Solid State Drives have been available for a
several years now,and offer a considerable advantage in terms of speed of
access compared to conventional hard drives.
If you install the Windows 7 operating system
on a solid state drive, expect faster boot times. (As little as 9-10 seconds). And
amazing input/output speeds. You will be transferring those large files in no
time!
So,what
is the difference between a Solid State Drive and a conventional one?
SSDs employ similar technology to that found
in flash memory cards such as those found in Digital Cameras and camcorders. There
are no moving parts and data is stored similar to that of a RAM module. Data is
quickly accessed and retrieved.
Normal hard drives are constantly spinning and
can be loud or a nuisance. Solid state drives are quiet and much more compact
than your average drive. However, one downside to solid state drives is the life
of them. They are typically only good for a certain number of read/writes and
are more prone to crashes and failures. Hard drive failure can be common among
them after years of use.
A modern conventional hard drive has a read
speed of about 106MB/s and an access time of about 12ms. Compare that to around
270MB/s and 0.08ms for a Solid State Drive,and you can see just how much
quicker an SSD can be in accessing your data!
Installing Windows 7 on an SSD requires a
different approach to disk management than that of using a conventional disk.
You typically need to install certain drivers to make the solid state drive
work properly. The windows installation process will guide you through this.
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