reboot
COM32 reboot.c32
LABEL off
MENU LABEL Power Off
COMBOOT poweroff.com
=================== sda5: Location of files loaded by Grub: ====================
GiB - GB File Fragment(s)
90.323257446 = 96.983859200 boot/grub/grub.cfg 1
112.360614777 = 120.646291456 boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img 1
87.491901398 = 93.943713792 boot/initramfs-linux.img 1
110.640808105 = 118.799663104 boot/vmlinuz-linux 1
================= sda5: Location of files loaded by Syslinux: ==================
GiB - GB File Fragment(s)
98.263214111 = 105.509322752 boot/syslinux/syslinux.cfg 1
======================== Unknown MBRs/Boot Sectors/etc: ========================
Unknown BootLoader on sda3
00000000 96 6f 4e 5e d0 3b 99 1c 18 98 de 4a ca 47 ed 0a |.oN^.;.....J.G..|
00000010 72 79 71 b5 e0 5d 2c f5 c1 71 de d9 63 04 84 c7 |ryq..],..q..c...|
00000020 b2 6f 3e a3 5f 99 1b a0 2d 78 17 ad fb 69 ee c2 |.o>._...-x...i..|
00000030 a9 4e 96 33 a1 1c c3 80 06 ee 22 f1 be 5a 06 62 |.N.3......"..Z.b|
00000040 c8 8f 6f d6 bb cf 7e 12 c0 d8 5b 90 85 95 ff 1e |..o...~...[.....|
00000050 80 fa ea 89 d5 aa e6 cd b5 ed 01 93 24 05 fb 81 |............$...|
00000060 00 00 0c f6 08 00 00 e8 01 42 5c 00 00 00 00 af |.........B\.....|
00000070 01 21 0c 4f bf ff ff ff ff fe a9 c2 61 50 91 84 |.!.O........aP..|
00000080 64 11 09 04 7e 37 1d 71 aa 99 ed 37 5a 9e 6b 61 |d...~7.q...7Z.ka|
00000090 75 ca f9 b6 d2 eb 89 47 14 ba be bc b6 1e c7 fc |u......G........|
000000a0 7f 36 30 c5 54 f6 c5 9d dc e4 e7 1a af 69 4e bc |.60.T........iN.|
000000b0 12 94 d0 81 d2 f1 a9 4d d4 6f b1 25 e8 0f dc a2 |.......M.o.%....|
000000c0 e8 de 64 84 c5 a4 67 32 95 c0 00 51 27 70 0b 08 |..d...g2...Q'p..|
000000d0 82 f6 02 e0 80 02 c1 00 05 a6 0a 00 22 16 00 5c |............"..\|
000000e0 00 99 20 05 00 04 40 00 00 25 4a e1 60 a0 48 c2 |.. ...@..%J.`.H.|
000000f0 62 08 fc 4e b8 be ab 5b f3 51 c5 ca c8 bb ad 97 |b..N...[.Q......|
00000100 b9 59 17 37 24 c8 4b 6a f5 c8 7e 21 68 d0 52 ba |.Y.7$.Kj..~!h.R.|
00000110 dc ae 15 ed 16 8d 48 c7 21 12 e8 1c 9c 6f 44 bb |......H.!....oD.|
00000120 16 82 f5 23 69 e7 09 f7 25 45 55 93 08 b9 44 c5 |...#i...%EU...D.|
00000130 8a 09 b1 16 9c 80 05 2c 2b 31 0a c4 50 13 00 27 |.......,+1..P..'|
00000140 40 12 54 09 00 02 40 a0 02 f3 00 98 01 30 50 01 |@[email protected].|
00000150 10 14 00 01 70 01 c0 00 00 00 f3 08 00 00 e5 01 |....p...........|
00000160 42 73 00 00 00 00 af 01 21 2c 4f ff ff ff ff ff |Bs......!,O.....|
00000170 fe a6 02 61 40 91 87 e9 6b 89 d6 aa b8 bc b4 f3 |[email protected].......|
00000180 b9 55 14 cd 65 65 4a ae 12 a5 8b 4b bf a7 20 be |.U..eeJ....K.. .|
00000190 97 e8 79 05 32 cb 1b 76 c6 34 a5 99 6d 7e 48 dd |..y.2..v.4..m~H.|
000001a0 b9 d6 1c 46 51 c9 06 49 2d 05 b0 05 63 64 62 50 |...FQ..I-...cdbP|
000001b0 bc 65 05 9b 83 18 98 1c 20 7e 00 13 28 81 00 fe |.e...... ~..(...|
000001c0 ff ff 83 fe ff ff 00 08 00 00 00 70 89 03 00 fe |...........p....|
000001d0 ff ff 05 fe ff ff 00 78 89 03 00 08 20 00 00 00 |.......x.... ...|
000001e0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000001f0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 55 aa |..............U.|
00000200
=============================== StdErr Messages: ===============================
No volume groups found
mdadm: No arrays found in config file or automatically
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 55 aa |..............U.|
00000200
=============================== StdErr Messages: ===============================
No volume groups found
mdadm: No arrays found in config file or automatically
Last edited by Zzipo (2013-01-07 22:12:58)

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Hello and good day,
I've installed win7 ultimate a few days ago and windows managed to recognize most of my hardware accept my build in mic and camera and another component I am not sure about what it is (Windows update automatically downloaded the sound and graphics driver for me).
My questions are - where can find the remaining drivers and where can I get the preinstalled Toshiba tools and software? (The driver site in the Toshiba support page does not include those drivers and software)
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Hi
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At first I must say that I don't know where you have searched drivers and Toshiba tools and utilities because all stuff is downloadable on Toshiba support & download page under http://eu.computers.toshiba-europe.com
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I switched from PCs to Macs about 1/2 a year ago to due overwhelming frustration at numerous Windows crashes. I have used Adobe Premiere Pro, Audition and Encore on a PC desktop to do video projects. I now have a 17" 1.67 Powerbook with 2gb of ram and the FCP suite. On a Windows PC, I tweaked everything to get the most out of the computer, partitioned a drive for the video projects, did regular defragging etc etc.
Now that I am on a Mac, I am not sure what needs to be done and what doesn't. I have an external 320 gb Firewire 800 HD that has my iTunes library, some backup files and will be the drive I use to capture video to and edit from. The drive is not partitioned. I have read that partitioning is not really necessary in Mac OS as the file management is much better. I would like to partition it anyway to make a small boot drive in case the hard drive on the Powerbook fails. Is there any benefit to partitioning a drive for video/sound files for FCP projects?
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Thanks,
Philip
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General things to do ...
Repair Disk Permissions
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Verify Directory Structure
Disk Warrior is a file directory repair/optimization program. It analyzes and repairs your disk directory structure as well as optimizing it. It will pick up and repair problems that the OSX included Disk Repair Utility can not address. It is an essential tool.
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x

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