Subj : hdd to larger sdd
To : Arelor
From : August Abolins
Date : Fri Jan 13 2023 08:26 am
AA> This whole process was quite a journey.
AA> I *don't* really notice a SIGNIFICANTLY faster boot time in XP,
AA> but [1] maybe coming out of hibernate, the system loads a bit
AA> faster, [2] the fan is running at a slower speed, and [3] there
AA> is NO fan-speed test at boot up on my T60, [4] some web
AA> browsing performance is a tad smoother and faster as the cache
AA> previous content gets reused, I guess.
There was just one surprise that frustrated me for a little
while.
When I booted with the SSD in place, [1] many desktop icons
lost their associations. Consequently, [2] the same programs
could not find their installation locations.
The origianl HDD was divided as C and H. Since C was a piddly
35GB maximum size (and getting used up pretty fast) and H was
the remaining 200GB, I had gotten into the habit of installing
future programs on H over the years.
But the SSD process created an E partition in place of the H
partition.
I could simply go through all the shortcuts and change E to H,
and the associations. That worked on a couple of them. But I
still remained discouraged since I had numerous programs and
references to H in various places! Even my Tables in MS Access
had numerous references to H, and I was *not* interested in
reprogramming those in my various databases!
I was still discouraged when I learned that XP did not support
an ASSIGN command!
However.. after calming down, and having a look at the
partitions with XP's Disk Management tool, I realized that all
I had to do was right-click over the E partition, and it
provided the option to change the letter.
