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12-30-2008
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| | Install Vista 64 bit (SP1) onto Solid State Disk Is it possible to install Vista 64 bit (SP1) onto a SSD and make this bootable? As in, a PC that only has a SSD in it and no hard disks at all. Motherboard: Asus P6T Delux CPU: i7 940 SSD: OCZ Core V2, 120GB, SATA II, 2.5” If it is possible, is there anything special that has to be done first or is the SSD seen as a normal HD? |
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12-30-2008
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| | Re: Install Vista 64 bit (SP1) onto Solid State Disk I would think the install would be no different then using a standard hard disk. -- ---- Crosspost, do not multipost http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 Help Us Help You http://dts-l.net/goodpost.htm "Andy CP" <AndyCP@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:78415775-8EFD-47CE-A6EA-722123AE9E07@xxxxxx Quote: > Is it possible to install Vista 64 bit (SP1) onto a SSD and make this > bootable? > As in, a PC that only has a SSD in it and no hard disks at all. > > Motherboard: Asus P6T Delux > CPU: i7 940 > SSD: OCZ Core V2, 120GB, SATA II, 2.5” > > If it is possible, is there anything special that has to be done first or > is > the SSD seen as a normal HD? |
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12-30-2008
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| | Re: Install Vista 64 bit (SP1) onto Solid State Disk "I would think" isn't useful. Does anyone actually know please? "David B." wrote: Quote: > I would think the install would be no different then using a standard hard > disk. > > -- > > ---- > Crosspost, do not multipost http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm > How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 > Help Us Help You http://dts-l.net/goodpost.htm > > > > "Andy CP" <AndyCP@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:78415775-8EFD-47CE-A6EA-722123AE9E07@xxxxxx Quote: > > Is it possible to install Vista 64 bit (SP1) onto a SSD and make this > > bootable? > > As in, a PC that only has a SSD in it and no hard disks at all. > > > > Motherboard: Asus P6T Delux > > CPU: i7 940 > > SSD: OCZ Core V2, 120GB, SATA II, 2.5” > > > > If it is possible, is there anything special that has to be done first or > > is > > the SSD seen as a normal HD? > |
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12-30-2008
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| | Re: Install Vista 64 bit (SP1) onto Solid State Disk I built my computer a couple months ago using Vista64 and a 60GB OCZ SSD. From what I remember I had a few issues with getting the install to recognize the SSD and I had to unplug all other drives. It was a huge PITA but after I got it installed and patched up, it worked beautifully. Just make sure that you put in a second standard hard drive and move the page file and things like IE cache to it. SSD drive life depends on how often they are written to so finding and moving as many temp file locations to a second disk as you can extends its life. -- billboyle4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ billboyle4's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/billboyle4.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/vista-set...ll/1095453.htm http://forums.techarena.in |
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02-28-2009
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| | Re: Install Vista 64 bit (SP1) onto Solid State Disk, do it, its worth it I bought a DELL XPS M1530 laptopwith a 120 GB SSD. I am running the 64 bit version of Vista Home Ultimate (which sucks by the way but it is what comes with the laptop). The system boots and shuts down fast. The reason you want windoze to run on an SSD, is that Windows writes every single memory access to the hard disk as well as all sort of other crap. For this reason, windoze will run slowly on machines equipped with fast processors and ram. I would say that running windoze on an SSD is about 5x times faster than running it on a conventional hard disk. If you want a computer that appears to be fast then this is the way to go, install windoze on some type of fast media. I think MS said this as well way back before the SSD drives became available and people were complaining about how slow VISTA is. Best wishes, Pete "Joe Morris" <j.c.morris@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:gjdn9m02ddn@xxxxxx Quote: > "Andy CP" <AndyCP@xxxxxx> wrote: > Quote: >> Is it possible to install Vista 64 bit (SP1) onto a SSD and make this >> bootable? >> As in, a PC that only has a SSD in it and no hard disks at all. > I've not tried it with the 64-bit version of Vista (but will at some point > in the future) - but I've been running the 32-bit version of Enterprise > (with beta SP2) on a Thinkpad X61T (tablet) machine for a few months with > no obvious problems. (Caveat: this is a box being used to test NAC > products and not to test Vista, so it's not been stress-tested.) > > No special drivers, configuration settings, or magic waving of hands was > required, and none was required with the RTM version or with SP1. > > You do need to be attentive to the brand (and thus price) of your disk. > At the request of our chief engineer I installed an OCZ SSD (the latest > model) in the X60 Thinkpads (running XP) of two of my two-levels-higher > managers; within a few weeks they demanded that the disks be removed > because of lockups. I replaced the OCZ disks with ones from Samsung (at > twice the price) and have heard no complaints since then. (That lack of > problem reports is comforting, since I also installed a Samsung SSD in the > Thinkpad used by our CIO...) > > The non-stress-tested X60T I'm using has an early version of the OCZ SSD. > Whether the problems we've seen are related to the changes made between > the OCZ versions I don't yet know. (The newer version is the one that > includes a USB port to update the firmware.) > > All of the SSD's I've been working with are 64 GB units. > > Joe Morris > |
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03-12-2009
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| | Re: Install Vista 64 bit (SP1) onto Solid State Disk, do it, its worth it Does calling it Windoze make you cool? No. Sorry. As for the original question: yes, you can install Vista on a SSD with no issues. It shows up just like a standard HDD. It does have a speed increase. Nothing spectacular, but still a bit faster. -- Dustin Harper http://www.mstechpages.com dharper@xxxxxx "Pistol Pete" <pharrington@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23jmp9PemJHA.1252@xxxxxx Quote: >I bought a DELL XPS M1530 laptopwith a 120 GB SSD. I am running the 64 bit >version of Vista Home Ultimate (which sucks by the way > but it is what comes with the laptop). > > The system boots and shuts down fast. The reason you want windoze to run > on an SSD, is that Windows writes every single memory access to the hard > disk as well as all sort of other crap. For this reason, windoze will run > slowly on machines equipped with fast processors and ram. I would say that > running windoze on an SSD is about 5x times faster than running it on a > conventional hard disk. If you want a computer that appears to be fast > then this is the way to go, install windoze on some type of fast media. I > think MS said this as well way back before the SSD drives became available > and people were complaining about how slow VISTA is. > > Best wishes, > > Pete > > "Joe Morris" <j.c.morris@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:gjdn9m02ddn@xxxxxx Quote: >> "Andy CP" <AndyCP@xxxxxx> wrote: >> Quote: >>> Is it possible to install Vista 64 bit (SP1) onto a SSD and make this >>> bootable? >>> As in, a PC that only has a SSD in it and no hard disks at all. >> I've not tried it with the 64-bit version of Vista (but will at some >> point in the future) - but I've been running the 32-bit version of >> Enterprise (with beta SP2) on a Thinkpad X61T (tablet) machine for a few >> months with no obvious problems. (Caveat: this is a box being used to >> test NAC products and not to test Vista, so it's not been stress-tested.) >> >> No special drivers, configuration settings, or magic waving of hands was >> required, and none was required with the RTM version or with SP1. >> >> You do need to be attentive to the brand (and thus price) of your disk. >> At the request of our chief engineer I installed an OCZ SSD (the latest >> model) in the X60 Thinkpads (running XP) of two of my two-levels-higher >> managers; within a few weeks they demanded that the disks be removed >> because of lockups. I replaced the OCZ disks with ones from Samsung (at >> twice the price) and have heard no complaints since then. (That lack of >> problem reports is comforting, since I also installed a Samsung SSD in >> the Thinkpad used by our CIO...) >> >> The non-stress-tested X60T I'm using has an early version of the OCZ SSD. >> Whether the problems we've seen are related to the changes made between >> the OCZ versions I don't yet know. (The newer version is the one that >> includes a USB port to update the firmware.) >> >> All of the SSD's I've been working with are 64 GB units. >> >> Joe Morris >> > |
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04-01-2009
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| | RE: Install Vista 64 bit (SP1) onto Solid State Disk I restored a backup of my hdd onto my new Intel x25-e 32g ssd. the system stutered every 30-60 seconds (freezed actually). I went ot OCZ forum and read about drive alignment - ssd vs hdd blocks ... I tried the alignment "fix" and reinstalled vista. the stuttering stopped. Not Satisfied with that, I have bought a second ssd, now in stripe and install windows 7. Speed does not seem any faster? So now I am wondering if there is some setting or configuration that still could be done? I read sopmewhere on the ms technet that windows 7 has tweaks or settings for ssd drives. can find neither info nor setting in win7? Any one know about this? |
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04-02-2009
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| | Re: Install Vista 64 bit (SP1) onto Solid State Disk I would not expect striping to help with two high transfer rate drives since the processing required to combine the stripes back together again may exceed the time required to read the striped data from both drives. "MrJay" <MrJay@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:6522C24C-9B45-44E1-8A95-54A5BDD376B2@xxxxxx Quote: > I restored a backup of my hdd onto my new Intel x25-e 32g ssd. the system > stutered every 30-60 seconds (freezed actually). > I went ot OCZ forum and read about drive alignment - ssd vs hdd blocks ... > I tried the alignment "fix" and reinstalled vista. the stuttering stopped. > Not Satisfied with that, I have bought a second ssd, now in stripe and > install windows 7. Speed does not seem any faster? > So now I am wondering if there is some setting or configuration that still > could be done? I read sopmewhere on the ms technet that windows 7 has > tweaks > or settings for ssd drives. can find neither info nor setting in win7? > Any one know about this? > |
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