Subj : bad news for hdd?
To   : Stas Mishchenkov
From : August Abolins
Date : Sun Jan 01 2023 10:10:00

Hello Stas!

 SM> But I recommend you do a backup.

At the moment, I don't have enough external memory/storage to  
do that.  :/


 SM> I recommend you using the SSD as the system drive and the
 SM> HDD as the data drive. This configuration will be more
 SM> long-lived and reliable.

The T60 affords operating a 2nd'ary drive in lieu of the DVD  
drive.  But at this point, I am enamoured to reduce heat  
generation, associated fan noise, and any hdd noise and just  
migrate to SSD   ..and I want to retain use of the DVDRW drive  
for certain occassions.

A direct SSD migration seems simpler to achieve.

The HDD+SSD project sounds more time consuming.


 SM> PS: Keep in mind that XP does not know how to properly work with SSD. You
 SM> need to use at least Win7.

What is "proper"?  Are you referring to TRIM and what is also  
referred to as Garbage Collection?

XP doesn't entertain extra background disk activity like the  
later OSes do. It is my understanding that with properly  
adjusted (aligned) partitions, the SSD should have very few  
issues operating without TRIM.
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