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I've put in a lot of HDD into existing computers and ran the boot disc. they come out clean. easy task. Just finally now i've decided to build my own PC and i bought this internal SSD Samsung EVO 850 500gb. Are there any special steps I need to know about this SSD before booting it? Or do I just plug it in and run it the same way like a HDD?
 
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windows 7 is not as friendly as windows 10 for a ssd. you have to change some of the windopws 7 settings so that the ssd is not written too more then it needs to. also if your using a mn with the newer chipsets windows 7 wont work there no chipset drivers for windows 7 for newer mb.
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No - nothing special. Just plug in SATA power and a SATA cable to to the motherboard - same as a HDD. The only "trick" I would suggest is to hook up only the SSD and install Windows. After the Windows install, make sure your Bios is set to boot from the SSD. THEN, install any secondary HDD's. This is just to make make sure that the boot partition and C partition are installed only on the SSD.
 
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the only issue that can come up with a ssd is a firmware update that need to wipe the ssd clean. there been a few of those from vendors fixing ssd that had big bugs. with the new ssd look at the firmware stamp on the drive and the one online. if the new firmware is online plug the ssd into another pc and use the samsung tools to update the firmware before you use it. the newer m2 and nve ssd you need to do an advance install with windows 10 and install there driver.
 
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I plan to run only the SSD as primary and only storage. Will this be an issue? I heard lots of rumor about SSD not good for storage. And, I plan to run Windows 7 on the SSD. Any issue with Windows 7 in a SSD?
 
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windows 7 is not as friendly as windows 10 for a ssd. you have to change some of the windopws 7 settings so that the ssd is not written too more then it needs to. also if your using a mn with the newer chipsets windows 7 wont work there no chipset drivers for windows 7 for newer mb.
 
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SSD's are fine for primary storage. They're just very expensive for large storage, i.e. keeping a couple of terabyte of video's on an HDD makes more sense for most people. I built an i5-6500 rig a year ago. A PNY CS2211 480GB SSD is my only drive. I'm very happy with the PC for my general PC needs.

Any particular reason you're sticking with Windows 7? As smorizio noted above, you're going to need to jump thru some extra hoops to install Windows 7 on Intel 6th and 7th gen CPU/Mobos. Also, with windows 7, use a 2.5 in SATA III SSD. You may have problems with m.2 MNVe SSD's (not all MNVe drivers are supported in Win 7).
 
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smorizio: i will be using FX-6300. my friend has the same chipset, it runs fine on windows 7. But, tell me more about the SSD might write more data more than it needs to for Windows 7. If not, please send me a link. I dont mind learning to how to better the SSD

scottray: im not using intel chipset, i should be okay? by the way, regarding my choice of Windows 7 over Windows 10, the Windows 7 interface or layout is the closest to XP style. Even with Windows 7, I even use the "Classic Shell" to change the start menu into XP. Two things I dislike Windows 10: One is the Start Menu pops out into a different page. If you can teach me how to convert the Start Menu to XP or 7 style, I might switch to Win10. Number 2 reason is the privacy settings. Remember when win10 first came out, people accuse the off and on privacy settings that Microsoft can get into your computer? Well, that scares me off even though we all don't know its true. lol. But i dont know if win7 makes it safer too
 
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Win 7 & SSD: If I remember correctly, garbage data clean up on early SSD's wasn't well supported on Win 7. Deleted files would build up, Win 7 thought that they were still there and wouldn't reallocate the space. However, MS patched this issue in Win 7 and the TRIM function should be enabled when you install Win 7. https://www.howtogeek.com/257196/how-to-check-if-trim-is-enabled-for-your-ssd-and-enable-it-if-it-isnt/

Here's a guide to getting Win XP look on Win 10: http://fieldguide.gizmodo.com/how-to-make-windows-10-look-like-windows-xp-1790134379.

Win 10 & Security: I personally rather run an OS that, hopefully, has less vulnerabilities and is patched automatically. We let Apple and Google do this to our phones with less transparency than Microsoft. So, I don't have an issue with Win 10's telemetry.
 
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Very useful information. I am able to get the XP interface running on my Wife's laptop. I will convert all my computers to Win10. You also made a good point about the mobile phones example. I guess I don't have to worry about the Trim on SSD since I'm switching over to Win10. Thanks.
 
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