Many people and places building computers these days will install a 120gb ssd or a 250gb ssd drive as the c: boot drive, then they install a 1tb sata hard drive as the data drive. The biggest problem I see as a service technician is that these drives are too small for all the data and information out there. I constantly have to call the customer and explain that their drive is full and they need a bigger ssd drive.
The first question that comes out of their mouth is why did they install a ssd drive with a small amount of space. Well it basically comes down to money and not what the customer really needs. It is less expensive to install a 120gb ssd or 250gb ssd, then install a 1tb ssd drive. My feeling is in the long run it would be better to go with the 1tb ssd, make a little more money off the sale and have a happy pleased customer that will come back and bring their friends.
Now how does the cost of a 250gb ssd compare to the 1tb ssd drive ? Well a 250gb ssd samsung drive will cost about $75 to $100. The 1tb samsung ssd will run about $200. The way I look at it is, you won't have to come back and spend $200 on the ssd and maybe $80 or more in labor. Plus the benefit is your not a unhappy customer and your business keeps going, instead of stopping while you wait for your computer to be done while at the service center.
What you have to remember is that back in the past we had 120gb and then 250gb hard drives. The operating system, system files, programs and data kept getting larger and larger over time, so they designed much larger hard drives to accommodate the needed space. You have to understand that not all programs can be installed on the 2nd data hard drive. The data mapped to the 2nd hard drive, generally does not take up that much space, unless the customer has huge amounts of data.
Now if your running out of space on that small ssd boot drive, clone it to a new larger 1tb ssd drive with a program like Acronis. You will need the Acronis Software, Sata Cable and a Power Connection. You can do this off your own computer or a computer set up as a data recovery machine. There are also hardware component machines made just for cloning. It's not that difficult to do and if I can, so can you.
