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    Ssd+hdd has slower boot times

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    Ssd+hdd has slower boot times

    @Danny2000 Sorry, fixed the paragraph structure. I'm currently on my phone as I am doing another windows 7 clean install. Well when I hook my up my hdd, I delete the volume via windows, assign it a drive letter, quick format it and that's when all the hiccups come in. I was thinking about...
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    Ssd+hdd has slower boot times

    SMART is enabled but it doesn't note or say anything about the hdd, and to be quite honest with you I wouldn't know where to look
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    Ssd+hdd has slower boot times

    It's the os windows flag windows 7. Also yes my mobo supports SMART
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    Ssd+hdd has slower boot times

    ■ ■ I have an asus z97 ws mobo. Recently just got this motherboard 2 days ago, and installed windows onto the ssd without the hdd attached. Ssd is set in AHCI, and without the hdd the windows splash screen is insanely fast, however when i connect my formatted hdd, the splash screen does the...
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    Audio on PC suddenly went bad. Do I need a new motherboard?

    When I hook up my speakers on the rear audio port of the pc, the sound has a lot of static, and sounds horrible. However when I plug in my speakers in the front of pc where I usually plug my headphones in, the sound is normal, and nice. I'm pretty sure I messed something up cause as I was...
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    HDD not found

    So to dumb that down for me, install win 7 on ssd, open disk management, initialize it (btw its a 1tb hdd) format and make the hdd a partition drive?
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    HDD not found

    Would using disk management get rid of the windows 7 on the hdd? I know stupud question. Would it also get rid of all registry files on the hdd
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    HDD not found

    I recently recieved a ssd that I want to use for windows, so I decided to dban my old hdd. (Made it usb bootable, and booted through usb) However I was not expecting it to take about 9 hours so I stopped dban. Now when I try to turn on windows I get an error saying, "error loading opperating...
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    Will a Samsung m.2 SSD be compatible with a gigabyte DH3 Z97 mobo?

    Just like the title, will the Samsung 950 m.2 be compatible with this specific mobo (gigabyte DH3 Z97). This specific mobo does have M.2, AND I DO WANT TO MAKE THIS MY BOOT/PARTITION DRIVE. I've done some google searches and can't seem to find a definite answer. I believe I do need to download...
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    Gigabyte z97 mobo and intel 750 ssd

    Hello, I was wondering whether an Intel 750 pcie ssd would be compatible with my mobo which is the gigabyte d3h z97 mobo. I believe the mobo only has 1 pcie 3.0x 16 slot. Would the intel 750 ssd go inside the pcie×4 slot ? My graphics card is pretty huge it is the gigabyte g1 gtx 970 gpu. I'm...