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1) Should I first run the Clean All command to wipe the drive before loading a image on it?

2) What effect does re-imaging a SSD have on the data, partitions and files that are already on the drive?

The program I use is Acronis TI 2011 that they say has full SSD support. But what does that really mean. During the re-image TI deletes all partitions and then recreates them as to what is contained in the image, even if they are the same.Reading some reports about SSDs deleting partitions & formatting the speed of the SSD was reduced by just deleting a partition and then recreating it and wasn't reduced by just formatting it. In fact formatting it seemed to improve the performance.So now I'm wondering Should I go back and format or run the Clean All command and then re-image the drive with that original image.

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