You might need to enable trim on the ssd partition, in order to optimise usage and minimise wear of the drive.
On Thursday, December 18, 2014, Michele Mor <m.mor.m...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi. > As a gift for next year, I would like to upgrade my laptop to an SSD. > I've seen few tutorials online and the procedure seems simple enough, but > I still have few doubts. > > Currently my Hard disk is setup as a dual boot with Win 7 and Xubuntu - > therefore there is not one partition, but there are multiple partitions > (Windows,Xubuntu, Swap, Recovery for Windows). > Since the new SSD will be smaller (250GB vs 320GB), do I have to use > Gparted and resize the bigger partitions before cloning the disk? > > My other doubt is about efficiency: if Ubuntu is installed on a SSD from > scratch, does it optimise its installation somehow? > Obviously if I do a clone, that would not be the case. > Is this assumption correct or there's no such a difference? > > Finally.. if I prepare my laptop resizing partitions, would anyone be able > to assist me if I come along on a Tuesday night meeting? > > Thanks. > Michele > -- Regards, David Aizenberg Peterborough, United Kingdom +44 7462 861 071 www.linkedin.com/in/pixelshuck
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