i7-4790 (locked),
asus Z97M-PLUS
16 gb, GSkill 1600 MHz Ripjaws
2 samsung 840 evo SSDs 250 GB (one for OS and one for "worktable" for video files
1 WD 4 TB HDD for storage
1 samsung xp941 256 GB M.2 SSD
asus GTX 750 Ti 2 GB gpu
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit w/SP1 and fully updated
okay got my samsung xp941 M.2 SSD in. Installed it and set it as a GPT disk in computer storage management, as the bios is UEFI
used EaseUS ToDo Backup to clone the orig OS disk over to the M.2 disk. In Bios set M.2 for sata ports 5&6 in PCH Storage - everything else related to PCI is set to "auto". Set Bios to "default settings" using F5 and set the M.2 disk as the boot disk.
I could not get the computer to boot from the M.2 disk, no matter what i did.
Went back to computer>manage>storage management and noticed the orig disk that is booting is set as a MBR disk, so i wiped the M.2 disk, reformatted it, set it as a MBR disk, and cloned the OS disk to it again
still no love
The M.2 SSD is recognized, both as a GPT and a MBR disk, in "my computer".
the only other consideration or thought is the drive letters on the M.2 are not "C" & "D", so i disconnected the orig OS disk altogether, leaving only the M.2 with OS on it, and it would not boot, just go into BIOS
i don't get the feeling a fresh clean install of windows is going to make a difference .... or is it?
I just did a complete fresh install and full updates on the orig OS SSD one week ago, took about 12 hours so there is a reason i'm trying to avoid that.
any ideas?/
thanks in advance
asus Z97M-PLUS
16 gb, GSkill 1600 MHz Ripjaws
2 samsung 840 evo SSDs 250 GB (one for OS and one for "worktable" for video files
1 WD 4 TB HDD for storage
1 samsung xp941 256 GB M.2 SSD
asus GTX 750 Ti 2 GB gpu
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit w/SP1 and fully updated
okay got my samsung xp941 M.2 SSD in. Installed it and set it as a GPT disk in computer storage management, as the bios is UEFI
used EaseUS ToDo Backup to clone the orig OS disk over to the M.2 disk. In Bios set M.2 for sata ports 5&6 in PCH Storage - everything else related to PCI is set to "auto". Set Bios to "default settings" using F5 and set the M.2 disk as the boot disk.
I could not get the computer to boot from the M.2 disk, no matter what i did.
Went back to computer>manage>storage management and noticed the orig disk that is booting is set as a MBR disk, so i wiped the M.2 disk, reformatted it, set it as a MBR disk, and cloned the OS disk to it again
still no love
The M.2 SSD is recognized, both as a GPT and a MBR disk, in "my computer".
the only other consideration or thought is the drive letters on the M.2 are not "C" & "D", so i disconnected the orig OS disk altogether, leaving only the M.2 with OS on it, and it would not boot, just go into BIOS
i don't get the feeling a fresh clean install of windows is going to make a difference .... or is it?
I just did a complete fresh install and full updates on the orig OS SSD one week ago, took about 12 hours so there is a reason i'm trying to avoid that.
any ideas?/
thanks in advance