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On Fri, 04 Jul 2014 23:04:10 +0100 Mike Grant <mgg+dclug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I also allocated/formatted the whole capacity of the drive, but try > not to fill it all with actual data. TRIM is to keep the drive > informed as to which parts are actually not used, so there's no need > to intentionally leave some areas unallocated. I guess not > allocating the whole capacity would be one way to be very sure a > percentage isn't used, but I'd think that's overkill. > > Cheers, > > Mike. > > Some randomly googled reading material: > > http://www.samsung.com/global/business/semiconductor/minisite/SSD/us/html/about/whitepaper05.html > I have had a read of the above, interesting. Luckily, as I have already mentioned, I am not a heavy user of the computer. At the moment I am using 11% of the SSD and I am very unlikely to even reach 50% so I should have no problems. It seems that an SSD is fine for me, but others will have to be more watchful. I am pleased, so far, that I have decided to go the SSD route, Neil -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq