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What to change in the registry to boot Windows from a PCIe Sata controller?
What to change in the registry to boot Windows from a PCIe Sata controller?
I have an intel mainboard that supports only 3GB Sata. I want to upgrade it to 6GB Sata with a controller like this:
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How do I disable the "SECURITY FREEZE LOCK" on my SATA hard disk?
I am sending ATA commands to SATA HDD using IOCTL_ATA_PASS_THROUGH in windows. IDENTIFY DEVICE (ECh) ATA commands returns 256 words of data.
Word 128, Bit 3 is set in the returned data, and according ...
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Make ReadyBoost use SATA instead of USB drive [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Enable ReadyBoost on a second internal HDD?
As far as I know, ReadyBoost only works on USB flash media. I have a 4GB SATA SSD, and I thought it would be interesting to use it ...
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Added extra SATA 6Gbit/s SSD drive, Windows 7 doesn't detect device, USB 3.0 device now runs slow
Added in an extra SATA 6Gbit/s SSD drive to my Windows 7 machine. Now two 6G/s SSDs - main one 64GB and this new 256GB. BIOS can see both. However when I run Windows 7 disk management tool it doesn't ...
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How to find SATA controller version on custom built PC. Do I have SATA 2, or 3 (II, or III)?
I've got a custom built PC sitting at home with the following specs:
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Processor (3.2 GHz Quad)
8.00 GB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 465 (4GB Graphics Mem)
64-bit Windows 7 SP1
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Move an SSD with Windows 7 to a new PCIe SATA controller card
This is my current setup:
Abit AB9 QuadGT motherboard which has an Intel P965 chipset with Intel ICH8 SATA Rev. 2.0 controller
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB SSD which supports SATA Rev. 3.0
Windows 7 ...
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What could cause a computer to boot from a secondary SATA drive instead of the primary?
I have an SSD with Windows 7 on it as a primary drive, and a secondary HDD with an old Windows XP install still on it. This system has been working fine for a few weeks, but suddenly the computer ...
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Windows 7 setup doesn't recognize my Intel SSD 320 series drive
I have replaced my hard drive with a Intel SSD 320 Series (120Gb) and changed the SATA mode to AHCI in the BIOS. But the Windows 7 setup doesn't recognize the SSD drive. I tried to install a driver ...
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SATA3 (P67 Chipset) VS GSATA3 (Marvell 88SE9128)?
I just bought a Gigabyte P67-UD7-B3 and it came with support for SATA2 SATA3 and GSATA3.
I have 1 SSD, and 1 HDD. I don't know which SATA I should connect them to. I don't wish to make a RAID because ...
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Making an SSD drive the primary boot/system drive
[Not much of a hardware guy, so please excuse my ignorance :)]
I just ordered an HP Pavilion Elite HPE-450t (desktop), which came with Win7 installed on the hard drive, using two partitions (C: and D:...
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Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit not finding my SSD, any ideas?
So I am trying to install Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit on my new SSD (Kingston SNVP325-S2/64GB) and I have unplugged my other drives (for the install only).
The SSD is detected by BIOS, I am running the ...
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How can I verify that my SSD is performing as it should?
I've got a brand new 256GB SSD (Crucial CT256M225) which should have stellar performance. However, on my (also brand new) Dell Studio 1557 with Windows 7 Professional 64 bit, it's only giving a ...
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CPU Usage in Drive Benchmark
I have a desktop with an e8500, XP, and an Intel SSD. I have a laptop with a T9600P, Windows 7, and a Corsair SSD. Each has 4gb memory. When I run HD Tune benchmark on them, I get a speed of about 225 ...
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Dell Inspiron 530 - SSD Worth it? [closed]
I'm going to be upgrading my Dell Inspiron 530 (2.0 Ghz Intel Dual Core CPU, 3 GB RAM) to windows 7 soon, and rather than backup and reformat my existing drive, I'm planning on getting a 2nd drive to ...
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