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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Serious Hardware/Software Crap > The SSD Megathread - Don't buy OCZ/Toshiba, Kingston, or Crucial drives, read the OP
 
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Doomsayer
Sep 2, 2008

I have no idea what I'm doing, but that's never been a problem before.

 So I just bought a Samsung 840 Evo 250GB, am I reading that right that when I install Windows 8 I can just only format and partition 80% of the drive and leave the other 20% unpartitioned? That way I don't have to worry about overfilling it?

I mean it sounds like it's unnecessary, but if it's a thing I can do, is there any particular reason not to?

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Doomsayer
Sep 2, 2008

I have no idea what I'm doing, but that's never been a problem before.

Welmu posted:

Install Windows to the entire partition. Then install Samsung Magician, enable RAPID & set over-provisioning to 20%.

Oh neat, thanks! :toot:

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