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Questions about overprovisioning

idata
Esteemed Contributor III

Hi there,

with my latest Intel SSD (SSD320, 600 GB) I made initially 3 partitions (2GB, 50GB, 400GB). The remaining space was 106GB.

Later I partioned the remainig 106GB as the 4th and last primary partition.

After I had partioned the 4th partition I rememberd that some space of the SSD should be left unpartitioned because it's good for live and performance of the SSD.

So I removed the last partiton (106GB) which was not formatted and no data was written to it. Then I made a new last partition with 40GB. 66GB are now unpartitioned.

Is the unpartitoned space used by the SSD? Or is it not used because it has been partitioned first?

Is there a possibility to see if the unpartioned space is used by th SSD (e.g. with Intel SSD Toolbox) ?

Best regards, FireStarter

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Jose_H_Intel1
Valued Contributor II

The recommended OP for Data Center is about 33% and for desktop/laptop is 10 %.