Formatting SSD, gets a special treatment?

[rlubocki]

I installed full ver. Win 7 64 on my new 100GB SSD. And now I need to format the drive and do a fresh install again Do SSD get the same treatment as HDD? My plan is to format the drive from install win 7 disc.. Many thanks

 

[alyoshka]

Yes, they get the same treatment as standard HDDs. Your win 7 disk will format the drive just fine.
Although I'd make a suggestion to change the settings in the BIOS to AHCI instead of IDE before you install Win 7 again.....

 

[abswindows7]

I thought a veteran would know that, but DO NOT FULL FORMAT AN SSD you will destroy it.
JUST QUICK FORMAT IT.

 

[allkindsoftime]

I thought a veteran would know that, but DO NOT FULL FORMAT AN SSD you will destroy it.
JUST QUICK FORMAT IT.

What? whereis your source?

 

[abswindows7]

Have fun :
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/252320-32-full-format-quick

 

[ko888]

A quick format is all that is required and will also trigger the TRIM function if your SSD has it. A full format does a lot of unnecessary writes to the SSD's flash memory that will shorten the life of the SSD. The flash memory has a limited number of erase and re-write cycles depending on its gate technology (e.g. 5,000-10,000 cycles for MLC NAND Flash), it's not infinite like an HDD.

 

[blackhawk1928]

^I am not sure, but I think for a full format it writes once to each cell, if each cell has thousands of cycles wouldn't that be kind of insignificant? Not sure though. And Ko888, I know you're using it as an example but doesn't MLC nand flash have over 10,000?

 

[ko888]

Typical Program/Erase Cycles for MLC SSD NAND is 10,000.

SLC SSD NAND, on the other-hand, have Typical Program/Erase Cycles of 100,000. This type of SSD is usually used in datacenters because of its higher reliability and cost and quicker read and program speeds.