Installing window onto my ssd

joshua476

joshua476

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Okay so I've got my new pc coming in a few days time and I'm manually installing windows 10 from a USB drive. I've got a 256gb ssd and a 1tb Sata. Obviously I'm aware I definitely want to install windows onto the ssd but I remember years back my friend telling me not to fill up my hard drive past say 80%. How true is this and if so does and ssd follow the same rule.

I was going to put games like battlefield on their to increase the loading time. I am a ssd Virgin so any tips on what I should/shouldn't put on there would be greatly appreciated.
 
Pop OS & games/programs you want nice and quick on there. Use mechanical for storage, buy another SSD when you run low on space and move games etc onto there.
 
Samsung software seems to try to "leave 10 % free for even wear and long life"
That is different than the space that is needed to allow things to grow/ space in case of issues.

As it has windows on also it must NEVER get full it can cause issues like being unable to boot or use a swapfile or will fail tasks and even corrupt software.

256 should be big enough for windows and a couple of Triple A titles, just be aware there are updates (Temp space needed while its downloaded/installed) of both windows itself and the games you play.

I am a bit OCD about this sort of thing, I used to have just one Main game on my windows SSD and keep everything else on the HDD to avoid issues and peace of mind.

Thankfully eventually I saved up enough to have a pure game ssd and now even have a 3rd that hosts my downloads folder documents folder so they are not lost if windows dies or needs a clean install.

I hope that helps in some form?
 
Make sure the 1TB mechanical drive is not connected when you install Windows on the SSD. Windows can and often does install bits of itself on other drives if connected during install.

Some SSDs and their software come with an over-provisioning option. Use that if you don't want to worry about hurting the SSD's performance/degrading its lifespan through accidentally filling just about all of it. The larger you make the size of the over-provision the longer the SSD will last (so they say) but even 10% is okay.

Disable hibernation if you have no need for it. It will gain you space equivalent to the amount of physical memory installed.

Reduce the size of the Page File to gain more space too. Or just leave it system-managed if you don't mind. Things are going okay for me with just 200MB max size but experiences may differ, some programs may like/demand more.

Check that Prefetch/Superfetch are off.

You can turn off Indexing Service/Search if you want, as SSDs are fast enough anyway. To get less writes.

A lot of the above doesn't have to be done but many still find it good practice anyway.

Do not force Defragment on an SSD. I don't think Windows 10 allows it anyway but still something useful to know, as third-party programs may offer a defragmentation service or something.
 
Thank you all for your advice. I must say a lot of what you have said gas flown over my head Danny just purely because it's all alien to me but I'll look into some of the things you mentioned. I quite like fully understanding things rather than just knowing said settings make it better. That being said I'm still very grateful for your help. I definitely would not have unplugged the mechanical drive before installing windows.

Overclockers have great staff and a great community. Thumbs up all round
 
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