Right, my secondy HDD is failing so I've ordered a 128gb SSD drive. What advice/tips do you offer your most noble of admins?
Thanks.
Right, my secondy HDD is failing so I've ordered a 128gb SSD drive. What advice/tips do you offer your most noble of admins?
Thanks.
Install your OS into the SSD otherwise most of it's benefits are lost due to overhead created on the OS whenever you do anything on the pc
If you're running a windows :
switch temp folder to a HDD otherwise it will eat up a lot of your SSD just to store stuff temporary e.g. when opening a win rar
CongratsOriginally Posted by MentaL
You will never go back
Might as well turn off hibernate and page file (or move page file to hdd). If you are like me, you page will be 8GB and hiber another 4 I think.
I also thought about the page files but you could argue that the page files actually boost your performance a lot if they are on the SSD, even if they cost as many GB as your Ram is big
well my current primary hd will be my backup for the SSD. I'll transfer the partitions over using paragon ssd migration (quicker and easier). I'll only keep basic stuff on the SSD (Browser, recording software and such..) otherwise the backup harddrive will store all the data.
128gb is just a fail-safe since 64 is just too little.
Disable system restore & indexing & default Defrag. Enable trim & write caching.
More info here if you don't know how - SSD Tweak Guide
Also the 128GB simply performs better than 64GB, which one did you get btw?
This.
If you don't use it, disable hibernate too. And if you have enough RAM you can safely disable the page file entirely.
crucial m4.
Good buy, make sure you slam on the latest firmware once you get it
Ah, choice excellent my friend. As The Fonsinator said, make sure you got the latest firmware. Just plug it in as a secondary drive first and check the firmware version and update if you need to, then put the OS on it.
Excellent choice of SSD! Have one myself as well.
i figured people would approve ^__^ don't worry! the new firmware is badass and i'm totally ready to flash.
Superman had anal rapeage with an HDD, and out popped an SSD.
So yeah, SSD's rock in every way. You will let loose a HUGE smile when you realize the difference it makes in all around performance on your computer, bud!
aww man so keen to get an SSD now ._.
Lol, that took you long enough. :P
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