sm625
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- May 6, 2011
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From what I've seen so far SSHD are just gimmicky and overpriced. Maybe there just isnt enough volume in that market for them to make sense. I would go with a two drive solution. Not only is it less expensive, but you also can back up the boot drive image onto the media drive and then replace only the boot drive if it dies. If the 2TB drive dies you are of course still screwed.
Keep in mind that you can clone the SSD onto the HDD to make it bootable, just in case the boot drive fails you still have something to boot from. Just remember to :
A) Not install the 2TB until after windows is installed on the boot drive.
B) keep in mind that if your boot drive fails and it boots off the HDD it is possible that you might not notice this happened unless you are really paying attention.
Keep in mind that you can clone the SSD onto the HDD to make it bootable, just in case the boot drive fails you still have something to boot from. Just remember to :
A) Not install the 2TB until after windows is installed on the boot drive.
B) keep in mind that if your boot drive fails and it boots off the HDD it is possible that you might not notice this happened unless you are really paying attention.
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