Reinstall Windows on SSD, advice?

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So I have a OCZ Vertex 2 60GB and after spending most of the morning going through it I and left feeling ashamed at how poorly I have set it up. I want to maybe try again if it's not too late, so I want advice from you guys which way you have setup yours. Currently mind is setup to dump temp files, documents, music, videos, pictures, internet cache on a hard drive. I have also disabled defragmenter, hibernation and system restore points.

What I want to do this time however is run literally everything off a hard drive and only have the windows and maybe battlefield 3 on the SSD, is this possible at all? I've been reading into it a bit and it doesn't seem like it's possible (at least to the degree I want it).

I want the default install location to be a hard drive, everything must simply go to the hard drive where and if possible. Since I only have a 60GB with 50,000iops and it's over a year old now, so yeah pretty much that's what I want.

Should I rather just leave it? Personally the next SSD I will ever get will be one that only does caching automatically for you, since it's really too much to always worry about this thing. :(


tl:dr: Windows on SSD EVERYTHING ELSE ON HDD, help?
 
Make sure TRIM is enabled. Leave TEMP files on SSD. If you installed Windows properly, then defragmentator will pick up your drive as an SSD and show unavailable for defragmentation.

Make sure you install the latest chipset driver. (Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Driver) if on an Intel chipset board. (http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Sea...=Intel®+Rapid+Storage+Technology+(Intel®+RST))

http://lifehacker.com/5802838/how-t...8512502&{"type":"iframeUpdated","height":253}
http://www.tweaktown.com/guides/3116/tweaktown_s_solid_state_drive_optimization_guide/index.html

Check your life on your SSD -> http://ssd-life.com/eng/download-ssdlife.html

Ensure that TRIM is enabled, very important.
You won't see a noticeable FPS increase in Battlefield, just the loading times. Rather keep it on a HDD. Install software like Office on the SSD. You can also trim down on the Windows installation if you're fighting for space. (http://www.rt7lite.com/)The most important thing is to have TRIM enabled. Windows basically does the rest itself.

BTW- How much ram do you have? If over 8GB, its better to just disable the Paging size, move it to another HDD, or resize it to a minimal size. Some applications do require a paging file.
 
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SYNERGY said:
Make sure TRIM is enabled. Leave TEMP files on SSD.
Make sure you install the latest chipset driver. (Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Driver) if on an Intel chipset board. (http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Sea...=Intel®+Rapid+Storage+Technology+(Intel®+RST))
http://www.tweaktown.com/guides/3116/tweaktown_s_solid_state_drive_optimization_guide/index.html
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Yeah made sure about the trim when I first installed windows on the SSD, you sure about the temp files almost every guide says to move them if possible, remember I'm running on an old SSD here, only thing I currently have installed Intel related is Intel® Matrix Storage Manager, I would tell you what motherboard I have if I could remember it's a Asus p7p55 LX ...something like that.
 
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SSD stands for Single Setup Device you only get on shot at setting up an OS on those hard drives after that it's burned in to Solid State that's why it boots so fast. You need to buy a new drive for a new windows install.
 
GforceD said:
SSD stands for Single Setup Device you only get on shot at setting up an OS on those hard drives after that it's burned in to Solid State that's why it boots so fast. You need to buy a new drive for a new windows install.
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o0
:wtf:
 
GforceD said:
SSD stands for Single Setup Device you only get on shot at setting up an OS on those hard drives after that it's burned in to Solid State that's why it boots so fast. You need to buy a new drive for a new windows install :whistle:.
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GforceD said:
SSD stands for Single Setup Device you only get on shot at setting up an OS on those hard drives after that it's burned in to Solid State that's why it boots so fast. You need to buy a new drive for a new windows install.
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lol

Some good advice here...
 
SYNERGY said:
Installl the Matrix Storage Driver, and the Rapid Storage Driver. Run SSD Life and see how much life you have remaining?

Link to your motherboard: http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Intel_Socket_1156/P7P55_LX/#specifications

Is it second hand or new? You will easily get a minimum of 5 years on average use if new and TRIM is enabled :)
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Thanks will give this a try later today. It's new/old bought it last year. Here's my motherboard: http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Intel_Socket_1156/P7P55DE_LX/

sand_man said:
lol

Some good advice here...
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Thanks.

Reaper84 said:
There is only one guide I follow when setting up an SSD.

Link

Sean Webster is a legend. Have a look
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Thanks more reading :D
 
GforceD said:
SSD stands for Single Setup Device you only get on shot at setting up an OS on those hard drives after that it's burned in to Solid State that's why it boots so fast. You need to buy a new drive for a new windows install.
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You sound like a incredible connection salesman.
 
SYNERGY said:
BTW- How much ram do you have? If over 8GB, its better to just disable the Paging size, move it to another HDD, or resize it to a minimal size. Some applications do require a paging file.
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I've got 8GB, I've disabled the page file on the SSD and have it on my programs hard drive.


This is what I get on SSD life:

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