Install Vista 64 bit (SP1) onto bootable Solid State Disk

[Andy CP]

Is it possible to install Vista 64 bit (SP1) onto a SSD and make this bootable?
As in, a PC that only has a SSD in it and no hard disks at all.

Motherboard: Asus P6T Delux
CPU: i7 940
SSD: OCZ Core V2, 120GB, SATA II, 2.5â€

If it is possible, is there anything special that has to be done first or is
the SSD seen as a normal HD by Vista 64 bit (SP1)?

I know that the original release of vista didn't like SSDs so now I am
wondering if that has been fully rectified by drivers or only half-way...

 

[Timothy Davis [MSFT]]

Drivers really aren't the problem for installing on SSD devices: The actual
interface from the drive to the computer is usually SATA, which uses a
standard bus protocol.

The concern that you might face is that Vista may not be tuned to concept of
SSD devices, which have sensitivity to the number of writes to a given
sector (so things like paging would constantly write to the same part of the
disk, wearing it out faster).

Try reading:

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/pos...ward-with-bumps-in-capacity-and-lifespan.html

I will caution you that there appears to be a pretty big quality/performance
gap between different implementations on SSD. Do some research before you
go out and buy - as they are not all created equal.

 

[Andy CP]

I keep reading contradictory articles. Some describe the issue of write
endurance and others talk about how this has actually become a myth over the
years as SSDs have evolved so drammatically but people only remember the
early bad days.

To play safe, I'll create the Page File on a HD. However, with 6GB of RAM
hopefully Vista will not need to use it at all...in theory...if I got my
maths right...
Thank you for your great help.

 

[Timothy Davis [MSFT]]

You may also want to do some research on Prefetch and SSD devices. I don't
think prefetch will hurt the SSD device; it is more that there may be no
benefit when seek latency is so low.