WinXP on SSD vs WinXP USB HD

Discussion in 'Windows' started by les0702, Sep 17, 2008.

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    les0702

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    I have an Acer One with the Linux version and 8GB SSD version.

    I am planning to install WinXP on my SSD following the guides posted in this forum.

    I first installed WinXP (SP2) on a USB HDD and so far its working w/o any problem. :D Not can I only boot XP from my USB HDD or boot Linux from my SSD but I can also compare 2 different OS from a single PC. Default Firefox browser seems to run faster/smoother though on my Linux setup compared to Firefox 3 on my XP setup.

    My question is, if I replace linux on my 8GB SSD with WinXP (SP2) following the tips in this forum, will I notice any difference (speed, performance, the likes) as compared to my working WinXP (SP2) booted from my USB HDD?

    :idea: To make it short, which is faster and better... WinXP booted from a USB HDD or WinXP booted from the Acer 1 8GB SSD

    Tnx
     
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    cant say about windows as i never got it on my usb hdd, only tried vista and it wouldnt let me.
    anyway
    os x was about the same on both.
    Rory
     
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    XP will definitely be faster from the USB HDD. The SSD is really super-slow in writes, and that ruins it all.
     
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    At last I can install XP on USB drive :D . All this time I've been trying to use a 4GB thumbdrive and it refused to install on it in AAO but it works in my desktop. Just now I took a 60GB external HDD, partitioned it to 15GB and formatted it to NTFS and voila it's installing it at the moment.
     
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    Thanks for all your comments. I will retain my Linpus on my SSD and will just use my WinXP from my USB HDD.

    Next i will try to install WinXP to a USB stick as having a USB HD dangling from the sides is somewhat annoying
     
    les0702, Sep 21, 2008
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