Partition type for my SSD

[JonathanX]

I just bought a SSD ADATA SU650, I formatted it from Windows after watching a tutorial on youtube on how to do it, because otherwise Windows would not see it/recognize it, and now I am copying stuff on it. Everything seems OK, but after checking it with AIDA64 Extreme, it shows the partition type as being LDM. I thought it was supposed to be NTFS, just like any other HDD or SSD I had before. Is it OK if it is LDM? I don't know what that means, all I want is for this SSD to work properly. I am on Windows XP Professional, Service Pack 2, 32-bit. Here is a photo from AIDA64:

 

[Sunny and 75]

I found this one by googling, hope you find it helpful.

 

[JonathanX]

I already read that, but I still don't know if what I did is good, because I never partitioned a HDD or a SSD from Windows, I only format it when installing windows. Just tell me if it's OK to leave it like this - LDM - or if I need to switch it immediately to NTFS, because I am worried.

 

[massaker]

Well, don't know WHY you decided to make a dynamic volume...

I formatted it from Windows after watching a tutorial on youtube on how to do it,

Please link to this dumb tutorial, so i can leave my comment under the video.
You could copy your stuff back, because...

To convert a dynamic volume back to a basic volume, you must first delete all volumes on the dynamic disk. Then, you can use Disk Management to convert the disk to basic. This process requires you to open Disk Management, delete each volume on the dynamic disk, and then convert the disk to a basic disk

 

[JonathanX]

Well, don't know WHY you decided to make a dynamic volume...

Please link to this dumb tutorial, so i can leave my comment under the video.
You could copy your stuff back, because...

This is the video:

The explanation for formatting starts at 5:40, and as you can see, I needed to initialize the disk first, and in doing so I don't think I had the option of "converting" it to NTFS. That's probably why/how I ended up with it being labeled as LDM.

EDIT: damn, wait! I see now that at 6:47, while choosing the options, it says "File system: NTFS". Then it should have also been NTFS in my case, I assume, right? Is it NTFS by default there? Because I left untouched all the details, I just followed the video instructions and went "Next" and "Next", if I remember correctly. So, in this case, why does AIDA64 says it is LDM instead of NTFS? Because in "My Computer" it says it's NTFS, look:



Just please tell me: is it OK if I leave it like this, or not? Because it works fine so far, and I just wanna rest assured that everything is OK. Someone please tell me that, because I'm scared and concerned.

 

[DirtyDingusMcgee]

Dude, it is fine. You are freaking out about nothing. No real reason for it to be a dynamic disk, but it will not hurt it nor prevent it from functioning. If it bothers you that much, then wipe it and convert it back to basic disk. It won't matter much one way or the other for just a storage disk. Will have 0 effect on the lifespan or function of the drive.

I'd be more worried about the cheap drive...seen a handful of su650 go belly up before their time.

 

[JonathanX]

Dude, it is fine. You are freaking out about nothing. No real reason for it to be a dynamic disk, but it will not hurt it nor prevent it from functioning. If it bothers you that much, then wipe it and convert it back to basic disk. It won't matter much one way or the other for just a storage disk. Will have 0 effect on the lifespan or function of the drive.

I'd be more worried about the cheap drive...seen a handful of su650 go belly up before their time.

Thanks, man. Of course I was freaking out, because right now I am jobless and thus poor, so I made an effort (a sacrifice) to buy this new SSD, so you can imagine that the last thing I want is to misuse it somehow, or for it to malfunction due to me not formatting it properly.

Yeah, many people said that for simple storage (music, movies, photos, older games, etc) a HDD is a better option, but I chose this SSD because many others have also said that SSDs tend to malfunction much later and more rarely than HDDs due to their inner construction (not having mechanic parts that can deteriorate, like HDDs have). My plan is to use it one year, then buy another one (maybe even an identical one) and copy all my data once again, and do this ever year, so in this way I will not only have a permanent big speed of access to all my files (since SSDs are much faster than HHDs) but I shall also keep my data safe forever. I can afford to buy a new SSD like this one every 12 months, since this SSD costed me the approximate of 53 US dollars, and I can afford to pay that each year in order for my data to be safe. What do you think of my plan? Or maybe was this SSD cheap enough to be suspect that it will go rogue somehow?