got a new ssd MBR or GPT

[oscar.w873]

I just got a new ssd and i dont if i should use MBR or GPT.
It's a 150gb ssd samsung.

 

[Jwpanz]

Use MBR if you’re putting Windows on it.

 

[howie4726]

I just got a new ssd and i dont if i should use MBR or GPT.
It's a 150gb ssd samsung.

This is kind of like the ancient question: FAT, FAT32 or NTFS? IMO, use the latest - if you have UEFI ROM and will be installing Windows 10, then go with GPT. Set UEFI (BIOS) to boot with UEFI and Legacy + AHCI and you're good to go. Just my opinion as a 70 years old retired EE who's ben around since DOS, but there it is.

 

[oscar.w873]

I just got a new ssd and i dont if i should use MBR or GPT.
It's a 150gb ssd samsung.

This is kind of like the ancient question: FAT, FAT32 or NTFS? IMO, use the latest - if you have UEFI ROM and will be installing Windows 10, then go with GPT. Set UEFI (BIOS) to boot with UEFI and Legacy + AHCI and you're good to go. Just my opinion as a 70 years old retired EE who's ben around since DOS, but there it is.

umm how much does windows 10 take up?

 

[Jwpanz]

About 20GB.

 

[USAFRet]

umm how much does windows 10 take up?

Irrelevant.
For a 150GB drive, leave it as one partition.
For a new UEFI board, you want GPT.

 

[USAFRet]

About 20GB.

Any recent Windows OS that is actually used takes far more than 20GB.

 

[Jwpanz]

True but a clean install is only 20. Updates and Microsoft Office push the size up to around 45-50ish.

 

[USAFRet]

True but a clean install is only 20. Updates and Microsoft Office push the size up to around 45-50ish.

Sure. If all you want to do is install it and never use it, 20GB is fine.

If you actually wish to use the PC...far more space is needed.

 

[howie4726]

umm how much does windows 10 take up?

Irrelevant.
For a 150GB drive, leave it as one partition.
For a new UEFI board, you want GPT.

I certainly agree with both your comments although I would condition the "one partition" by leaving 10% unallocated (since he has a Samsung drive) and Magician will use that as additional space for overprovisioning. Just FYI, I am using about 150GB on my boot/program 512GB 950 Pro - I have numerous applications installed (including Windows 10 IP 17063, Office 2016 and Adobe Creative Cloud (all resources hogs) and many others, but NOT a single game - so I'm an anomaly, I guess - but that will give you an idea how quickly you will suck out free drive space.

 

[USAFRet]

umm how much does windows 10 take up?

Irrelevant.
For a 150GB drive, leave it as one partition.
For a new UEFI board, you want GPT.

I certainly agree with both your comments although I would condition the "one partition" by leaving 10% unallocated (since he has a Samsung drive) and Magician will use that as additional space for overprovisioning. Just FYI, I am using about 150GB on my boot/program 512GB 950 Pro - I have numerous applications installed (including Windows 10 IP 17063, Office 2016 and Adobe Creative Cloud (all resources hogs) and many others, but NOT a single game - so I'm an anomaly, I guess - but that will give you an idea how quickly you will suck out free drive space.

Well, yes. Overprovisioning.
Thats a whole different thing than user facing partitions.

 

[howie4726]

umm how much does windows 10 take up?

Irrelevant.
For a 150GB drive, leave it as one partition.
For a new UEFI board, you want GPT.

I certainly agree with both your comments although I would condition the "one partition" by leaving 10% unallocated (since he has a Samsung drive) and Magician will use that as additional space for overprovisioning. Just FYI, I am using about 150GB on my boot/program 512GB 950 Pro - I have numerous applications installed (including Windows 10 IP 17063, Office 2016 and Adobe Creative Cloud (all resources hogs) and many others, but NOT a single game - so I'm an anomaly, I guess - but that will give you an idea how quickly you will suck out free drive space.

Well, yes. Overprovisioning.
Thats a whole different thing than user facing partitions.

Sorry if I got off on a tangent. We old guys do tent to do that...

 

[USAFRet]

Sorry if I got off on a tangent. We old guys do tent to do that...

Yes, that is a tendency with us old guys...:lol: