• Some users have recently had their accounts hijacked. It seems that the now defunct EVGA forums might have compromised your password there and seems many are using the same PW here. We would suggest you UPDATE YOUR PASSWORD and TURN ON 2FA for your account here to further secure it. None of the compromised accounts had 2FA turned on.
    Once you have enabled 2FA, your account will be updated soon to show a badge, letting other members know that you use 2FA to protect your account. This should be beneficial for everyone that uses FSFT.

Helping a client

A

AirPower4ever

Limp Gawd
Joined
Dec 20, 2009
Messages
131
I have a client who wants to try out an SSD. He sent me a link for the Intel 330 120GB. The issue I have is that he still wants to use his Windows XP O/S and wants to put that on the SSD. I tried talking him into getting Windows 7 for his computer (he uses his system mostly for work, no gaming. Just internet, VPN, Word, Excel, Outlook), but he wants his XP on it.

I talked to him about TRIM on Win7 and how that works on SSD's, but is there anything else of major concern I can relay to him if we put XP on this Intel SSD?
 
One of my other IT guys ordered a Lenovo X301 with SSD and XP. The SSD was corrupt and giving BSODs within three months. I installed Win7 on the same laptop and have been using it for 3 years now. If he doesn't run the SSD Optimizer(I believe it works with the 330), then he is going to run into the same issue and or stuttering/poor SSD life.

Not worth it, just install Windows 7 and give it to him, or XP with a standard HDD.
 
I don't see the big issue; if he wants to try it out, he wants to try it out. You've informed him that it'll soon fill up with 1's and 0's, and that Windows XP doesn't have a tool that will clear up the flash memory so it'll start to slow down. If your client still wants XP, give it to him, otherwise if you can't even do that, he shouldn't be doing business with you; again, he's the client, he's paying you. If it slows to a crawl, well, you've done your due dilligence, and he can choose to upgrade or go back to a mechanical hard drive. As to whether there will be problems like his computer exploding, or him losing all his data, not really. I would think that someone would have made a program that does something similair to TRIM on Windows XP though as TRIM wasn't initiated a year+ into SSD's being commercially available.

Lastly, there are a few reasons why people continue to use XP, and why XP is still the #1 OS (in some reports). A lot of corporations are still running XP (mine is and so is the company issued laptop I am typing on), or a lot of older programs were designed specifically for XP.
 
@sethmo - you are right, I should just install Win7, but he will not release his system to me unless we agree on WinXP. Does it not suck when you see the future, but others need to smack their face in to it? COME ON MAN!!

@FrostBite - I run my work with protecting the client and practically all my clients love that, someone watching out for them. Just this one. I am trying to give him the best advice and course, but he still thinks he knows more. COME ON MAN!!

I saw what you're talking about sethmo; about the Intel SSD tool. I've been reading up on that tool and it seems to help, but in the end an SSD is better paired with Win7. COME ON MAN!!

Any news of anyone else running an SSD with WinXP? I have no exp., all my systems are Win7 with SSD's (except for one, B-day coming) and I just know he would love love. COME ON MAN!!

Thanks for the replies, maybe I'll just take my SSD system and show him what a pair Win7 and an SSD looks like, then reiterate the issues when using WinXP with an SSD. COME ON MAN!!
 
Last edited:
If he is that stubborn, just give him XP with an SSD, explain the Intel tool to him, and tell him to do regular backups. If he comes back to you in 6 months with a inoperable system, you can either install Win7 for him, or revert back to an HDD.

I guess there is no loss really, he is paying for your services one way or another.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top