Solid State Drive

64 Bit Win 7

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Hey guys!  My new SSD arrives tomorrow. I thought some of you who already went there may have some tips?

 

 

Like, migrate vs clean install?

 

Anything I have to tweak?

 

 

Specifications
OCZ Vertex Plus 120GB 2.5" SATA II SSD
    Drive Type:  Solid State Drive
    Capacity:  120 GB
    Interface Type:  SATA II
    Buffer Memory:  64MB
    Average Seek (msec):  0.1
    Write Speed:  up to 160 MB/sec
    Read Speed:  up to 250 MB/sec
    Form Factor:  2.5"
    MTBF:  1,500,000 hrs.
    Temperature, Operating (°C):  0 to 70
    Temperature, Nonoperating (°C):  -45 to 85
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

http://lifehacker.com/5837543/how-to-migrate-to-a-solid+state-drive-without-reinstalling-windows

http://lifehacker.com/5837769/make-sure-your-partitions-are-correctly-aligned-for-optimal-solid-state-drive-performance

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Jeff-Foxworthys-Redneck-Dictionary-III/dp/0345498488?tag=duckduckgo-d-20

Two very good articles on "How to". You do have to be able to read, though... so I threw in the third (that's the middle finger plus one on both sides) ;)

Congrats, good luck, and enjoy ya Redneck! Happy for you. :)

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Clean Install!!

run Windows Experience Index

move libraries to a platter drive

move pagefile to a platter drive

disable hibernation

move all temp folders to a platter drive

Siege of Centauri
Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I assume you mean to move library contents.

 

I have a lot of stuff installed that I never use...

 

I guess dual booting kinda defeats the purpose?

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting RedneckDude, reply 3
I have a lot of stuff installed that I never use...

Get rid of it. This is the perfect opportunity to clean house. No mercy. If you don't use it, get it away from your working computer and it's rgistry. The more software you have, the more potential weird problems from interactions and incompatibilities. Worse comes to worse, put that stuff on a zip drive (and label it).

Dual booting... yes. It'll defeat the purpose. keep the other OS somewhere else or on a different machine.

Look at the articles, Jim. Also, look at this. Ed Bott really knows his stuff.

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/windows-7-and-ssds-setup-secrets-and-tune-up-tweaks/2910

Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Saved all three links. Would have saved four but I already have a dictionary.

Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Specifications
OCZ Vertex Plus 120GB 2.5" SATA II SSD
Drive Type: Solid State Drive

Capacity: 120 GB

Interface Type: SATA II

Buffer Memory: 64MB

Average Seek (msec): 0.1

Write Speed: up to 160 MB/sec

Read Speed: up to 250 MB/sec

Form Factor: 2.5"

MTBF: 1,500,000 hrs.

Temperature, Operating (°C): 0 to 70

Temperature, Nonoperating (°C): -45 to 85

Hey Jim, I have the exact same drive and have found it to be an excellent piece of hardware..... beats the heck out out a platter drive and I'm sure you'll get many years of great service from it.  I've since gotten myself a Corsair Series 3 120GB to run as my primary OS drive, it's faster again, but the OCZ Vertex is still a great servant