Upgrade old laptop with SSD

[Keith Smith]

Thanks Brian!  Currently with Win7 installed it is using 40G.  That is 
without anything added.  Windows sure has bloated.  It probably will 
just be a toy.... but like you said I might like it so much I may use it 
more... I was looking at the 240G SSD.  I also read the manufactures 
usually reserve some space for bad sectors that are not included in the 
capacity of the drive. Maybe I'll make it dual boot.  I only have 4G of 
RAM and do not want to spend any more on it.... so using VirtualBox 
might not be an option... maybe...





On 2016-03-05 17:15, Brian Cluff wrote:
> On 02/29/2016 07:28 PM, Steve Litt wrote:
>> From what I understand, SSDs that are often-written wear out much
>> faster if they're more than 80% or 90% full. A good reason to go
>> larger rather than smaller.
> 
> I was going to mention this as well in my reply but I guess I forgot.
> 
> I always buy more than what I need as well.  It's hard for the wear
> leveling to spread out writes to unused areas of the drive when the
> drive is near full.
> 
> Brian Cluff
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Keith Smith