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Install Vista 64 bit (SP1) onto bootable Solid State Disk
Is it possible to install Vista 64 bit (SP1) onto a SSD and make this bootable?
As in, a PC that only has a SSD in it and no hard disks at all. Motherboard: Asus P6T Delux CPU: i7 940 SSD: OCZ Core V2, 120GB, SATA II, 2.5” If it is possible, is there anything special that has to be done first or is the SSD seen as a normal HD by Vista 64 bit (SP1)? I know that the original release of vista didn't like SSDs so now I am wondering if that has been fully rectified by drivers or only half-way... |
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Install Vista 64 bit (SP1) onto bootable Solid State Disk
Drivers really aren't the problem for installing on SSD devices: The actual
interface from the drive to the computer is usually SATA, which uses a standard bus protocol. The concern that you might face is that Vista may not be tuned to concept of SSD devices, which have sensitivity to the number of writes to a given sector (so things like paging would constantly write to the same part of the disk, wearing it out faster). Try reading: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post...-lifespan.html I will caution you that there appears to be a pretty big quality/performance gap between different implementations on SSD. Do some research before you go out and buy - as they are not all created equal. "Andy CP" wrote in message ... Is it possible to install Vista 64 bit (SP1) onto a SSD and make this bootable? As in, a PC that only has a SSD in it and no hard disks at all. Motherboard: Asus P6T Delux CPU: i7 940 SSD: OCZ Core V2, 120GB, SATA II, 2.5” If it is possible, is there anything special that has to be done first or is the SSD seen as a normal HD by Vista 64 bit (SP1)? I know that the original release of vista didn't like SSDs so now I am wondering if that has been fully rectified by drivers or only half-way... |
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Install Vista 64 bit (SP1) onto bootable Solid State Disk
I keep reading contradictory articles. Some describe the issue of write
endurance and others talk about how this has actually become a myth over the years as SSDs have evolved so drammatically but people only remember the early bad days. To play safe, I'll create the Page File on a HD. However, with 6GB of RAM hopefully Vista will not need to use it at all...in theory...if I got my maths right... Thank you for your great help. "Timothy Davis [MSFT]" wrote: Drivers really aren't the problem for installing on SSD devices: The actual interface from the drive to the computer is usually SATA, which uses a standard bus protocol. The concern that you might face is that Vista may not be tuned to concept of SSD devices, which have sensitivity to the number of writes to a given sector (so things like paging would constantly write to the same part of the disk, wearing it out faster). Try reading: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post...-lifespan.html I will caution you that there appears to be a pretty big quality/performance gap between different implementations on SSD. Do some research before you go out and buy - as they are not all created equal. "Andy CP" wrote in message ... Is it possible to install Vista 64 bit (SP1) onto a SSD and make this bootable? As in, a PC that only has a SSD in it and no hard disks at all. Motherboard: Asus P6T Delux CPU: i7 940 SSD: OCZ Core V2, 120GB, SATA II, 2.5” If it is possible, is there anything special that has to be done first or is the SSD seen as a normal HD by Vista 64 bit (SP1)? I know that the original release of vista didn't like SSDs so now I am wondering if that has been fully rectified by drivers or only half-way... |
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Install Vista 64 bit (SP1) onto bootable Solid State Disk
You may also want to do some research on Prefetch and SSD devices. I don't
think prefetch will hurt the SSD device; it is more that there may be no benefit when seek latency is so low. "Andy CP" wrote in message ... I keep reading contradictory articles. Some describe the issue of write endurance and others talk about how this has actually become a myth over the years as SSDs have evolved so drammatically but people only remember the early bad days. To play safe, I'll create the Page File on a HD. However, with 6GB of RAM hopefully Vista will not need to use it at all...in theory...if I got my maths right... Thank you for your great help. "Timothy Davis [MSFT]" wrote: Drivers really aren't the problem for installing on SSD devices: The actual interface from the drive to the computer is usually SATA, which uses a standard bus protocol. The concern that you might face is that Vista may not be tuned to concept of SSD devices, which have sensitivity to the number of writes to a given sector (so things like paging would constantly write to the same part of the disk, wearing it out faster). Try reading: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post...-lifespan.html I will caution you that there appears to be a pretty big quality/performance gap between different implementations on SSD. Do some research before you go out and buy - as they are not all created equal. "Andy CP" wrote in message ... Is it possible to install Vista 64 bit (SP1) onto a SSD and make this bootable? As in, a PC that only has a SSD in it and no hard disks at all. Motherboard: Asus P6T Delux CPU: i7 940 SSD: OCZ Core V2, 120GB, SATA II, 2.5” If it is possible, is there anything special that has to be done first or is the SSD seen as a normal HD by Vista 64 bit (SP1)? I know that the original release of vista didn't like SSDs so now I am wondering if that has been fully rectified by drivers or only half-way... |