Back it up often, that's what id suggest from reading other's experience with SSD's.
Ref: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2011/05/the-hot-crazy-solid-state-drive-scale.html On Dec 12, 2011 9:27 AM, "Tom Worthington" <[email protected]> wrote: > I dropped my Kogan Agora 12 Inch laptop onto a stone floor. Remarkably > there was no damage to the case or screen (the screen was open at the time > and the computer running). But the hard disk was not functioning > afterwards, so I replaced the 2.5 Inch SATA disk drive with a Solid State > Disk (SSD). This turned out to be a useful upgrade: relatively easy and > inexpensive. > > Kogan offered me a 30GB SSD, as provided in one model of the laptop, but I > decided on a larger 60 GB unit, costing 50% more for twice as much storage. > > Replacing the disk drive required me to un-clip the battery from the back > of the laptop and remove one screw holding a small panel over the disk > drive. The disk then slid out and I slid the new SSD in. The new disk was > completely blank so I booted the computer from a USB flash drive with a > copy of Ubuntu Linux on it and then partitioned the disk with that and > installed Linux. This took about 20 minutes. > > After installing Linux, about 40 GB of the disk is available for data. As > I just use the computer for taking notes, the smaller 30 GB disk would have > been adequate (with Linux taking up about 20 GB), but the extra space may > be handy. > > The computer seems to boot a bit quicker but otherwise is no different in > operation. I am yet to see if the battery lasts longer with the lower power > storage device. > > More at: http://blog.tomw.net.au/2011/**12/solid-state-disk-for-** > laptop.html<http://blog.tomw.net.au/2011/12/solid-state-disk-for-laptop.html> > > > -- > Tom Worthington FACS CP, TomW Communications Pty Ltd. t: 0419496150 > PO Box 13, Belconnen ACT 2617, Australia http://www.tomw.net.au > Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards > Legislation > > Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Research School of Computer Science, > Australian National University > http://cs.anu.edu.au/courses/**COMP7310/<http://cs.anu.edu.au/courses/COMP7310/> > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: > http://slug.org.au/faq/**mailinglists.html<http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html> > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
