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Now that I bought a newer Windows 10 PC and learned from an IT guy, about the care and feeding of a NVMe, is it difficult to move all of that data from the NVMe onto the HDD and remove the NVMe? I like it fast, but am not a gamer, and don't want the future drama as it flakes out my data.
That IT guy is just feeding you bullshit. Modern nvme drives are much more resilient than old days. I use a lot of data on my nvme data drive (virtual hard drives), and have only used 1% of its life expectancty after 1 year. A hard drive is just as likely to fail as the nvme. Jist keep an eye on drive health using tool like crystaldiskinfo. Key thing to bear in mind ANY drive can fail at any time (e.g. interface electronics can fail), so you should always backup data elsewhere.
Don't be impressed when a guy says he works in IT. Like all industries, there are experts, competent persons, and idiots.
Thanks! He was recommended to help me migrate from Windows 8.1 PC to newer Windows 10 PC , but I'm a senior and $125 an hour x 4 hours....
The newer PC and monitor were $950 total. I spec'd it:
And by the way, I've had PC's for 7-8 years each, and never had a HDD fail. I'm a former R&D technician and know that the two worst enemies of electronics are heat and static. So we always keep the house at, or below 70, no sun on the PC's, and about 50% humidity.
Last edited by MamaBear; 07 May 2022 at 00:52.
My Seagate HDD had been working fine for almost ten years before it became unreliable.
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Yes but there's no benefit.
I used to be able to say that until my first HDD failure.
The risk of disk failure of all kinds of SSDs & HDDs exists so needs to be provided for.
The fact that my SSDs will probably outlive their computers, and possibly me, does not remove the need for backing up.
I also have an HP Pavilion with a 256GB NVME M.2 SSD [for the OS & applications] & 1TB HDD [for storage]. I back up both of them.
I agree that your "IT guy" should not have been recommended to you and ought not to be consulted in the future.
I am amazed by your requirement for 20GB RAM but your requirements are your business not mine.
All the best,
Denis
Last edited by Try3; 07 May 2022 at 02:03.
Perhaps the IT guy is good at software rather than hardware.
I presume pc comes with Windows 10 preinstalled?Thanks! He was recommended to help me migrate from Windows 8.1 PC to newer Windows 10 PC , but I'm a senior and $125 an hour x 4 hours....
The newer PC and monitor were $950 total. I spec'd it:
And by the way, I've had PC's for 7-8 years each, and never had a HDD fail. I'm a former R&D technician and know that the two worst enemies of electronics are heat and static. So we always keep the house at, or below 70, no sun on the PC's, and about 50% humidity.
It is possible to take installation on old pc, upgrade it to W10 free, image backup installation and restore that on new pc but gets tricky as you will need nvme drivers as well. We can help you through process, but it is probably easier just to reinstall apps again on new device. Even then, it can be a bit tricky if you have things like MS Office but have lost the installation keys.
Consider using SpeedFan to control fan speed automatically as per temperature change.
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I have been using it happily for years.
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