[dba-Tech] clean up

[Rocky Smolin]

I upgraded my primary box to an SSD a few months ago.  It was pretty easy - the hardware mounted in an empty bay and I had to fiddle with the bios to make the SSD Drive C:.  

There were a few software challenges but not with the SSD itself an downloading and configuring an OS and reloading all of the software I needed and the drivers to make the peripherals work - work but not rocket surgery.  

It's faster than a spotted dawg.  You'll love it.  Mine's 250GB - enough for everything I need.  The old rotating primary is still in the box as drive D: but I haven't needed anything on it for a long time. But having it there means I could transfer all my old data and docs easily. 

You'll love it.  And they're  pretty cheap now too.

r

-----Original Message-----
From: dba-Tech [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller
Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2016 6:27 PM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] clean up

I know almost nothing about SSD drives, including whether or not my boxes can support one such. What does it fit into? a) on a laptop, and b) on a tower? I have a Dell Inspiron laptop and have no idea whether it can handle an SSD drive. What sort of port am I looking for?

Arthur
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