I want to install windows on a solid state drive, with the page file on a separate, conventional hard drive. my rationale is that solid state drives can only be written to around 100,000 times before sectors start dying, putting the oft-written files on a conventional disk would dramatically improve life. How do I do this? On Linux/Unix it's just a matter of mounting the swap somewhere else.
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Anonymous2009-02-14 23:24
Been a while since I admined a windows box myself, but it's about the same. IIRC you need to start by creating a second page file on the non-C: drive in the System control panel, reboot, then you can remove the C: drive one.
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Anonymous2009-02-15 5:07
More correctly EACH CELL CAN ONLY BE WRITTEN TO 100,000 TIMES BEFORE THAT CELL DIES.
Wear leveling spreads out the writes.
So, realistically, the drive (even with swap stuff) on it will last years.