On Sat, 24 Mar 2012 23:47:36 -0400, Yousuf Khan
wrote:

On 24/03/2012 6:49 PM, Allen Drake wrote:
Follow The Below Steps To Increase The Life of Your SSD Drives On
Windows 7

http://www.computerforums.org/forums...-a-208106.html


This guide is a year old so I would suggest reading as much as
possible from different authors.

Although there is some good info here, it sounds like he's just giving
general advice on how to improve Windows responsiveness. My
understanding is that SSD's are pretty sensitive to writes, but there's
never a problem with reading from an SSD. But this article seems to give
advice on how to minimize reads too.

Yousuf Khan

I think at this early stage everything that is out there is mostly
speculation and simply conversations. It seems that using multiple
drives would be good plan in any event. I have always had external
drives attached for files I rarely use and a small fast drive for
system files. I have also read that when an SSD fails it will only be
readable which is fine with me. If an HDD fails most of the time you
are completely unable to access the files. Also I have seen some
compare the SSD to a flash drive that has lasted far longer then any
HDD that has been accessed as many times. It seems that a good backup
plan is always the bottom line. Using motherboards that has SATA III
speeds will also be a good idea. I just bought a Crucial Adrenaline
Solid State Cashe
http://www.crucial.com/store/ssc.asp...e=pd_google_us

This might actually be a better choice than a stand alone SSD.