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<blockquote data-quote="jeallen01" data-source="post: 1074348" data-attributes="member: 176704"><p>A few further thoughts on SSDs:</p><p></p><p>- Keep an eye on the "health" of the SSDs: big name ones usually come with a dashboard App which allows you to check that, and/or use something like CrystalDiskInfo to do the checks as that should tell you how much time they have been switched ON (That's what told me that the Samsung drive in the main laptop had been for a lot of hours in only just over 1 year, and thus why I now switch the machines OFF rather than putting them to Sleep)</p><p></p><p>- I still do all my backups to large HDDs because: (1) they are still cheaper than equivalent-sized SSDs; (2) As backup devices, they won't get worked anywhere near as hard over time; (3) I have a lot of them!: some are (mainly) ex Sky Box (etc.) 2TB drives in one USB 4-bay unit attached to one NAS, and the others are Enterprise-grade 3TB drives (slightly used from an AV Forums seller, but I think I can expect a long life from them) in a similar USB 4-bay unit attached to a 2nd NAS in the garage for my "off-site" backup.</p><p></p><p>- Cloning: if you have a partitioned Primary HDD and the SSD doesn't come with dedicated cloning s/w don't try to use Acronis True Image if you only want to clone the Primary Partition because it's an "all or nothing" process and you can't select just that partition. OTOH, Macrium Reflect Free will do what you want.</p><p>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jeallen01, post: 1074348, member: 176704"] A few further thoughts on SSDs: - Keep an eye on the "health" of the SSDs: big name ones usually come with a dashboard App which allows you to check that, and/or use something like CrystalDiskInfo to do the checks as that should tell you how much time they have been switched ON (That's what told me that the Samsung drive in the main laptop had been for a lot of hours in only just over 1 year, and thus why I now switch the machines OFF rather than putting them to Sleep) - I still do all my backups to large HDDs because: (1) they are still cheaper than equivalent-sized SSDs; (2) As backup devices, they won't get worked anywhere near as hard over time; (3) I have a lot of them!: some are (mainly) ex Sky Box (etc.) 2TB drives in one USB 4-bay unit attached to one NAS, and the others are Enterprise-grade 3TB drives (slightly used from an AV Forums seller, but I think I can expect a long life from them) in a similar USB 4-bay unit attached to a 2nd NAS in the garage for my "off-site" backup. - Cloning: if you have a partitioned Primary HDD and the SSD doesn't come with dedicated cloning s/w don't try to use Acronis True Image if you only want to clone the Primary Partition because it's an "all or nothing" process and you can't select just that partition. OTOH, Macrium Reflect Free will do what you want. . [/QUOTE]
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