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Post by pierre on Oct 8, 2014 15:47:52 GMT
What benefits would I see if I bought a desktop Pc which had a 128gb ssd as well as a common or garden hard drive ?
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Post by fletch on Oct 8, 2014 15:52:04 GMT
Much faster speeds as the computer don't have to read from a rotating disc
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Post by nob on Oct 8, 2014 15:56:44 GMT
If you had windows on the solid state one the boot up would be almost instantanious. For me the large capacity ones are too expensive. But if you can make do with 128 and use a big mechanical HD for storage then go for it.
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Post by pierre on Oct 8, 2014 15:59:57 GMT
Thanks,Fletch.This is what I thought.When you boot up,does the ssd kick in first ?.Ergo does it fill up first ?
Or maybe one has to choose which drive to operate.
Mind you I am in the elderly confused club,so be gentle with me !
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Post by nob on Oct 8, 2014 16:04:24 GMT
If windows is on it yes.
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Post by fletch on Oct 8, 2014 16:11:09 GMT
The operating system will be on the ssd so it's fast but pictures documents videos will be stored on the normal drive
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Post by pierre on Oct 9, 2014 13:47:28 GMT
Thanks to you both
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Post by mojo1941 on Oct 17, 2014 17:11:03 GMT
beware of SSD HDD's very whizzy YES BUT they self destruct in use if disk mmm? word not cleaned up but defragged are destructed - all the above from when I replaced the 16 Gb HDD SSD in my dell mini 9 = now a cult note book and respected by all who own one runs xp when made but clever clogs run almost any os around
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Post by calimanco on Oct 18, 2014 15:08:47 GMT
Translation.  Do not defrag an SSD, Because of the way it works, its not required. W7 and W8 replace the auto defrag with an auto TRIM command which runs every few weeks. Running defrag regularly will shorten the life of the drive. Do not put XP on an SSD. It doesn't support TRIM and will slow down and eventually grind to a halt. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trim_(computing) |
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Post by mojo1941 on Oct 18, 2014 20:39:39 GMT
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