Fresh install on an SSD-Do you leave a secondary partition?

[itakey]

Someone told me to leave a 10GB partition on an SSD drive but I don't remember why if it was for performance or something else.

I have a Crucial 120GB M4 drive. Should I just leave the entire thing one partition for my OS install, or partition off a separate chunk?

I typically keep all my files on a separate drive anyhow, but didn't know if there was any benefit to a second partition on an SSD. Logically it seems it wouldn't since flash drives work different than a spin drive.

 

[13thmonkey]

on win7, just install it, it has spare space built in, and trim so you'll be fine, or really early drives it was probably a good idea

 

[Chainzsaw]

Do not partition off a seperate chunk...you will most likely lose a lot of performance by partitioning it.

Just leave the entire OS on the SSD. What you can do to make your SSD last longer is:

Limit your writes to your SSD

Do not fill it up completely - it will start losing tons of performance when it's nearly full.

Leave at least 20GB free - if not possible at least 10GB free.

 

[Brett928S2]

Hi

And do NOT defrag it NOT EVER...

All the best Brett

 

[itakey]

Thanks everyone, good tips.

I've read a few guides that talk about some tweaks so there is less writes, so i'll probably do that.

Is TRIM something of the past?

If I'm doing a format and reinstall, should I just use windows 7 install quick format?

 

[13thmonkey]

no trim is the present and future, trim gets rid of all of the old blocks, allowing them to be reused, it requires a command from win7. actually makes the free space uneeded as it already has overprovisioning for this purpose.