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| Thread ID: 142259 | 2016-05-29 13:26:00 | SSD v-fail rate ? | effie c (6856) | Press F1 |
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| 1421121 | 2016-05-29 13:26:00 | Hi all, I have been watching with interest re the SSD solid state h/d comments in F1 and wonder if the fail rate could be so much better at not failing that possibly even a back up E drive h/d would not be necessary I have a 6 year old ( original set up--W10 Pro> 4 gb ram 32 bit set up, kept right up to date, I see desk top computers new are about $1800 give or take but as I am now very much an "old" enthusiast, with little business done these days I still want to be up to date etc would installing a 120 gb SSD be a worthwhile upgrade from my 500gb mechanical drive -- at say $200 odd installed professionally though I would still be 32 bit but I am told that businesses need the 64 gb so I would thereby save $1600 mechanical h/d and still be well ahead. I have W10 Pro upgraded from W7 Effie c |
effie c (6856) | ||
| 1421122 | 2016-05-29 16:17:00 | Depending on what you want to install on it, 250/256+ maybe better It'd probably be a lot faster than what you have now tho. Just remember not to defrag it. I may do the same with the other 2 pc's here (this has an SSD in it). And replace the PSU's (in the other PC's) as well with modular ones. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1421123 | 2016-05-29 20:48:00 | Hi all, I have been watching with interest re the SSD solid state h/d comments in F1 and wonder if the fail rate could be so much better at not failing that possibly even a back up E drive h/d would not be necessary That's never a good idea. Better does not mean never. And with SSDs you're less likely to be able to do a retreive on it. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1421124 | 2016-05-29 20:50:00 | Yes spinning rust hard drives suck Yes SSDs are much faster and the best price/performance ratio to upgrade your PC with one component Yes you want backups Personally I just don't worry about SSD wear or levelling More important things in life to worry about |
nmercer (3899) | ||
| 1421125 | 2016-05-29 21:07:00 | As already mentioned you should always have an updated backup. It doesn't matter what sort of HD you are using. | CliveM (6007) | ||
| 1421126 | 2016-05-30 00:11:00 | Agree with everyone, a backup is MOST definitely necessary irrespective of how supposedly reliable the drive is, Murphy's law, if it can fail, it will fail at some stage. PCTek is right, if a SSD failed, the chance of retrieving something from it is virtually zero. I have upgraded my ancient 6 years old Core2Duo PC a few months ago with SSD drive and more RAM and Windows 10, and I am now using this PC 90% of the time instead of my much faster Core i7 laptop. With Windows 10 and SSD, this PC now boots up in less than 10 seconds from cold boot and pretty much wake up instantly from sleep. So, yes, the SSD has basically revived my old ARK. I am using Office365, didn't need to install Outlook on this ancient PC, I work exclusively off the web portal and can move between my Desktop PC, Laptop, Phone/Tablets seamlessly. |
Geek4414 (12000) | ||
| 1421127 | 2016-05-30 00:37:00 | Data recovery from dead SSD's is possible , depending on what failed. Expect it to be really expensive though . |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1421128 | 2016-05-31 01:53:00 | We had a 128 Gig SSD installed on our desktop and it runs Windows 10 and all of our many programs. Very quick boot-up each morning. Have not regretted. | Misty (368) | ||
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