Samsung drives do not force you to surrender additional user capacity for overprovisioning. It is recommended to leave at least 20% free space on ANY SSD--the Samsung software just allows you to set it aside, at your option, to prevent filling it accidentally. However, you must explicitly tell it to do so.
I own about a dozen Samsung SSDs. Them and specific Intel models are the only ones I buy and recommend. -----Original Message----- From: Hardware [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of FORC5 Sent: Saturday, August 2, 2014 2:23 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [H] SSD and XP ? kind of figured that, suppose I could clone it off and back. drive is a Crucial ( I think) need to look at that. I like Samsung except they use drive space for a OP partition. 10% recommended. bad to loose space. Do like their sw, Crucial claims they are working on some. Any after market SW you can recommend ? Already dl'ed AVG to replace MSE. Not sure what else to do. So far have found some win32/trojans according to ESET. scan not done yet. hate working on antiques. :-) thanks fp At 12:08 PM 8/2/2014, Greg Sevart Poked the stick with: >XP doesn't support TRIM, the lack of which can slow SSDs down over time. >Some handle it better than others. If it's a Samsung or Intel, install >the manufacturer's utility and run the optimization. If it's anything >else, the drive needs secure erased. > >Staying with XP should not be considered an option. Same goes for MSE, >since it has turned to crap. Date: Saturday, August 2nd, 2014 ***Caution Tagline Below*** **Tallyho** ******************************************* Everyone hates me because I'm paranoid *******************************************
