Hi - How can I partition SSD for W7?

[Darujhistan]

if your that concerned about your save games where possible i'd setup your games to save to your normal hd rather than your ssd.

then i'd setup synctoy to copy all the save game folders (on hd and ssd) to a folder called "saved game backups" (or whatever you want to call it) on your data drive.

Ok, I just thought it would be so simple. I'm amazed it isn't. Why can't I just partition off the OS on my SSD and then put steam and other games on the rest of it?

How much advantage is there to having games on an SSD rather than a typical HDD?

People say these SSD's are amazing upgrades.

 

[wazza300]

it depends on the game itself,some benifit from being on a fast ssd some show no speed improvement over a normal hdd

you can just install windows on your ssd and then once done use easeus partion manager and create a partition or create one before you install windows with the windows dvd

remember to set sata mode to ahci in the bios before you install windows,an image of your os is an iso file that you can reload onto your ssd/hdd to restore it if it crashes ect

personally i clone mine to my spare hdd,cloning is an exact bootable copy of the os so you dont have to reinstall everything,then you can wipe/secure erase your ssd and clone the os back to it and boot up with it ect

 

[mp260767]

Ok, I just thought it would be so simple. I'm amazed it isn't. Why can't I just partition off the OS on my SSD and then put steam and other games on the rest of it?

How much advantage is there to having games on an SSD rather than a typical HDD?

People say these SSD's are amazing upgrades.

it can be done, just most of the time it's not worth the effort, if you check the size of your game folders with a few loaded they'll near enough take up most of the 120gb.

the ssd is useful for quick boot times, and quick loading, usefulness of the ssd for games depends on how the game works, if its frequent drive access it will be useful, if not then not much difference imho.

the indication in your op is that you dont want to lose ANY saves games, the use of the ssd for this, partition wise doesnt make sense because your limited to 120gb, so unless you limit yourself to the number of games/saves that you have on there at any one time you'll quickly load that up.

depends on your definition of amazing, they boot quicker, run quieter, use less energy.

the main thing that will show the best qualities of the ssd really depend on the apps you use, if they make good use of the speed offered by the ssd it can be a very good upgrade.

if they don't then it might well not be considered quite as good.

 

[Darujhistan]

it depends on the game itself,some benifit from being on a fast ssd some show no speed improvement over a normal hdd

you can just install windows on your ssd and then once done use easeus partion manager and create a partition or create one before you install windows with the windows dvd

remember to set sata mode to ahci in the bios before you install windows,an image of your os is an iso file that you can reload onto your ssd/hdd to restore it if it crashes ect

personally i clone mine to my spare hdd,cloning is an exact bootable copy of the os so you dont have to reinstall everything,then you can wipe/secure erase your ssd and clone the os back to it and boot up with it ect

Hi,

Sorry for last night.

Ok, I think i've got it now. Just wondering whether to bother with one at all, or maybe add one later.

 

[Darujhistan]

it can be done, just most of the time it's not worth the effort, if you check the size of your game folders with a few loaded they'll near enough take up most of the 120gb.

the ssd is useful for quick boot times, and quick loading, usefulness of the ssd for games depends on how the game works, if its frequent drive access it will be useful, if not then not much difference imho.

the indication in your op is that you dont want to lose ANY saves games, the use of the ssd for this, partition wise doesnt make sense because your limited to 120gb, so unless you limit yourself to the number of games/saves that you have on there at any one time you'll quickly load that up.

depends on your definition of amazing, they boot quicker, run quieter, use less energy.

the main thing that will show the best qualities of the ssd really depend on the apps you use, if they make good use of the speed offered by the ssd it can be a very good upgrade.

if they don't then it might well not be considered quite as good.

Thanks, I think I need to ruminate on getting a SSD at all. I probably will anyway, I think virtually everyone on this forum has a craving for tech to some extent or other, and I've never really regretted buying anything.

And who doesnlt want a faster quieter rig?

 

[mp260767]

And who doesn't want a ...... quieter rig?

the only problem with that is you start hearing noises from the rest of your system once the HD noise has been replaced by the ssd .........

that's from the experience of just replacing my drive with an ssd

 

[Darujhistan]

the only problem with that is you start hearing noises from the rest of your system once the HD noise has been replaced by the ssd .........

that's from the experience of just replacing my drive with an ssd

Right, well i've proceeded with the est of my new build today and bought everything else, i'm holding fie on the SSD.

I think i'd rather have a PS3 and FIFA '12 than a SSD.