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    Got Notebook, Windows 8 not installed on SSD?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by zrekz, Sep 20, 2013.

  1. zrekz

    zrekz Newbie

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    Hello,

    I'm not very technical about this stuff, so I hope someone here can answer. I just got my Lenovo y510p today, which comes with a 1TB HDD and a 24GB SSD. Windows is installed on the 1TB HDD, I thought it was supposed to be installed on the SSD? Should I reinstall windows 8 to the SSD, and if yes, how do I do it? I don't have a disc drive.
     
    zrekz, Sep 20, 2013
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  2. idiot101

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    The SSD is only there for caching purposes. It is not meant to be your primary drive. Caching means that repeatedly used program data gets stored in it and will be available to without any latency. This improves the responsiveness of the system making it run like it is with an SSD. It can only accelerate certain tasks. That is why, for the most part, you are stuck with the performance of a normal HDD.

    I might have filtered it down to the bare minimum, so please bear with me.
     
    idiot101, Sep 20, 2013
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  3. Pirx

    Pirx Notebook Virtuoso

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    To add to this, a 24GB drive is too small to be used for an OS installation.
     
    Pirx, Sep 20, 2013
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    Oh, yes. The main reason for not doing is above. Can't believe I left that out. :p
     
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  5. tijo

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    Indeed, way too small, you can "get away" with an OS install on a 64 GB drive, but even that is rather cramped.
     
    tijo, Sep 20, 2013
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    Primes Notebook Deity

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    fixed. :)
     
    Primes, Sep 20, 2013
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    saturnotaku Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Um, I think that was implied given the thread topic.
     
    saturnotaku, Sep 20, 2013
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    what I was implying is that it's amusing that a windows install is "cramped" on a 64Gb drive, whereas a linux install has more than enough room on 1/3 of that size.
     
    Primes, Sep 21, 2013
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