Recent content by chansuresh

Please help with at least these 3 questions on the SSD before I start my build: 1. Should I separate the Windows 7 OS and Applications in 2 partitions or leave as one? 2. Do I need a separate partition for pagefile / scratch disk (I have 6gb RAM) on the SSD or is this better in the HDD? 3. Is...

Railman - Thanks I look forward to your post. I don't leave my system on sleep, usually shut down - which is why the quick SSD boot is very attractive to me. According to the SSd article by Anand the SSD needs free space to do its swapping or whatever to optimize performance - so to avoid...

I am a first-time pc builder (core i7 / Windows 7/ Ubuntu) seeking advice on the optimal setup and partitioning of a 120gb SSD and 1.5TB HDD for best performance, backup, recovery, organization. I play no games, but will do HDV video editing and Photoshop editing, music ripping etc. plus...

Railman - I am interested in your setup details. Where did you put the MS Office and Why? Also what user profiles / apps did you put on the WD HDD? What is the logic for separting the OS and Apps and User profiles? Please comment if my proposed strategy for a new core i7 / W7 pc makes sense. I...

I have done a lot of reading, and can confirm that SSD partitioning is entirely "logical" and so all the old rules of HDD don't apply and the underlying controller uses all the page/sectors regardless of partition to even out the wear. So no impact on fragmentation, etc. So the only reason to...