can an ssd be used with windows xp

JDMONLY

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hello can an ssd be used with windows xp i have a Kingston hyper x 3k ssd 120gb in my Sony vaio and i love it i was thinking of getting another one for my dell d630 and i would like to keep it XP thanks
 
JDMONLY said:
hello can an ssd be used with windows xp i have a Kingston hyper x 3k ssd 120gb in my Sony vaio and i love it i was thinking of getting another one for my dell d630 and i would like to keep it XP thanks
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Yes, however TRIM will not be implemented. If the garbage collection is good on that SSD it wouldn't be much of an issue. Tbh i've run SSDs in RAID 0 for years without TRIM to no ill effect and have a laptop with some needed software that won't run on 7 no matter what so i keep XP and use it often, has an SSD and theres no slowdown whatsoever.
 
Yes. You'll need to set a few things manually, and there won't be any Trim support, but it'll work.

A quick Google of 'SSD XP' turns up plenty of articles outlining the necessary steps.
 
Yea forgot to mention i partitioned the drive on a Win 7 machine for alignment and turned off defrag. Don't think i did anything else honestly.
 
thanks for the info had a quick browse of google but i can't make sense of it lol now i know it can be done i will have a big long look at it thanks
 
Just install it xp and be done with it, I just installed it straight onto my gfs computer with an ssd and it worked.

Boots up in a good 10-20 seconds
 
gijohn2 said:
Just install it xp and be done with it, I just installed it straight onto my gfs computer with an ssd and it worked.

Boots up in a good 10-20 seconds
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Best to partition and format on a windows 7 machine or use a W7 disc to do this before installing XP. Without this the performance may suffer noticeably.
 
JDMONLY said:
thanks for the info had a quick browse of google but i can't make sense of it lol now i know it can be done i will have a big long look at it thanks
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Hi

I recently upgraded from Samsung HDD to Samsung 250GB 840 SSD.

Still using WinXP SP2 and working fine.

The Samsung Magician software helps with the setting up and this http://www.mysolutions.it/tips-migrating-windows-xp-ssd/ provides a good overall guide.

IMO, if you have 2GB or more RAM, I would also try disabling Virtual Memory/Page File.

If you have a choice of AHCI or SATA, most people would recommend AHCI.

Personally I use SATA and feel that AHCI is fine for HDD but IMO not really necessary/beneficial for SSD.

If you can, try both and decide for yourself.

Good luck with the install.
 
demon8991 said:
+1

Not to mention Microsoft are putting XP to bed soon and not providing any more updates.
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Haven't used updates for ages. No problems so far.

I'm not against using Win7 if starting from scratch with a new PC or Laptop.

But, can't see any benefits in 'upgrading' to Win7 (if you are happy with WinXP) but can see lots of extra costs, installation time, incompatible software/drivers/hardware/peripherals etc.

Might as well consider 'upgrading' to Linux rather than Win7 and would not even consider using Win8.
 
i was doing more research and it seems like a lot of bother for me im just going to run W7 and if i really need xp just use virtual machine and what would be a better ssd then the Kingston hyper x 3k ssd 120gb don't really want to spend much more then £90 thanks
 
JDMONLY said:
i was doing more research and it seems like a lot of bother for me im just going to run W7 and if i really need xp just use virtual machine and what would be a better ssd then the Kingston hyper x 3k ssd 120gb don't really want to spend much more then £90 thanks
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I didn't realise you had a copy of Win7 kicking around!
 
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