- Nov 25, 2011
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I need help with the actual setup of my SSD, the manual stuff. No, not the hardware installation o_o but the partitioning, the BIOS settings, and the ordering in which to do these steps.
FYI: I am using win7 and the software that came with my SSD : Norton Ghost 15 and samsung SSD Magician.
First, I'm not sure why I need to partition the SSD, if I'm not going to be dividing it (but using it as a whole). I'm guessing its just something I need to do, because it is not showing up as any letter for me right now (not D, E or ..Z). I'm not sure how to partition it, but a google search can probably do that for me (unless you'd like to tell me/link it).
Next, I'm guessing the first step is to get my OS onto the SSD. A clean install is recommended, although I could "ghost" it over using norton ghost. I read somewhere that putting the OS on the SSD while having it on the OS still on my C: drive won't put the boot info on the SSD. So I wipe everything first, then put the OS on there. After doing that, I know there's somewhere in BIOS that I now need to enable my SSDas my default boot drive and change it to AHCI (no clue what ahci is, but I'll do it) otherwise I'll BSOD. If there's more I need to do, please inform me. I could use more details here, but again, youtube on my laptop will probably get me through this.
After getting the OS on there, I'll need drivers and whatnot, it'll be just like a brand new computer! When I go to download new programs, I simply choose whether to put them on my HDD or my SSD and I'll be back up in no time.
Thanks for any assistance.
FYI: I am using win7 and the software that came with my SSD : Norton Ghost 15 and samsung SSD Magician.
First, I'm not sure why I need to partition the SSD, if I'm not going to be dividing it (but using it as a whole). I'm guessing its just something I need to do, because it is not showing up as any letter for me right now (not D, E or ..Z). I'm not sure how to partition it, but a google search can probably do that for me (unless you'd like to tell me/link it).
Next, I'm guessing the first step is to get my OS onto the SSD. A clean install is recommended, although I could "ghost" it over using norton ghost. I read somewhere that putting the OS on the SSD while having it on the OS still on my C: drive won't put the boot info on the SSD. So I wipe everything first, then put the OS on there. After doing that, I know there's somewhere in BIOS that I now need to enable my SSDas my default boot drive and change it to AHCI (no clue what ahci is, but I'll do it) otherwise I'll BSOD. If there's more I need to do, please inform me. I could use more details here, but again, youtube on my laptop will probably get me through this.
After getting the OS on there, I'll need drivers and whatnot, it'll be just like a brand new computer! When I go to download new programs, I simply choose whether to put them on my HDD or my SSD and I'll be back up in no time.
Thanks for any assistance.