install Win98SE onto an SSD? manual or third party TRIM?

[giantbucket]

so, i kind of want to install Win98SE (or Win2k) onto a spare-parts machine, but i would REALLY like to do it using an SSD. i just hate spinning drives for boots. is there any way to safely install Win98SE (or Win2k) onto an SSD, and is there some third-party TRIM functionality available somewhere?

it'll be either an older 60G SSD that's already seen some use or a fresh 128G SSD that hasn't been used on anything (yet)

and no, i will not use it on a network. i plan on using it totally offline, so even for updates or program installs i'll have to transfer stuff using a USB thumbdrive.

 

[USAFRet]

Neither Win 98 nor Win 2K knows hot to work with an SSD, beyond being 'just a drive'.
They have no clue about the TRIM function. Nor are there any '3rd party' TRIM functions.

 

[SBMfromLA]

You can use an SSD any place where you would use a mechanical SSD. Yes, TRIM is only supported on Windows 7+.... BUT that is not even an issue now. All you have to do is go the SSD's Manufacturer's website and download their SSD Tools program. For example, if you have a Samsung SSD, you download Samsung's Magician... If you have a Corsair, you would get Corsair SSD Toolbox. Within their program there is usually an option to schedule a TRIM execution..

One thing you need to remember is... never to run a Disk Defrag on your SSD.

 

[USAFRet]

Will it work? Sure.
But why would you waste SSD space on Win98?

 

[aldan]

why indeed?

 

[giantbucket]

You can use an SSD any place where you would use a mechanical SSD. Yes, TRIM is only supported on Windows 7+.... BUT that is not even an issue now. All you have to do is go the SSD's Manufacturer's website and download their SSD Tools program. For example, if you have a Samsung SSD, you download Samsung's Magician... If you have a Corsair, you would get Corsair SSD Toolbox. Within their program there is usually an option to schedule a TRIM execution.

yeah, but the Corsair toolbox (for the 60G drive that i already have) and Samsung is only for XP and newer, and SanDisk is only for 7-and-up. are there any SSD makers that offer the tool for WIn98 or Win2k?

 

[USAFRet]

...are there any SSD makers that offer the tool for WIn98 or Win2k?

Doubtful.

 

[giantbucket]

Will it work? Sure.
But why would you waste SSD space on Win98?

why? same reason i still have a '72 Fender Pro Reverb.

nostalgia.

 

[USAFRet]

Will it work? Sure.
But why would you waste SSD space on Win98?

why? same reason i still have a '72 Fender Pro Reverb.

nostalgia.

Nostalgia is one thing.
Trying to make a 20 year old OS merge with a new drive technology is something else altogether.

A '72 Fender plays just fine, given the right power.
Now try to provide enough power from your USB port on your laptop to power that Fender.

 

[giantbucket]

hmm, what about an SSHD - would the trim controller be part of the SSHD and would that then give me the benefits of fast snappy boots without having to worry about trim support?

 

[USAFRet]

hmm, what about an SSHD - would the trim controller be part of the SSHD and would that then give me the benefits of fast snappy boots without having to worry about trim support?

I expect it would probably work OK.

 

[giantbucket]

update - i snagged two old machines over the weekend for less than the price of a lunch. one is all-IDE and had a 40G IDE drive in it, so i'll dump Win98SE onto that. no trim, no SSD, no money invested in it. just wipe and install 98SE. looks like i'll need to reserve my SSD/TRIM for when i (for whatever random reason) reclaim an XP machine.

and maybe i'll experiment with installing onto one of those IDE-to-CF adapters, since i think i have an unused CF card kicking around.

all for nostalgia. thankfully i'm not as nostalgic for 90's music.