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SSD on Windows XP?

shazaam
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Hello cyber-fellas, we have an old PC that crawls and needs an upgrade. It packs an i3 530 with 2 GB DDR3, some HDD that ran 24/7 for about 4 years. It has Windows XP SP3 I'm thinking that a SSD would be the obivous hardware upgrade, but I've heard that XP is not recommended, since it doesn't have TRIM. Upgrading the OS costs a lot (almost the price of 3 SSDs; Linux is a NO).

 

Do we have to worry about it? Is it OK to clone XP to the SSD? Is there anything more to do? I'm thinking of getting Intel 535 120 GB, for the 5 year warranty.

The Closet: i5 6600K @ 825-4635 MHz || Asus Z170A || Fury 16GB DRR4 @ 2198 MHz CL14 || Zotac GTX 970 AMP! @ 1555/7900 MHz || Antec TP Classic 550 || Samsung EVO 840 250 GB || Fractal Design R4

The Folder: Acer V5-573: i5 4200u @ 800-2600 MHz || Embedded 4GB DDR3 @ 1600 Mhz || 120 GB SSD

The TV SmallBox: MSI Windbox: Celeron 1037u @ 1800 MHz || 2GB DDR3 @ 1333 MHz || 500 GB || WiFi bgn

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Right. I'll keep that in mind.

The Closet: i5 6600K @ 825-4635 MHz || Asus Z170A || Fury 16GB DRR4 @ 2198 MHz CL14 || Zotac GTX 970 AMP! @ 1555/7900 MHz || Antec TP Classic 550 || Samsung EVO 840 250 GB || Fractal Design R4

The Folder: Acer V5-573: i5 4200u @ 800-2600 MHz || Embedded 4GB DDR3 @ 1600 Mhz || 120 GB SSD

The TV SmallBox: MSI Windbox: Celeron 1037u @ 1800 MHz || 2GB DDR3 @ 1333 MHz || 500 GB || WiFi bgn

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The whole topic of fragmentation, and wearing out a SSD is severely over-done.  Early SSDs didn't tolerate a lot of activity and had poor garbage collection.  The newer ones are pretty bulletproof unless they're severely beaten upon for a prolonged period of time. 

 

So yeah, don't worry about it.  Clone it and be done with it. 

 

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