SSD install

jmc41 · 14-09-2012, 17:52

Hoping someone can spare me some grief.

Got myself a SSD which I'm going to stick Win7 onto to speed things up and save the hell of reinstalling windows (slow after a few years) onto an aging raid0 drive and a 6-7 year old mobo.

Plan is to unplug the sammys from sata1 and 2 and put ssd into sata3 and install everything, then plus 1 and 2 back in... But that's a raid0 array with two paritions, partition 1 being a 100gb win 7 bootable one. Will this cause issues?

Can I sonmehow stop it either trying to dual boot or die horribly? Once it's wortking I'll be trying to shift some games and emails across then backing up and formatting to a single storagew partiion (but still raid0 as that's worked well when one of the drives has given up before).

I have backed up 99% of files already just in case

Thanks anyone!

Psymonkee · 14-09-2012, 21:40

When you plug the old drives back in go into BIOS and remove them from the boot order

jmc41 · 14-09-2012, 22:36

Thanks; well it kinda went horribly wrong.

Couldn't get the computer to even recognise it, it finally did, I'm not sure how. Cables everywhere, mobo tray out, in, cables knocked out. I still have a bit of plastic from the new drive on my desktop, ooops.

Really hope it survives. I've got Windows 7 on it, and showing a 7.1 score for primary HD (dunno what it was before but doubt it was 7.1 somehow). It's only running SATAII from my ancient machine.

RAID is dead, it's showing as 3 hard drives and boot up is not happy. Will have to source what I need and re-raid it up, hopefully that'll be possible.

I remember now why I haven't upgraded it in years. But at least I've got a new windowz install. And now to exceed my yearly bandwidth with it's two million updates...

Zirax · 14-09-2012, 23:18

Oi, you are meant to ply me with beer to do upgrades!

Think about my lack of beer for 3 weeks!!!

jmc41 · 14-09-2012, 23:26

I think this is the same computer you built with/for me!

Sure I've replaced the chip, CPU fan, power supply, hard drives, ram, northbridge, cd player, and all the intake fans... but the base is still the same

No beer for 3 weeks?

(Windows is STILL installing updates, IE9 is flying though)

Zirax · 14-09-2012, 23:35

Crikey that has done well.

Yep, the kitchen was being ripped out so no beer

Barely had time to be in the house

jmc41 · 15-09-2012, 00:12

Well I'm using one of these, review below on it from over 7 years ago!
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/DFI/LPNF4UD/

Could well be the one we installed July 2005 before work somehow got a hold of my CV.

Boo to lack of beer!

Zirax · 15-09-2012, 10:35

Dude, I think the time has come to upgrade!

14-09-2012, 17:52	#1
jmc41 Absinthe Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,070	SSD install Hoping someone can spare me some grief. Got myself a SSD which I'm going to stick Win7 onto to speed things up and save the hell of reinstalling windows (slow after a few years) onto an aging raid0 drive and a 6-7 year old mobo. Plan is to unplug the sammys from sata1 and 2 and put ssd into sata3 and install everything, then plus 1 and 2 back in... But that's a raid0 array with two paritions, partition 1 being a 100gb win 7 bootable one. Will this cause issues? Can I sonmehow stop it either trying to dual boot or die horribly? Once it's wortking I'll be trying to shift some games and emails across then backing up and formatting to a single storagew partiion (but still raid0 as that's worked well when one of the drives has given up before). I have backed up 99% of files already just in case Thanks anyone!

14-09-2012, 21:40	#2
Psymonkee A cat wearing a wet suit Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: St.Andrews Posts: 2,023	When you plug the old drives back in go into BIOS and remove them from the boot order __________________ Sonisphere FMC Code: 1k949178

14-09-2012, 22:36	#3
jmc41 Absinthe Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,070	Thanks; well it kinda went horribly wrong. Couldn't get the computer to even recognise it, it finally did, I'm not sure how. Cables everywhere, mobo tray out, in, cables knocked out. I still have a bit of plastic from the new drive on my desktop, ooops. Really hope it survives. I've got Windows 7 on it, and showing a 7.1 score for primary HD (dunno what it was before but doubt it was 7.1 somehow). It's only running SATAII from my ancient machine. RAID is dead, it's showing as 3 hard drives and boot up is not happy. Will have to source what I need and re-raid it up, hopefully that'll be possible. I remember now why I haven't upgraded it in years. But at least I've got a new windowz install. And now to exceed my yearly bandwidth with it's two million updates...

14-09-2012, 23:18	#4
Zirax Goes up to 11! Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,577	Oi, you are meant to ply me with beer to do upgrades! Think about my lack of beer for 3 weeks!!!

14-09-2012, 23:26	#5
jmc41 Absinthe Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,070	I think this is the same computer you built with/for me! Sure I've replaced the chip, CPU fan, power supply, hard drives, ram, northbridge, cd player, and all the intake fans... but the base is still the same No beer for 3 weeks? (Windows is STILL installing updates, IE9 is flying though)

14-09-2012, 23:35	#6
Zirax Goes up to 11! Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,577	Crikey that has done well. Yep, the kitchen was being ripped out so no beer Barely had time to be in the house

15-09-2012, 00:12	#7
jmc41 Absinthe Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,070	Well I'm using one of these, review below on it from over 7 years ago! http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/DFI/LPNF4UD/ Could well be the one we installed July 2005 before work somehow got a hold of my CV. Boo to lack of beer!

15-09-2012, 10:35	#8
Zirax Goes up to 11! Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,577	Dude, I think the time has come to upgrade!