SSD and partitions.

APM · 7 Dec 2015 at 19:23

Is it necessary to create partitions when installing an OS to an SSD?

After all,there is no spinning disk to reserve the best space on is there?

wazza300 · 7 Dec 2015 at 19:26

not needed imo

Undesirable · 8 Dec 2015 at 02:30

I think there is, personally, just so that you can clone the OS partition and data partition separately and restore where needed.

APM · 8 Dec 2015 at 08:53

That's the only advantage I can think of too,that and keeping the OS partition small so it's ready for an imaging next time you want to swop out to a bigger SSD.

I have other drives for storage though so.

crinkleshoes · 8 Dec 2015 at 10:50

Not needed, part of their speed benefit is due to the relatively random nature of their writes, across the usable space... worth it for a spinning disk, but not an SSD.

Depending on the size of the SSD you get, it may not even be worth keeping a separate data partition...

APM · 8 Dec 2015 at 11:29

I grabbed a 480GB in the Black Friday bonanza,moving up from a 256GB which is moving into another machine now.

Just pondering the why's and why not's of OS installs with them.

wazza300 · 8 Dec 2015 at 11:38

you can pickup a cheap hdd to cover the backup of any ssd

upto you really,doesnt partitions concentrate more writes to one part of the ssd though?

APM · 8 Dec 2015 at 17:11

I just upgraded from the 256GB to the 480GB and decided to do a fresh install as I'd only really run the OS on the old SSD anyway.

I have a few HDD for various storage options in the PC too.

I created a 120GB partition for the OS on auto-pilot,then after I'd finished I looked at it and wondered why I'd done it like that.

Anyway I've deleted the second volume I created with the partition and it's back to it's original size now.

Thanks chaps.