How clever is windows 7 with SSD's?

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Hi folks

Basically, I'm thinking about making the jump to SSD drives with a standard drive just for storage.

My thinking is can I have a very small SSD just for windows 7 64-bit, and a seperate larger SSD for games and apps. Reason being, should I wish to wipe windows for any reason (viruses, etc) could I do a fresh reinstall of windows onto the small windows drive, and then have windows recognise all the paths for the games and programs on the other SSD allowing me to use them with the fresh install on the small drive

If that makes any sense

Thanks

 

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Shame really. Its alright saying you can reinstall windows in 15 minutes with these drives, but the fact you then have to reinstall all your programs still adds to this magic number

Has anyone used backup images stored on a normal drive to reinstall windows? Can ssd's read from normal drives at the point of a reinstall?

I'd say with windows and all programs I use for work (adobe, proengineer etc) I'd be getting close to 40gb. If it worked, how long would it take to reinstall this size image to an SSD?

Cheers