- Jan 19, 2012
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SO Windows XP is officially dead ... RIP old buddy 
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I decided it's time to enter the modern age with windows 8.1 and I picked up a Samsung Evo SSD to go along with it.
Currently, I'm using XP on an HDD, and when I do this upgrade I'm just gonna yank the HDD and use the SSD as the sole drive as it has plenty of space and it will be a new clean system.
My question is this - can I temporarily attach the SSD and format it, prior to pulling the switch?
I have heard that the 8.1 installer likes to automatically create its own hidden restore partitions and I don't want any of that. I want just 2 partitions, C for Windows and D for storage.
But I have also heard that SSD support on XP is trash, and that it's a pain to format and use SSD's properly.
What would you reccomend in this situation?
(I decided it's time to enter the modern age with windows 8.1 and I picked up a Samsung Evo SSD to go along with it.
Currently, I'm using XP on an HDD, and when I do this upgrade I'm just gonna yank the HDD and use the SSD as the sole drive as it has plenty of space and it will be a new clean system.
My question is this - can I temporarily attach the SSD and format it, prior to pulling the switch?
I have heard that the 8.1 installer likes to automatically create its own hidden restore partitions and I don't want any of that. I want just 2 partitions, C for Windows and D for storage.
But I have also heard that SSD support on XP is trash, and that it's a pain to format and use SSD's properly.
What would you reccomend in this situation?
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