Greetings, everyone. I have a laptop that I don't use that often which runs Windows 10. It has killed 3 regular hard drives since I've had it. I don't know if it is getting bumped and causing a head crash, or if it is a power related thing. Windows will seem to lock up on me so I force a power off by holding down the power button. After that I have trouble with the HD when I try to turn the machine on again. I don't think the laptop has been getting any more shock or vibration than my old laptop which had a mother board failure. These newer higher capacity drives may be more sensitive or it may be related to forcing power off when the machine locked up. I'm thinking of switching to an SSD instead of a regular HD. I don't want to spend a ton of money as I don't use the laptop much. It would be to run Windows natively on occasion instead of via emulation. (I run Win XP via virtualbox on my main computer to use a Windows only 3D modelling program). I would like an SSD with a capacity of around 250GB (or more) and not spend too much more than $100. I don't really want to get in to spending $200+. I might be able to get away with a 120GB HD as I don't expect to put a lot of programs on the machine. I'm still concerned about how SSDs can wear out with use. My knowledge of SSDs may be a bit out of date. When using Linux I remember people saying you have to turn off atime and mtime (IIRC) to minimize wearing out the SSD too quickly. I don't know what equivalent tweaks may be needed when running Windows. Any suggestions for drives I should consider? Any ones I should avoid? -- Cheers! Kevin. http://www.ve3syb.ca/ |"Nerds make the shiny things that distract Owner of Elecraft K2 #2172 | the mouth-breathers, and that's why we're | powerful!" #include <disclaimer/favourite> | --Chris Hardwick