Need some help from those with SSD's on format size

Hi,
To better get an idea of where I am comfortable I want to shrink my primary partition. What I would like to know is what space you guys get after formating. I will try different sizes to see what is comfortable.

I am familiar with 256 GB HDD's so I really do not need data for that unless for some reason it seems out of the norm. I am more interested in 60GB to 240GB............

please list;
1.) drive make
2.) drive model revision etc
3.) original claimed size.
4.) formated size after partitioning.
5.) recomended free space if any..........

Edit;
I just shrunk the primary partition to 42GB, that is definately not workable for me. only 12GB free and have to yet install Video and picture editing tools........

Edit 2;
My present partition ia already 1024K aligned so I plan to image and restore with Windows 7 utils. I've done this countless times to HDD and am very careful. Making sure to check the alignment holds even with the 100 MB reserved area.

Thanks in advance..........

 

1.) OCZ
2.) Vertex 2 E
3.) 60GB
4.) 55.7GB
5.) Not sure if they recommend any free space although the more you have the faster it is. (Not that even with all 55.7GB full it would "slow").

 

1.) OCZ
2.) Vertex 2
3.) 50GB (64GB total)
4.) 46.4GB

I don't know what this data really tells you. You're going to get the same results from everybody, as this is an issue between what the manufacturer reports as the data capacity of the drive (1000MB = 1GB, or whatever) and what the OS reports as the data capacity (1024MB/GB). Everything is going to be the same proportionally.

 

1.) Intel
2.) X-25M G2
3.) 80GB
4.) 74GB
5.) I personally wouldn't partition any SSD, regardless of capacity.

It does if the OP is planning to partition their SSD to fit a specific storage allocation.

Try not to sound so smug and condescending? We're all here to learn, everyone started somewhere. This is a community that helps others; if you do not get that at this time, then how about you just bounce on out of here?

 

G73's tantrum notwithstanding, is there a difference between how large the formatted sectors are and how much usable space you have? I remember reading somewhere about that.

 

I am interested for two reasons;

1.) I can change my HDD volume to that size and see how it fits me. Want to be sure the free space is comfortable.
2.) I can presize my volume so that when I get the drive my image fits with no issue. If the volume is too large windows util will not restore the back up to the new drive.

SSD's unlike HDD' some may reserve space while others don't. and then include the reserve space in their original size description, example above 64 GB drive with 50 and 45 formated. So yes there is a method to my madness.

Thanks to all responding, it is much appriciated................

Edit; I am not multi-partitioning, just one large partition but even at just the one it is still considered partitioned. Then you have your volume or format size within that partition...............

Edit2; Below is where my installation is at right now...........

 

Being this is a ?SF2? drive I would hope the 120GB would be 111GB after formatting. That may be doable. I just installed DPP and it was about 500MB. Xilisoft is small as well.

I plan to install VB dotnet 1.1 and 2.0 so another 6GB or so with MSDN. Photoshop CS5 shows only need for another 1GB from what I can find on the net.

25GB used now so figure another 10GB of installs and 5GB or so more for system restore. So at 40GB total I'd have 71GB left free with a 120GB drive yeilding 111GB. With a 160GB yeilding 148GB I'd have 108GB free.

So my choices are the 120GB SF2's, 128GB C300 or 160GB X25-m G2. I think the 80GB's would be too much of a hinderance in the very near future with a 40GB install leaving only 34GB.........

Edit,
Thanks to all here who have helped, an SF2 has won my eye;
Now on order SF2 120GB primarily high performance and assembled in the good O'l USA..............

 

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