Hi guys,Would it be good to partition an SSD in 2 parts and install as follows?120Gb Corsair SSDPartition 1: (50 Gb) C:\Windows 7Partition 2: (70 Gb) D:\FSXWould this improve loading times etc? Is it advisable to have more than 1 partition on an SSD?Looking forward to your input.

Yes that's fine. SSDs have no mechanical parts so partitions make very little difference. It will increase loading times within FSX and boot times a lot

Hi Chris,Thanks for your reply! Another question then: When using SSD, is it even important to have FSX on a separate partition, or would it be fine to just keep the SSD as 1 partition and install both Win7 and FSX on it?

Yes that's fine. SSDs have no mechanical parts so partitions make very little difference. It will increase loading times within FSX and boot times a lot

As you say, partitions in SSDs make little difference, so they will not adversely affect boot times. (I'm sure that's what you meant to say.)Cheers,- jahman.

No. A partition is not necessary in my opinion. I've run FSX and OS before off of a SSD with both on the same partition with no problems.

OK thanks again!

why would you partion an electronic device and expect any different result than if the partition did not exist? Don't do it. Only possible reason to do this may be if you were dual booting I find it hard to come up with any other good reason. Certainly no beneifit in loading times or any performance improvement reason. No harm done if you do partition but personally I would not unless I found some good reason which does not include performance (because there is none).

Hi Gary,The reason I asked is because I have gone through NickN's installation guide and he instructs to install FSX on its own partition, or even better, on its own harddrive.As I am new to the SSD scene I am not quite sure what is best to do... I read elsewhere that its good to just run Windows off the SSD and FSX can simply be run off an old fashioned harddrive.You see, I need your guys' input :-)Appreciate it much!

Hi Gary,The reason I asked is because I have gone through NickN's installation guide and he instructs to install FSX on its own partition, or even better, on its own harddrive.As I am new to the SSD scene I am not quite sure what is best to do... I read elsewhere that its good to just run Windows off the SSD and FSX can simply be run off an old fashioned harddrive.You see, I need your guys' input :-)Appreciate it much!

Hi Sander,The electronic SSD does not contain a disc like its mechanical brother. A SSD is as fast anywhere on it from front to back (analogy, there is no front or back).Because a SSD is electronic, partitions, defrags or install orders can be disregarded. Whatever you put on the SSD and wherever that stuff ends up on the SSD, will be accessed as fast as fast can be. There is no performance gain or loss in partitioning on a SSD.Because the current mythology favors running an SSD in NCQ mode (NCQ, requires AHCI be set in bios) and due to the fact that mechanical drives do not respond well to NCQ; mixing mechanical and SSD is not recommended. Additionally you move to SSD for the fastest performance; you always want to give FSX the fastest drive, so you would never want to have an SSD and install FSX on a mechanical (or anything else on mechanical, except using the mechanical for storage).Even on a mechanical drive you would not want a partition except: 1) It is a dedicated 1-TB dedicated to FSX, where you would give FSX the first partition and use the next partition for storage.2) You are dual booting.You never want to have a partition on a mechanical drive with the OS and run an application from the adjoining partition. With mechanical drives it is always preferable to have FSX on a dedicated drive. The reasons being:3) You want FSX to be on the fastest outer edge of the disc.4) Prevents FSX fragmentation due to OS activity.5) Prevents the head from having to read the OS and then move to read FSX.With the SSD there is no head, the SSD is just pure fast everywhere so no need to partition or to dedicate FSX to its own drive, SSD is so fast fragmentation is not a concern (in same context of mechanical drives).Summary:You would be best to have FSX and the OS, on a SSD without concern for partition. FSX should not be installed on a mechanical drive with the OS on the SSD. A mechanical drive should not be used to run programs when using an SSD.

Thanks for repeating exactly what I said, but making it more complex. I think my easy-to-understand quick summary sufficed.

Thanks for repeating exactly what I said, but making it more complex. I think my easy-to-understand quick summary sufficed.

lol! you said "It will increase loading times within FSX and boot times a lot" Nah, I don't think so.Lets keep it professional and helpful Chris, if you can't do that then do nothing.

How won't it? Prove me wrong? Because having your OS installed on an SSD will increase OS boot times. Having FSX on an SSD will increase loading and texture load times.

Hi Sander,The electronic SSD does not contain a disc like its mechanical brother. A SSD is as fast anywhere on it from front to back (analogy, there is no front or back).Because a SSD is electronic, partitions, defrags or install orders can be disregarded. Whatever you put on the SSD and wherever that stuff ends up on the SSD, will be accessed as fast as fast can be. There is no performance gain or loss in partitioning on a SSD.Because the current mythology favors running an SSD in NCQ mode (NCQ, requires AHCI be set in bios) and due to the fact that mechanical drives do not respond well to NCQ; mixing mechanical and SSD is not recommended. Additionally you move to SSD for the fastest performance; you always want to give FSX the fastest drive, so you would never want to have an SSD and install FSX on a mechanical (or anything else on mechanical, except using the mechanical for storage).Even on a mechanical drive you would not want a partition except: 1) It is a dedicated 1-TB dedicated to FSX, where you would give FSX the first partition and use the next partition for storage.2) You are dual booting.You never want to have a partition on a mechanical drive with the OS and run an application from the adjoining partition. With mechanical drives it is always preferable to have FSX on a dedicated drive. The reasons being:3) You want FSX to be on the fastest outer edge of the disc.4) Prevents FSX fragmentation due to OS activity.5) Prevents the head from having to read the OS and then move to read FSX.With the SSD there is no head, the SSD is just pure fast everywhere so no need to partition or to dedicate FSX to its own drive, SSD is so fast fragmentation is not a concern (in same context of mechanical drives).Summary:You would be best to have FSX and the OS, on a SSD without concern for partition. FSX should not be installed on a mechanical drive with the OS on the SSD. A mechanical drive should not be used to run programs when using an SSD.

Thanks Gary, That really made things a lot clearer for me.I will (once my new pc arrives) do it like that.. OS & FSX on the SSD.Have a good day!

lol! you said "It will increase loading times within FSX and boot times a lot" Nah, I don't think so.Lets keep it professional and helpful Chris, if you can't do that then do nothing.

+1Cheers,- jahman.

How won't it? Prove me wrong? Because having your OS installed on an SSD will increase OS boot times. Having FSX on an SSD will increase loading and texture load times.

Do you guys down under use "increase" and "decrease" differently that us "northerners"?Like the bathtub drain revolving the other way around etc.. :Thinking: