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Kindly school me on new SSD best practices
So I've finally purchased my first SSD. It's a crucial bx500. I was ready to just partition and use it like a normal hard drive until I read some people claim one would need to align partitions? I read about it for the past 30 minutes but read too many countering suggestions.
If I partiotioned the 240gb SSD for 2 partitions (while installing Windows 7), do I need to download extra softwares the align the partitions? Some claim not doing so might hurt its life expectancy. Also, do I need to install the manufacturer software which claim to speed up performabe by x10. I don't really care for it, I just want the SSD to be reliable and to last.
Any other things I should know / worry about?
Thank you!