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Alright so I have a ssd and was wondering what would happen if I deleted a bunch of things if it would regain that used space. Like I made a noob mistake on my built and got a 220 GB soild state drive instead of a small ssd and a large hd.

I remember begin told that that the used space just stays there on a hd but I can't remember on a ssd
 
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It is still there in the recycle bin in case you need to retrieve it.
When you remove it from the recycle bin is when you actually reclaim space on a drive. No special tools needed.
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There's nothing wrong with a 220GB SSD. It gives you plenty of room for your applications/games etc. Just delete what you don't want and the space should be available for use again (assuming you empty the recycle bin).

You can still get a large HD to go with your SSD if you want.
 
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On the contrary, I like the 220gb ssd.
It will hold the os and a goodly number of games.
So long as you do not go over 90% full as shown in my computer you are ok.

A ssd has some number of nand chips that can sustain a limited number of writes.
In a desktop environment, you will not come close to using up all the writes for 10 years.
By then, the device will be long obsolete. And.. you will still be able to read it to copy it to a new device.

In a hard drive, a deleted block is just marked as available to be reused.
On a SSD the deleted block can also be simply marked as available.
In the background at idle times, the ssd might perform garbage collection to consolidate data and make more blocks available.
You are good. Ignore any SSD "tweak" suggestions, they are not worth the hassle.
Don't worry and enjoy your ssd.


 
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I kinda understand what your saying but since I'm a noob please dumb it down for me. In the most easiest way to understand please . Okay so a write is when something is written onto the ssd, and on a ssd it's called a block and space can be reused. Same goes for a hard drive but it's built different?
I'm like 90 % sure that I misunderstood that.
 
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