Cache SSD on ultrabook

kristmace · 31 Oct 2012 at 19:00

Hi,
Got myself an ultrabook this week (Acer S3-391). Comes with a 20GB Cache/Hibernation SSD and a 500GB HDD. I'm going to replace the HDD with an SSD this week. Is there anything I can do with the 20GB cache SSD? Could I format it in NTFS and give it a drive letter for a bit of extra storage?

wazza300 · 31 Oct 2012 at 19:02

if it shows up in windows then yes you probably could,

kristmace · 31 Oct 2012 at 19:03

Doesn't show up in windows, but it can be seen in Disk Manager. The Cache element of the drive doesnt prevent it from being used conventionally then?

Ram disk is a good idea as the lappy only has 4gb RAM that is soldered to the board.

wazza300 · 31 Oct 2012 at 19:05

sorry i got mixed up,ramdisk is used in spare memory not ssd

i think all caching ssd's are hidden from the os,was when i last used mine for caching,whats up with the way it is now? i found caching to work well

kristmace · 31 Oct 2012 at 19:46

Ramdisk - yeah I knew that too... :/

I don't need the space on the laptop and would prefer the performance of a full SSD, plus it's quieter and slightly better battery life.

So my question is still, the caching SSD, does it have to stay as a Cache or can i format it?

wazza300 · 31 Oct 2012 at 20:25

yeah you can format and use it

kristmace · 31 Oct 2012 at 20:57

Cool, that's perfect then.