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Waldo Pepper · 18-01-2011, 18:45

Kingston SSD drives never seem to have a good speed rating, however this post maybe useful

http://tinyurl.com/48vcnzx

A couple of tips as I also use a SSD on my laptop. Not a clone from my previous disk as I wanted rid of all the cack HP put on their laptops.

1. Do a clean install to another hard disk (a spinning one).
2. Install all the major apps onto this system.
3. Image the spinning drive across to the SSD using something like EASUS (Google it) and a suitable USB-SATA converter hardware.
4. Swap the disks over. You will need your original Win disk as EASUS (and any other rename the mirrored drive letter, the system won't like it and the Win7 installation disk re-assigns your imaged SSD which say will be drive F: back to C: EASUS can do this but you have to upgrade (but well worth it as I have upgraded to the professional edition).
5. Follow some of the tips from this site: http://tinyurl.com/4q6bslx

Before I purchased mine, I printed out loads of info on how to configure an SSD and read and re-read before spending the cash so I could hit the ground running. Loads of good info out there.

Hope this helps. They are really worth the huge speed improvement when set up properly (and work).

I do agree with others. Your media and info are the most important things on your PC. Don't try to do it on the cheap. Just not worth it.

One other thing I found out. HP do not support Win 7 for my laptop. I ended up with a really aweful video adapter setting. I read somewhere that video card manufacturers are only supporting generic VGA in the most basic of settings. 640x480x16 colours in some cases.

Try and get the video drivers direct from the manufacturer. I identified my video chipset from device manager, NVidia supported it under Win 7 so I went direct the their site and all is superb now.

Good Luck and do let us all know how you get on!

18-01-2011, 18:45	#5
Waldo Pepper Inactive Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: In the thick of East Anglia Posts: 573	Re: Kingston SSD 2.5" snv125/s2 128gig Kingston SSD drives never seem to have a good speed rating, however this post maybe useful http://tinyurl.com/48vcnzx A couple of tips as I also use a SSD on my laptop. Not a clone from my previous disk as I wanted rid of all the cack HP put on their laptops. 1. Do a clean install to another hard disk (a spinning one). 2. Install all the major apps onto this system. 3. Image the spinning drive across to the SSD using something like EASUS (Google it) and a suitable USB-SATA converter hardware. 4. Swap the disks over. You will need your original Win disk as EASUS (and any other rename the mirrored drive letter, the system won't like it and the Win7 installation disk re-assigns your imaged SSD which say will be drive F: back to C: EASUS can do this but you have to upgrade (but well worth it as I have upgraded to the professional edition). 5. Follow some of the tips from this site: http://tinyurl.com/4q6bslx Before I purchased mine, I printed out loads of info on how to configure an SSD and read and re-read before spending the cash so I could hit the ground running. Loads of good info out there. Hope this helps. They are really worth the huge speed improvement when set up properly (and work). I do agree with others. Your media and info are the most important things on your PC. Don't try to do it on the cheap. Just not worth it. One other thing I found out. HP do not support Win 7 for my laptop. I ended up with a really aweful video adapter setting. I read somewhere that video card manufacturers are only supporting generic VGA in the most basic of settings. 640x480x16 colours in some cases. Try and get the video drivers direct from the manufacturer. I identified my video chipset from device manager, NVidia supported it under Win 7 so I went direct the their site and all is superb now. Good Luck and do let us all know how you get on!