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Installing Windows 7 on RAID 0 created in Intel Rapid Storage Technology
I ordered a ThinkPad T70 from 51nb and upon arrival I fitted 2x Samsung 960 250GB NVMe drives. As per instructions provided to me by 51nb I setup a RAID with the following configuration using Intel ...
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Cannot Install Win 7 on to Dell Precision 7510 with Lite On CX2 NVMe SSD [duplicate]
So my company orders laptops from Dell, and as per usual ordered one downgraded from Win 10 to Win7. In this case it is a Dell Precision 7510 with an Intel i7 and an SSD Lite On CX2 NVMe 512 GB. The ...
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Installing Windows 8.1 on a SSD
I got a question regarding installing Windows on a SSD drive. Currently I am running Windows 7 (installed on the C drive) and I bought Windows 8.1 and a new SSD drive.
I was wondering if I install ...
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How should I install windows with a 2 drive setup?
My PC has 2 drives: a small solid state, and a large hard drive. Obviously I want to install Windows on the solid state, but how can I configure it such that all other installations are defaulted to ...
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What steps should I take when upgrading my PC with an SSD?
I'm planning on upgrading my PC with an SSD. I currently have a 1 TB HDD, and I'm planning on installing a 512 GB SSD. I am also planning to do a clean slate install: I won't be transfering my current ...
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How to install and use Windows 7 in a Kingston SSDNow V300
Few days ago I bought a Kingston SSDNow V300 240 GB SSD, and replaced my "old" notebook (ASUS S46C) hybrid disk (750 GB HD + 24 GB SSD).
So, on Windows 7 installation I got 2 disks, first one (disk 0)...
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Installation Optimisation With Limited SSD Space
Tomorrow, I need to rebuild a windows 7 machine due to various issues. It currently has a 500GB HDD as the primary drive, with a 120GB SSD.
As a developer, I need to keep as much space free as I can ...
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My SSD can't be selected from Windows 7 install menu
I can't choose my SSD when I try to install Windows. Only my secondary HDD allowed. SATA mode selection in UEFI BIOS is set to AHCI.
Can I check somewhere check if my SSD is working correctly? Type ...
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Clean install of OEM Windows7 from HDD to SSD
I have an Acer laptop and I want to install Win7 on my new SSD drive. What I'd like to do is to have a fresh install.
My HDD has two hidden partitions (PQSERVICE and unnamed) before C:.
I tried ...
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Should I format an SSD cache drive before reinstalling Windows 7?
I bought a laptop which has a 500gb hard drive, and a small SSD drive for caching (24gb). It runs Windows 7 64-bit.
I would like to format the hard drive and reinstall windows. Should I also format ...
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What do I need to do to install Windows onto my new SSD?
I am in the process of building a new computer, and while I'm still waiting on the important parts of the computer, like the CPU and the Motherboard, my 120 GB Solid State drive has arrived, and I ...
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Best practices - New Install of Windows 7 with SSD [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Optimizing Windows 7 for SSD
I'm building my first Windows 7 machine. It will have a 128GB SSD and 1TB hard drive. I'd like to make Windows 7 re-installation easy while ...
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Installing Windows on one drive but Program Files on another [duplicate]
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How can I change the default program installation directory in Windows 7?
I'm toying with the idea of getting a SSD to replace my main drive. However, due to the relatively ...
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move existing Windows XP to a new harddrive
I've bought a SSD for my laptop and made a fresh install of Windows 7.
On my old HDD I've got a Windows XP system, which I would like to move to the SSD.
I've tried it this way:
put the HDD to an ...
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I'm trying to conserve SSD space & want to move User Accounts to HD [duplicate]
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Moving users folder on Windows Vista/Seven to another partition
I have a newly installed Windows 7 install on an SSD, and have about 17GB free before adding any users or any ...
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