Question on partitions on SSD

Anchundan · 2 Jan 2011 at 11:34

I currently have a 1TB drive, split into 4 partitions :

C: is 65GB and has Windows 7
D: is 25GB and has Windows XP (English) for some development purposes
E: is 15GB and has Windows XP (Chinese)
F: is the main data drive for all my work / other stuff.

I intend to buy a 160GB SSD (probably OCZ). I want the same 3 OS partitions and 1 'Core' partition for certain work spreadsheets which I use a lot and take ages to open on my conventional drive, plus some games. I will continue to use the HDD for my remaining photos, music, etc.

I only mainly use Windows 7. I use Windows XP sometimes for work, and playing the odd game where I've had issues running under Windows 7. Chinese XP is hardly ever used. My girlfriend uses it when I'm away on business with the laptop, but she only looks at the odd internet page and uses a MSN type thing.

I understand that only Win7 supports TRIM, but since I will be mainly using Win7, I don't really see this as an issue.

I've tried searching this forum, but I'm seeing contradicting information about partitioning. Or exactly the order I should do everything when I first receive the drive.

Do you think it's possible to do what I plan?

Dirk · 2 Jan 2011 at 17:58

Personally i would buy an SSD for the primary drive (Win7) install and leave it un-partitioned. Unless you think you need a further 100GB i would go with a 120GB model.

The rest of what you have (XP installs) could go onto a HDD and round it off with a storage drive or storage RAID.

Anchundan · 3 Jan 2011 at 02:56

So is anyone actually running multiple OSs on SSD?

Part of the reason I want to do this, is if I need to run something in XP, I have to reboot into XP, run it, then reboot back into Win7. It takes many minutes at the moment, so I think this would be a perfect application for an SSD. If the partitions are only logical, I don't see it as being a problem.

Dirk · 3 Jan 2011 at 10:03

If you get a problem whilst using any of your OS installs theres a risk it could take out the entire drive. Then you potentially lose all your installs at the same time.