Don't worry about the extra wear and tear on an SSD from apps. They all have wear-leveling algorithms that take care of it.
However, do NOT put a swap file on an SSD. And don't defrag them either - not only is it meaningless, but it can put excessive wear on the drive. And for those of you who like to do full-drive encryption, you need to make sure you encrypt the drive BEFORE you put data on it. If you encrypt an SSD that has data already on it, there is a decent chance at least some of that data can still be recovered forensically afterward. The wear leveling process means there isn't an exact match between where the drive reads the unencrypted data and where it writes back encrypted data, and thus some unencrypted sectors might get swapped out and remain. --------- Brian On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 5:34 PM, Anthony Q Martin <[email protected]>wrote: > I put apps and os on ssd. All data and user space goes on hard drive. I do > a fresh backup of the is/apps drive after getting it all installed making > sure that my docs and users are moved to the d drive. That way, if you do a > restore everything is in the right place. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Mar 1, 2012, at 5:29 PM, DSinc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Steve, > > Understand. But still do not see the benefit of loading apps on the SSD. > > Apps get updated over time; like, bunch of extra read/write. > > I can accept this read/write business with an OS over time. > > Adding the apps seems like extra work for the SSD. (?) > > Admit that I am still studying SSD. Sorry. > > Duncan > > > > > > On 03/01/2012 17:16, Steve Tomporowski wrote: > >> With an SSD, the idea is to get the benefit of the fast speed to load > your applications. > >> > >> On 3/1/2012 4:53 PM, DSinc wrote: > >>> Steve, > >>> Why do you put your apps on the same drive as the OS? I put my apps > on another > >>> partition. > >>> Yes, I'd guess a 64GB SSD would work fine for the OS boot drive. > >>> Best, > >>> Duncan > >>> > >>> > >>> On 03/01/2012 15:44, Steve Tomporowski wrote: > >>>> I had a little weirdness the other day on my main system. Started to > boot it, ran around to get ready for work, came back and the system was > locked at the pulsing Windows logo, actually that was the screen, but the > logo was gone. Hit cntrl-alt-del and the system restarted. I didn't quite > look at it, but it looked like the system did not detect the boot drive. > It gave me the 'Boot drive not found, insert disk" message. I turned off > power, and reseated all the drive cables, then had more to do to get ready > for work, came back and there was a message about how the system couldn't > boot, press this button and it'll try to fix it. Hit the button, went off > for breakfast. Came back and since that time, every boot has been > successful. > >>>> > >>>> Have no clue as to what was wrong, but I'm figuring it's time to > change the boot drive, so I'm thinking SSD. All I need is enough room for > the operating system and applications, so I'm betting that a 64GB is big > enough? Then, of course, which brand is a good one to get? I was looking > at the Corsair 64GB Newegg has for just over $100. It's rated 5 eggs. > Good One? > >>>> > >>>> Thanks...Steve > >>>> > >> > >> >
