Want to buy my first SSD

Peter Tsang · 24 Aug 2011 at 07:24

But I have concern.

1) Does a SSD support installation of Windows XP, Vista and 7?

2) I am a user of SteadyState for 32 bit OS, and Faronics Deep Freeze for 64 bit OS, do they work on a SSD?

3) Most of the activities that I involve in using my desktop PC are games and browsing with a little bit of Office work, would I notice a significant faster response time compared to conventional hard drive technology?

Thanks in advance!

stulid · 24 Aug 2011 at 07:50

Use a SSD exactly like you would use a HDD, but its much faster.

Peter Tsang · 24 Aug 2011 at 07:58

So can I still use Steady State or Deep Freeze for reborning my OS?

stulid · 24 Aug 2011 at 08:18

Yes.

Steadystate looks like system restore (but better)

Peter Tsang · 24 Aug 2011 at 08:30

stulid said:
Yes.

Steadystate looks like system restore (but better)

That's cool!
Having said that, I am just wondering how it works...does it use FAT for file system format then? And SSD does support FAT, FAT32,...etc?

stulid · 24 Aug 2011 at 08:36

Just like a HDD, use NTFS

Peter Tsang · 24 Aug 2011 at 08:39

Which make is recommended, I only need minimum storage size.

stulid · 24 Aug 2011 at 08:59

crucial M4 64gb

Peter Tsang · 24 Aug 2011 at 09:09

I am in HongKong right now, they dont sell crucial. They have others like Intel...is that good?

[Damien] · 24 Aug 2011 at 09:18

Crucial M4's seem to have a good rep. I've got a 64gb one and it's brilliant (after installing the 0002 firmware anyway).

Edit: nvm, didn't see the last post.

stulid · 24 Aug 2011 at 09:19

Peter Tsang said:
I am in HongKong right now, they dont sell crucial. They have others like Intel...is that good?

Yes, something like a 320 series.