SSD on Old pc

[veepulbb]

Ok so i have an old computer which is used mainly for browsing, checking mails, word, excel etc.

It runs on Intel Pentium E5700 on G41 chipset based Mobo (Biostar G41D3C), 2gigs of ddr3 ram.

I was thinking of creating an OS only SSD drive to speed it up as i think it still has some life for the work its used.

What things will i have to keep in mind? The system is running on XP and i read somewhere that TRIM is not there in XP. So should i upgrade my OS?

Anything else that i should keep in mind before upgrading? I plan to clone my current c dive to the new ssd. Any good sofware?

 

[holyprof]

TRIM might be a problem. Cloning might not work, but if you're willing to try, use clonezilla, i use it for years and it works flawlessly. The new disk MUST be same or bigger than old (using smaller disk might work but not certain).

Windows 7 + SSD would be a great upgrade, making your old PC faster than a brand new PC without SSD.

 

[Sandstorm3000]

I'd say upgrade to Windows 7, and if you do you should also upgrade your RAM to 3 or 4 gigs. (if you don't you'll be fine i guess)

Im not sure about TRIM in xp, because the only updates it still got for the time microsoft still made them were security updates. So no extra features. So im pretty sure it isn't used/supported

Im also not sure about cloning your drive, but i guess you could just copy all the files from one drive to the other. You should also disable defragmentation if you have the SSD.

(hope i kind of helped out)

 

[veepulbb]

Is it worth Upgrading considering my system specs? Am still running a pentium and i see this as the cheapest upgrade?

 

[USAFRet]

Anything else that i should keep in mind before upgrading? I plan to clone my current c dive to the new ssd. Any good sofware?

What do you mean by "clone my current c dive to the new ssd' ?
You can't use the same OS and license in 2 different PC's.

And that old one will need a fresh install of <whatever> to work properly with the SSD.

 

[veepulbb]

I just want to clone my C Drive to SSD. Once the OS has migrated, am just gonna format C drive and add it to the secondary storage. So it will be a hybrid set up. My SSD is only 120GB vs 1 TB of HDD.

 

[veepulbb]

Am cloning so that i dont have to reinstall all the applications, settings etc. Its just a hassle atm.

 

[USAFRet]

I just want to clone my C Drive to SSD. Once the OS has migrated, am just gonna format C drive and add it to the secondary storage. So it will be a hybrid set up. My SSD is only 120GB vs 1 TB of HDD.

"Ok so i have an old computer which is used mainly for browsing, checking mails, word, excel etc."

Well...do you want XP on the SSD? No, you don't. So that means just installing Win 7.
I'm not sure where this clone business comes in.

 

[veepulbb]

Yeah i just realised if I had to use the trim function, i would need a clean install of Win7. But then, my pc is so old. Will it behave?

 

[USAFRet]

Yeah i just realised if I had to use the trim function, i would need a clean install of Win7. But then, my pc is so old. Will it behave?

Maybe, probably. Only way to know for sure is to try it.