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Hmm so if Im on a Desktop , do I install the Samsung SSD the same way he did with his laptop ??
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if you already have Win 7 why not just wait till Win 9 comes out.
You will still have to reinstall to reassociate the location, but it will be a lot quicker than if you were installing from scratch.Hmm I guess it won't be much problem for my games then , since Im only going to be formatting the C: section of my HDD.
HOPEFULLY !
You meant by the formally C: on my HDD then ?
So as I answered, yes.Hmm so as I asked , can I just merge it back to D: basically my HDD first and second HDD will be D: and G: left while C: will be my SSD
I think windows can do this in Computer Management/Disk Management.Since I recall merging back a partition sometimes it wont just work, you might need a 3rd Party program or something.
Never heard of this on a HDD. SSD, sure. But you are not merging an SSD. That is called alignment if I understood you correctly.Or maybe even a higher version of OS , some claim that due to the file positioning on the HDD you might not able to merge it back.
Never heard of this on a HDD. SSD, sure. But you are not merging an SSD. That is called alignment if I understood you correctly.
You misunderstood and mixed two things...
If you have an SSD, yes you can merge it if you split it. Same as a HDD. What you mixed up was the alignment part. SSD's need aligned (done automatically upon installation of your OS from Vista forward). What becomes troublesome is if you try to image a HDD and drop it on a SSD. Whatever application you use would need to re-align things (but you are not doing that so do not worry about it).
Do not defrag an SSD. Its not a HDD. SSD's have TRIM and Garbage collection which is automatic and done in the background.
This was an interesting and informative thread about SSD's. Thanks to everyone for answering Ghost-Nova's questions.
I'm thinking of getting a smallish SSD now for my dual boot XP - 7 install -- mostly because it will speed up loading of my RAM disk
on the XP install.
Yes, this was a good thread.
I just got my first SSD (Samsung 850 Pro - 256G) and installed it last night. I also got a new 1TB 6Gbs WD Black that I am installing later this afternoon. I also have my older 1TB 6Gbs Seagate Barracuda, which has my only usable copy of MS Office on it (professional plus 2010, I have the key, but cant find a download anywhere).
I have to say the speed of opening browsers, games, etc is unbelievably fast; I can't believe I hesitated to get my first one....
Tonight, I'm going to play around with installing Win7 SP1 on my new WD Black and see if I can get these 3 discs to play nice on my Gigabyte UD5 MB....
I've never setup any rigs with multiple drives and have never done a RAID, so I've got some homework to do. In the past, I've had 2 HDD's, but I switched using them by changing the boot order in BIOS. I'm sure there is a much easier way to handle this with 3 drives, so wish me luck!!
Thanks again for all the knowledge. I should be more active here....
The solution to MS Office? Open Office, all the functionality of the MS Office suite for free (and it works on Linux).
Open Office was recently renamed Libre Office: http://www.libreoffice.org/