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hobbit709

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7. SSD probably not the best for a scratch disk

Reply to csziggy (Reply #6)

Tue Dec 17, 2013, 01:49 PM

Dec 2013

SSDs have a limited number of write cycles compared to a regular drive. They're best for installing the OS and software where it's mostly used to read from.

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Just had a Blue Screen crash on my Win 7 machine [View all] csziggy Dec 2013 OP

Is this an isolated occurrence? ChromeFoundry Dec 2013 #1

It's happened once or twice before csziggy Dec 2013 #2

I don't want to take away any excuses to upgrade from you. gvstn Dec 2013 #3

CHKDSK didn't show any problems csziggy Dec 2013 #4

Sometimes Windows hangs on boot with any kind of USB device connected. hobbit709 Dec 2013 #5

Hmmm - didn't think of that! csziggy Dec 2013 #6

SSD probably not the best for a scratch disk hobbit709 Dec 2013 #7

The idea is that SSDs are much faster than a regular drive csziggy Dec 2013 #8