Can you have System Restore points to another drive?

[omega3]

In my computer i have an SSD (C) and HDD (D). Since it's not recommended to have system restore on an SSD, is it possible that it does the restore points for the entire system on the D drive or not?

 

[mikeymikec]

No, AFAIK.

Assuming that it's a modern SSD that supports TRIM along with AHCI enabled and a TRIM-supporting OS, I would recommend skipping the paranoia regarding avoiding host writes at all costs.

For some more solid information on the matter:
http://techreport.com/review/27436/the-ssd-endurance-experiment-two-freaking-petabytes

Based on the figures coming out of those endurance trials, and the fact that I have a Samsung 840 PRO SSD, based on the most conservative figure for what I can expect in terms of host write life from my SSD (700TB), and the average host writes per month I'm doing (137.3GB, calculation based on total host writes reported divided by the number of months I've owned the drive), that's approximately 435 years life I can expect from it.

Considering that I don't think I've had a single storage device in my main computer for longer than 5 years to date, I really don't think there's much cause for concern!

FYI, pagefile and system restore are both enabled on it. I have Windows 7, programs, games, and my most commonly accessed personal data stored on it.

There will be people who use the drives more aggressively than I do mine. For your own use I would recommend having the drive for a few months (let's say 6), then do the calculation I did and decide whether you need to manage it any differently.

 

[bbhaag]

I enabled system restore on my 240gb Crucial M500 drive last year. I migrated from a 60gb Plextor drive and thought it was time.
I haven't noticed anything bad by enabling it but it has only been 10 months. According to Crucials Storage Executive software I've written 1.2tb to date.

I'm going to have to agree mickeymikec. Any modern ssd should be able to handle it no problem.