Is it possible to install Vista 64 bit (SP1) onto a SSD and make this bootable?
As in, a PC that only has a SSD in it and no hard disks at all.

Motherboard: Asus P6T Delux
CPU: i7 940
SSD: OCZ Core V2, 120GB, SATA II, 2.5”

If it is possible, is there anything special that has to be done first or is
the SSD seen as a normal HD by Vista 64 bit (SP1)?

I know that the original release of vista didn't like SSDs so now I am
wondering if that has been fully rectified by drivers or only half-way...

Drivers really aren't the problem for installing on SSD devices: The actual
interface from the drive to the computer is usually SATA, which uses a
standard bus protocol.

The concern that you might face is that Vista may not be tuned to concept of
SSD devices, which have sensitivity to the number of writes to a given
sector (so things like paging would constantly write to the same part of the
disk, wearing it out faster).

Try reading:

[url]http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081218-flash-moves-forward-with-bumps-in-capacity-and-lifespan.html[/url]

I will caution you that there appears to be a pretty big quality/performance
gap between different implementations on SSD. Do some research before you
go out and buy - as they are not all created equal.


"Andy CP" <AndyCP@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E1D8CCD3-2AFE-4BE5-916D-B41D2AEE94CA@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> Is it possible to install Vista 64 bit (SP1) onto a SSD and make this
> bootable?
> As in, a PC that only has a SSD in it and no hard disks at all.
>
> Motherboard: Asus P6T Delux
> CPU: i7 940
> SSD: OCZ Core V2, 120GB, SATA II, 2.5”
>
> If it is possible, is there anything special that has to be done first or
> is
> the SSD seen as a normal HD by Vista 64 bit (SP1)?
>
> I know that the original release of vista didn't like SSDs so now I am
> wondering if that has been fully rectified by drivers or only half-way...[/color]

I keep reading contradictory articles. Some describe the issue of write
endurance and others talk about how this has actually become a myth over the
years as SSDs have evolved so drammatically but people only remember the
early bad days.

To play safe, I'll create the Page File on a HD. However, with 6GB of RAM
hopefully Vista will not need to use it at all...in theory...if I got my
maths right...
Thank you for your great help.

"Timothy Davis [MSFT]" wrote:
[color=blue]
> Drivers really aren't the problem for installing on SSD devices: The actual
> interface from the drive to the computer is usually SATA, which uses a
> standard bus protocol.
>
> The concern that you might face is that Vista may not be tuned to concept of
> SSD devices, which have sensitivity to the number of writes to a given
> sector (so things like paging would constantly write to the same part of the
> disk, wearing it out faster).
>
> Try reading:
>
> [url]http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081218-flash-moves-forward-with-bumps-in-capacity-and-lifespan.html[/url]
>
> I will caution you that there appears to be a pretty big quality/performance
> gap between different implementations on SSD. Do some research before you
> go out and buy - as they are not all created equal.
>
>
> "Andy CP" <AndyCP@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E1D8CCD3-2AFE-4BE5-916D-B41D2AEE94CA@microsoft.com...[color=green]
> > Is it possible to install Vista 64 bit (SP1) onto a SSD and make this
> > bootable?
> > As in, a PC that only has a SSD in it and no hard disks at all.
> >
> > Motherboard: Asus P6T Delux
> > CPU: i7 940
> > SSD: OCZ Core V2, 120GB, SATA II, 2.5”
> >
> > If it is possible, is there anything special that has to be done first or
> > is
> > the SSD seen as a normal HD by Vista 64 bit (SP1)?
> >
> > I know that the original release of vista didn't like SSDs so now I am
> > wondering if that has been fully rectified by drivers or only half-way...[/color]
>
>[/color]

You may also want to do some research on Prefetch and SSD devices. I don't
think prefetch will hurt the SSD device; it is more that there may be no
benefit when seek latency is so low.


"Andy CP" <AndyCP@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0CF68119-4D04-4694-8CBA-A3CFE44B170D@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
>I keep reading contradictory articles. Some describe the issue of write
> endurance and others talk about how this has actually become a myth over
> the
> years as SSDs have evolved so drammatically but people only remember the
> early bad days.
>
> To play safe, I'll create the Page File on a HD. However, with 6GB of RAM
> hopefully Vista will not need to use it at all...in theory...if I got my
> maths right...
> Thank you for your great help.
>
> "Timothy Davis [MSFT]" wrote:
>[color=green]
>> Drivers really aren't the problem for installing on SSD devices: The
>> actual
>> interface from the drive to the computer is usually SATA, which uses a
>> standard bus protocol.
>>
>> The concern that you might face is that Vista may not be tuned to concept
>> of
>> SSD devices, which have sensitivity to the number of writes to a given
>> sector (so things like paging would constantly write to the same part of
>> the
>> disk, wearing it out faster).
>>
>> Try reading:
>>
>> [url]http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081218-flash-moves-forward-with-bumps-in-capacity-and-lifespan.html[/url]
>>
>> I will caution you that there appears to be a pretty big
>> quality/performance
>> gap between different implementations on SSD. Do some research before
>> you
>> go out and buy - as they are not all created equal.
>>
>>
>> "Andy CP" <AndyCP@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:E1D8CCD3-2AFE-4BE5-916D-B41D2AEE94CA@microsoft.com...[color=darkred]
>> > Is it possible to install Vista 64 bit (SP1) onto a SSD and make this
>> > bootable?
>> > As in, a PC that only has a SSD in it and no hard disks at all.
>> >
>> > Motherboard: Asus P6T Delux
>> > CPU: i7 940
>> > SSD: OCZ Core V2, 120GB, SATA II, 2.5”
>> >
>> > If it is possible, is there anything special that has to be done first
>> > or
>> > is
>> > the SSD seen as a normal HD by Vista 64 bit (SP1)?
>> >
>> > I know that the original release of vista didn't like SSDs so now I am
>> > wondering if that has been fully rectified by drivers or only
>> > half-way...[/color]
>>
>>[/color][/color]