SSD worth buying just for windows?

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Originally Posted by peterb

I posted in the other SSD thread - but I wonder if SSDs are being used to treat symptoms of system problems, rather than address underlying issues. Where people report a reduction in boot times from several minutes to maybe one or two, I'd suggest that some basic housekeeping and fault investigation would reveal boot errors. Logs are a good place to start.

Fixing those before thinking about SSDa might be a good idea. By all means go for an SSD after that - but don't use an SSD to mask an underlying problem.

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Maybe. But my "reference" machine boots in about 90 seconds, or less, from, say, a 640GB Caviar Blue (decent, but not exactly blinding quick drive, and a bit old now), to about 18 seconds on SSD (Crucial 128GB M4).

That was a drive image, or a setup installed for HD not SSD.

Installing a fresh Win7 OS install directly into that same crucial, then installing my major apps (firewall, AV, email, Office, Photoshop, and a few others) still took about 18 secs, give or take 1 or 2. Close enough for it to be functionally identical.

Where someone has a boot time taking 8 or 10 minutes, I'd strongly suspect some underlying issue, and I've never had a well-maintained system take even 3 or 4 minutes (*) ..... but I've sorted out enough systems for friends or clients that have.



(*) Certainly not in recent times. If I go back into pre-history, maybe I just don't remember it.

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Originally Posted by Saracen

If I go back into pre-history, maybe I just don't remember it.

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Is that because you don't have an SSD? :D

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Originally Posted by peterb

Is that because you don't have an SSD? :D

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Well, the first thing that goes with age is your memory.

The second is ..... erm ..... ummm??

:D

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Originally Posted by Saracen

Well, the first thing that goes with age is your memory.

The second is ..... erm ..... ummm??

:D

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