New computer
My son finally got my new computer running for Christmas to replace the 7 year old one. I've decided this is last new desktop for me as now I have to load the applications that I use. I bought all...
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fj12ryder wrote:
The solid state drives are wonderful, and so fast. How big is the one you installed? Don't forget to change the install path for most programs as they will want to install on the "C" drive, and if you have a fairly small SSD you won't want them taking up unnecessary space.
Some programs will benefit from being installed on the SSD, but many will not really take advantage of the extra speed of the SSD and can be installed on the HDD without any speed of access penalties.
Windows 7 should, by default, turn off defrag on the SSD drive, but you want to check just to be sure.
The SSD is 223 gigbytes, plus another "standard" hard drive in the 1.8 terabyte range. I don't plan on running out of space. The operating system and applications are/will be on the SSD. Data on the other drive.
