The idea is that the controller (not the OS, though it is possible to have continuous garbage collection in the OS, but it is not the case of Windows) should perform garbage collection when it has nothing better to do (i.e. (actually it is a fluffy term invented to confuse people ). New ssds - I may be wrong - may not be the best choice with xp.Īssume that "garbage collection" is just some fluffy term that was invented to confuse people. Very expensive at that time, but available for a better price now. I was wondering if ssds, quite old now, like intel X25-E (not M!), made with SLC nand flashes could be the best choice. I'm looking for the best way to associate a ssd with xp fat32, I have to rebuild one of my laptops. Contrary to what is often said, didn't have much problems with ma fat32 partitons since win95. Spent years at work on NTs NTFS, sometimes a real nightmare (accesss, recovering data,etc).
I'm using XP pro x86 only on that laptop, with posready 09 updates, with fat32 dual boot with 98. My ssd : intel 530 80GB, another I use from time to time is a chinese one, Kingfast F6. ? I thought garbage collection was OS independent!!! I thought it was an internal process of the drive.
I have no idea how much garbage collection XP does.
Quote : Any garbage collection needs to be done by the OS, so you would need to have it running the OS while idling. But they work together, no? Jaclaz, I've already read what is in the link you provided about that.įew questions, thanks for your patience : I understand that Trim is not Garbage collection. Knowing that it may be possible to understand whther it has GC integrated. There is a lot of confusion on the matter because the actual devices changed and what may have made sense in - say - 2010 or 2011 doesn't make anymore sense five years specific EXACT make/model SSD are you using?
In practice, and in normal use, there is no need whatsoever to keep the PC on and idle, no matter which OS it is running. The mass storage device (barring - say - a server that is continuously streaming data) are in actual use ony a minimal fraction of the time they are ON. Garbage collection on a SSD is NOT "trim".Īnd (most modern) SSD have internal "garbage collection" routines, largely (please read as "entirely" undocumented) that may (or may not) work when the device is idle (with no activity whatsoever for long extents of time) or using the "small idle times" that happen in everyday use all the time.