SSD

pdxireland:

I just sprung for an Intel 25-V SSD 40GB

I installed Windows 7 (64bit) without the 100MB boot partition.
I keep all my programs on another drive and all my data on yet another drive.
I separate this stuff mainly for backup reasons- it makes it easier for me to handle.
Used space: 18.1 GB
Free space: 19.0 GB
Speed? Astounding!
WEI went from 5.9 to 7.6 on the primary HDD
Spinner was rated: 95.5 MB/s
SSD at 231 MB/s

I've read that two of these suckers in a RAID-0 setup really rocks but I can't afford it right now.

The size issue you ask about is entirely dependent on how you plan to set up partitions (you have extra drives?)

It's going to get cramped if you plan to put your programs on the SSD, too.

Hope this helps,
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40GB in my opinion, is too small and pushing it, unless you like most everything dumped onto a separate HDD.

Others will say - Oh yeah, it's plenty. Well, I'm at 40GB right now on my 180GB and climbing on mine. I keep my install mostly clean and basic, hibernation file gone (which gave me back 10GB actually), system restore off (not recommending that) just make backups, temp folders and downloads/some other files on a separate HDD. My basic programs which I want on my SSD, which isn't that much at all really, little bit of music, 2 games ATM and I'm at 40GB right now after a while of time. 40GB SSD would give you what, an actual 37GB usable capacity about. My opinion is I would go at least 80, at least.

+1. 40GB is a little too close for comfort. There are lots of 60GB options.

Open an elevated command prompt and type: powercfg.exe -h off
Then reboot.

You'll save plenty of space disabling System Restore but only do so if you are making regular drive images/clones. This is more than just backing up your files.

Pretty much just that command, yeah. Here's the tutorial for it.

Hibernate - Enable or Disable