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  • ryanjoachim
    ryanjoachim Posts: 2,046
    edited November 2010
    Ricardo wrote: »
    I dunno. I paid $50ish for a 500GB drive. I don't think that can get me a lot of storage space in a SSD.

    It'll get you around 30-40GB SSD.
    MrNightly wrote: »
    "Dr Dunn admitted that his research could also be interpreted as evidence that women are shallower than men. He said: "Let's face it - there's evidence to support it."
    mystik610 wrote: »
    Best Buy is for people who don't know any better. Magnolia is for people who don't know any better and have more money to spend.
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited November 2010
    Right. Not much you can do with that.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited November 2010
    Well the point is to put your OS and applications on it, not your data. Windows will certainly fit on 40GB.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • quadzilla
    quadzilla Posts: 1,543
    edited November 2010
    Boot the second drive and use the windows account migration tool. It's on the CD. It'll create an export of all your folders and any software windows recognizes, then you run it again on the new install and point it at the file it created. It'll then import everything.
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited December 2010
    bobman1235 wrote: »
    Well the point is to put your OS and applications on it, not your data. Windows will certainly fit on 40GB.

    Not sure I see what's the benefit of that. I can reload windows as many times as I need. What really need to be protected is the data, not the OS & applications. So why spend in a SS drive for the OS? Or am I missing something here?
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  • AudioGenics
    AudioGenics Posts: 2,567
    edited December 2010
    backup on several different types of storage media and keep copies offsite
    incremental backups, mirror backups, secure encrypted etc....

    is that what you mean ?
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited December 2010
    AudioGenics wrote: »
    backup on several different types of storage media and keep copies offsite
    incremental backups, mirror backups, secure encrypted etc....

    is that what you mean ?

    I don't mean anything. Just saying that I don't see the point of spending extra in a SS drive to keep the OS and other applications that can be easily loaded anytime.
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  • ryanjoachim
    ryanjoachim Posts: 2,046
    edited December 2010
    Ricardo wrote: »
    Not sure I see what's the benefit of that. I can reload windows as many times as I need. What really need to be protected is the data, not the OS & applications. So why spend in a SS drive for the OS? Or am I missing something here?

    It's mostly based on a productivity mind-set. With an SSD, an average install of Win7 will load from bios to usable desktop in around 27 seconds (depending on bios). All programs will load and run faster, including web browsers.

    For the average Joe, it's probably too expensive. But the SATA standard isn't going anywhere for several years, which means that the SSD can be moved from computer to computer while keeping it's speediness.
    MrNightly wrote: »
    "Dr Dunn admitted that his research could also be interpreted as evidence that women are shallower than men. He said: "Let's face it - there's evidence to support it."
    mystik610 wrote: »
    Best Buy is for people who don't know any better. Magnolia is for people who don't know any better and have more money to spend.
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    HTPC: Chromecast w/ Plex Media Server. Media streamed from Media Server.
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