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SSD windows installation question

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HNNstyle

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Is the process for installing windows on an SSD the same as a HDD, straight forward? I'm doing a brand new build and I am assuming that I only need to pop in the windows 7 CD and click install? The only data I am keeping from my old PC are the pictures and videos that I have installed on a separate HDD, so my SSD will only contain windows. Sounds good?
 
Yes (also, turn on AHCI). Just to make things easier/safer, though, only have the ODD and SSD connected when you install, then hook up the HDD afterwards.

I think everything will go as expected if the SSD is on the 1st SATA port, but sometimes Windows will put the special system partition and/or bootloader on a different drive than the install target, for some reason, so it's best to just not hook up any additional drives until after it is installed.
 
Cerb said:
Yes (also, turn on AHCI). Just to make things easier/safer, though, only have the ODD and SSD connected when you install, then hook up the HDD afterwards.

I think everything will go as expected if the SSD is on the 1st SATA port, but sometimes Windows will put the special system partition and/or bootloader on a different drive than the install target, for some reason, so it's best to just not hook up any additional drives until after it is installed.
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Thanks!
 
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