SSD recommendation (3 Viewers)

[regeszter]

You can clone from hdd.

 

[SpudR]

Cloning=quicker BUT why not just install the OS?
XP is FUN(?) with an SSD (<- sarcasm), just go Win7 and install 1.1 final...

 

[Jay_UK]

Hopefully my Intel X25E will be here this week - complete overkill

But hopefully it should fly (OS only), timeshift is RAMdrive

J.

 

[finrudd341]

uh oh...didn't count on Windows XP being a problem when I ordered my 40GB Intel X25-V SSD....looks like I am going to be trying to Slip Stream Windows 7 then?

 

[SpudR]

I would

 

[finrudd341]

What size is Windows 7 on a boot disk? I am seeing ranges from 10gb - 17gb? If so, I should be ok on a 40GB drive right?

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

What size is Windows 7 on a boot disk? I am seeing ranges from 10gb - 17gb? If so, I should be ok on a 40GB drive right?

Mines currently at 19gb, so 40 is plenty.

 

[SpudR]

18.5Gb here
It amazes me just how big Windows gets...

 

[finrudd341]

Many thanks both - I have 40GB to run Windows and Media Portal, with media all stored on the network, so I should be ok...looks like Windows 7 it is!

 

[moab]

I have 3 SSDs. Each in a different PC.
Patriot 32GB,
Kingston 60,
Intel 40.
The Kingston gets hotter than I would ever expect for an SSD.
I recommend the Intel even though it is a tad more expensive.
TigerDirect has an SSD sale on!
(Disclaimer: I sometimes buy from there but I neither endorse or recommend them, buy at your own risk, etc).