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Setting up a second operating system on an over-provisioned SSD area?

Setting up a second operating system on an over-provisioned SSD area?

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Fred10244
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02-08-2016, 06:50 PM

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I have Windows 7 64 on an SSD and want to run Vista on the same drive without affecting the current files. I have ample unused space, but erasing the existing single partition is required before installing Vista, which Win7 handles poorly. The over-provisioned area created in Windows 7 appears as a separate partition in Vista, so placing Vista there could overwrite data during boot. You should be cautious about this. There are tools available to create new partitions from free space without deleting existing ones, but you’ll need to verify compatibility with your system.

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Fred10244

02-08-2016, 06:50 PM #1

I have Windows 7 64 on an SSD and want to run Vista on the same drive without affecting the current files. I have ample unused space, but erasing the existing single partition is required before installing Vista, which Win7 handles poorly. The over-provisioned area created in Windows 7 appears as a separate partition in Vista, so placing Vista there could overwrite data during boot. You should be cautious about this. There are tools available to create new partitions from free space without deleting existing ones, but you’ll need to verify compatibility with your system.

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ClareCloud
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02-08-2016, 10:55 PM

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it’s better to use a traditional hard drive for vista since it was built for that setup.

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ClareCloud

02-08-2016, 10:55 PM #2

it’s better to use a traditional hard drive for vista since it was built for that setup.

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XgAbYoP
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02-09-2016, 06:58 AM

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I don’t see any justification for not upgrading to Vista on an SSD. The same settings should be turned off in Windows 7 when using an SSD—like disk defrag, page file, and superfetch. Since I don’t have a free HDD, I’d still face the same challenges of needing to create a new partition on a storage that’s already full.

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XgAbYoP

02-09-2016, 06:58 AM #3

I don’t see any justification for not upgrading to Vista on an SSD. The same settings should be turned off in Windows 7 when using an SSD—like disk defrag, page file, and superfetch. Since I don’t have a free HDD, I’d still face the same challenges of needing to create a new partition on a storage that’s already full.