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    Recovery partition size and SSD partitions for Sony SA3 series?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Defrag, Dec 6, 2011.

  1. Defrag

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    Hey,

    Im looking for a new laptop, and as I've previously used Sony Vaio Z series which I loved, Im obviously looking at Sony. However, as I dont like current 2011 Z series with dock, Im more inclined to buy SA, as it's comparable to previous Z series.

    however, I have two questions!

    1)Could anyone with a 128gb SSD from Sony tell me how much is available for you in reality? Eg. I have a 500gb hard drive in my current one, but after opening 'My computer' I can only see around 480gb split between two partitions I use. The rest is recovery.

    Could anyone tell me how much does recovery takes on a SA3 with Windows 7 Professional and 128gb SSD?

    2) Partitions on SSD. As Sony uses two SSD * 64gb in raid0 for increased performance, I have a question - if I split my main partition into two ( 25%/75% for system and data, as always ) will I see a decrease in performance?

    Thanks for any help and comments guys! Cheers.
     
    Defrag, Dec 6, 2011
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