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Friss
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Hah, I did read it :)
Yep no TRIM support in XP so not good for long term lifespan of most SSDs. Some have better garbage collection, I think the Samsung drives and one or two others may have TRIM/similar internally so don't need the OS to have the commands built in (which also means you can put them in a RAID array if you wanted >_<) Whether it's a good idea depends on how many long you want your drive to last. Coupla years, fine, 5 or so then maybe not. There's a couple of programs that will estimate remaining lifespan of your drive based on SMART data, can't remember what they're called (SSD Life perhaps?). Definitely been in the dark ages...
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bassmish
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I used that program friss!! my ssd will last till 2022 apparently!
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Friss
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Is that cus you changed to win8 >_<
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noodle
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I got given a notebook with an upgraded ssd init but it was running windows so I dropped Linux mint 14 on there, you'll never look back.
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