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| 1377417 | 2014-06-18 22:40:00 | I'm thinking of installing an SSD as my bootable device and transferring Windows to it. Are there any issues of motherboard support or anything else I should be thinking about? | Tony (4941) | ||
| 1377418 | 2014-06-18 22:59:00 | Guess it depends on what you use to transfer windows across to the SSD. Does the program, come with the SSD? | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1377419 | 2014-06-19 03:08:00 | Guess it depends on what you use to transfer windows across to the SSD. Does the program, come with the SSD?I haven't bought anything yet. I'm planning to do a clean Windows install so I'll be re-installing everything anyway. I'm more concerned about any hardware-related possible problems. | Tony (4941) | ||
| 1377420 | 2014-06-19 03:26:00 | Dont think so. As long as there's drivers for whatever, is in the case. For the version of windows you're installing. . Like the netbook here, I cant install windows 8 on it. Because, there are no Nvidia chipset drivers for it. No chipset drivers (Win7 chipset drivers didn't work either), it couldn't / wouldn't shut down properly. It shut something down (the screen did go black, but it didnt shut the whole netbook down). I could still hear the fan. And it kept hanging, every time I restarted it. And when I updated it, it hung every time I restarted. So, I put Win7 on it again |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1377421 | 2014-06-19 03:57:00 | Ideally you want whatever the latest SATA port is (SATA III = 6Gbps yeah?) but it's not a huge deal if you have the previous one, you just miss out on a little speed you probably won't notice. Some of them have cloning software available on their websites or included on a disk or there are other options if not. A good opportunity to start over though if your windows is a bit old and could use a refresh. I suppose you'd want to check if your case has a physical mount for a 2.5" drive or if you need a 3.5" adapter as well - some drives come with them many don't. As far as Speedies software issues, as long as you are using the same version of windows as you are now that shouldn't happen. I think you'd want to be using 7 0r 8 for best SSD support as well but even under XP you can run utilities to do the Trim functions etc if windows isn't doing it. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1377422 | 2014-06-19 05:55:00 | It will be Win7. I'm not sure what level my SATA ports are (how do I check?). I won't have any other physical mounting problems. I made the original post be cause I seemed to remember when SSDs first came out there was some question as to whether all motherboards would support them, but I could be wrong. | Tony (4941) | ||
| 1377423 | 2014-06-19 06:19:00 | If you know what the model of the mobo / system is do a search in Google for its specs | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1377424 | 2014-06-19 09:59:00 | What ports you have are not an issue. The drivers are dated 2006 on my SSD drive! But I did find that I got a much better speed by changing from IDE to AHCI. The speed test I used is AS SSD. |
linw (53) | ||
| 1377425 | 2014-06-19 11:53:00 | To add a clarification, a SSD will work on any mobo with a SATA socket but it won't attain its highest speed unless attached to a 6GB/s port. I had a fast SATA port and AHCI allowed the SSD to achieve its full speed potential. | linw (53) | ||
| 1377426 | 2014-06-19 19:34:00 | Thanks everyone. All I have to do now is find a suitable device. | Tony (4941) | ||
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