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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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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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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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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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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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SSD & HDD - which should get 6Gb/s port
I have a PC with a single 6Gb/s SATA port, I have a 7200RPM HDD that is my primary drive (i.e. the OS is installed on it), I also have an SSD (450MB/s Sequential R/W, 85K Random Read, 55k Random Write)...
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Is it safe to connect an SSD to a PC via a SATA-USB adapter?
Due to a motherboard short, I’m concerned about the health of my SSD. I want to read the contents of the SSD via an SATA-USB adapter on my laptop. I have already verified my mechanical hard disk ...
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Would a high quality USB 3 SSD beat the speeds of a SATA II internal 7200rpm for gaming? [closed]
I have a gaming laptop and a desktop that I switch between pretty regularly due to not being home often. Rather than purchasing two SSDs, I was considering whether I could get away with getting a ...
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Harddrive disappearing intermittenly
Thanks in advance for helping
I am currently facing a problem with my hard drive that I had for over two years now. It is a WD green 3TB running on windows 7 as a secondary to a Samsung SSD that have ...
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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, Detecting hard drives; Done; No drives found?
I recently reinstalled windows 7 on a Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R (revision 2.0) motherboard with an SSD hard drive. I was reading about IDE vs AHCI and the consensus seemed to be that AHCI was better ...
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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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How can I copy the data of one SSD to a different SSD
I wish to mirror the data on my Crucial M4 128GB to a Samsung 840 Evo 512GB because I don't want to reinstall Windows 7 and reconfigure & reinstall everything from scratch.
What do I need?
How do ...
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Unable to locate or see a hard drive
I'm decent enough on the computer but have not encountered this problem before.
I currently have one SSD and two SATA hard drives on my PC.
The SSD is the C: drive. Then, I have a D: and J: drive.
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AMD RAID controller sees drives & RAID 1; Windows & RAIDXpert don't
I've got two SSDs I'm trying to work in RAID 1 on a Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5.
Here is the weird combination of all the different variables with a fairly ideal testing scenario (plenty of spare parts)......
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