SSD Drives

[marnie]

Any good compared to a normal internal hard drives ?

 

[Nymzee]

Any good compared to a normal internal hard drives ?

Much better.

 

[Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian]

Wing Commander Andy Green said it was a bugger to keep in a straight line & that's all he had to do.

 

[chrismpw]

Way faster and use less power from the battery if in a laptop. Significant upgrade to my old laptop. Also less prone to damage from dropping or knocking.

Drawback is sectors can get worn out with repetitive write & rewrite- (not that I've 3experienced that) so switch off disk defrag or optimisation (unneeded amyway)

 

[alvinh]

Any good compared to a normal internal hard drives ?

Probably the single best investment for speeding up an ageing system.

Put your operating system and frequently used software on the new SSD drive, if you're on a desktop keep your old HD and use it for data. If using a laptop get a portable magnetic hd for data. That way the risk of sectors getting worn out that @chrismpw highlights is minimised.

 

[Nymzee]

Way faster and use less power from the battery if in a laptop. Significant upgrade to my old laptop. Also less prone to damage from dropping or knocking.

Drawback is sectors can get worn out with repetitive write & rewrite- (not that I've 3experienced that) so switch off disk defrag or optimisation (unneeded amyway)

Never EVER defrag an SSD drive

 

[marnie]

Way faster and use less power from the battery if in a laptop. Significant upgrade to my old laptop. Also less prone to damage from dropping or knocking.

Drawback is sectors can get worn out with repetitive write & rewrite- (not that I've 3experienced that) so switch off disk defrag or optimisation (unneeded amyway)

1TB Hard drive gone on laptop.I have managed to buy a 1TB SSD for £120 inc p and p.Thanks to you and @Nymzee for your help.

 

[marnie]

Probably the single best investment for speeding up an ageing system.

Put your operating system and frequently used software on the new SSD drive, if you're on a desktop keep your old HD and use it for data. If using a laptop get a portable magnetic hd for data. That way the risk of sectors getting worn out that @chrismpw highlights is minimised.

Many thanks mate.

 

[Zezti]

Used to be that the £ per GB was pretty high compared to hard drives but recently that's come down a lot to the point there's virtually no reason to not pick SSD over HDD anymore.

 

[Gwladys St. Glory]

Probably the single best investment for speeding up an ageing system.

This...think of it as having to go through the process of listening to a record vs. a digital music player; same principle.

 

[marnie]

Used to be that the £ per GB was pretty high compared to hard drives but recently that's come down a lot to the point there's virtually no reason to not pick SSD over HDD anymore.

I use my laptop for work and it went tits up on me on Friday.I now have 100 gb drive in it to get me by.Funnily enough the new SSD is coming from Liverpool.Got it for £100 on ebay but the extra £ 20 is p+p to Greece.

 

[chrismpw]

1TB Hard drive gone on laptop.I have managed to buy a 1TB SSD for £120 inc p and p.Thanks to you and @Nymzee for your help.

That sounds a good price. I spent the same on a 120Gb one in what feels like last month, but could've been 2 or 3 years ago in reality! lol

 

[Norwegian Cow]

How can anyone ask that question in 2020??

 

[Tipp blue]

Have you tried plugging it out and back in again?

 

[Brisan123]

How can anyone ask that question in 2020??

It’s easy
Just type all the letters in the correct order and put the spaces and comma in the right place.
Some people are not technically savvy either because they never had a need to be or never had the interest.
You don’t have to be a mechanic to drive a car