I built a system a few weeks ago. I purchased three HDs:
Western Digital Caviar Green 1 TB SATA III
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0053YKMGA/ref=oh_o01_s00_i00_details
2x Kiingston SSDNow V100 SATA (32GB)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005JXADS2/ref=oh_o06_s00_i00_details
I also accidently purchased a WD Blue 500 GB drive. But I am not using it at this moment. Also, I meant to purchase only 1 of the SSDs.
I've got the Kingston SSD as my boot drive and everything else goes to the WD Green.
When I purchased the SSD, I had not seen any reviews for it and it was the cheapest one (the Onyx and other drives weren't listed at the time) so I went with this one. Now I'm reading reviews and I'm hearing that it's failing for alot of people. So, I went ahead and bought two other SSDs. One I plan to use for my boot drive, the other for a side drive or external drive, and the spare Kingston as an external for a friend.
Here are the SSDs, the Crucial would be the boot drive:
Crucial m4 64 GB
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004W2JKWG/ref=oh_o00_s00_i00_details
OCZ Onyx 32GB
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003BPBUQO/ref=oh_o00_s01_i01_details
But I'm confused. So any help would be great.
First and foremost, the boot drive.
A piece of paper in the crucial box said that there was an important firmware update. Do I get that now, or later?
To reinstall, do I just remove the Kingston (current C drive), plug in the Crucial and go on with the install?
Do I just leave the WD Green alone during the process?
In general, the reinstalling of windows onto a new drive confuses me. So please, explain it like I'm five.
EDIT: Figured out the issue with the External Drive. I didn't allocate it. So this is fine.
Now, the external drive.
I purchased this enclosure:
Kingwin Tool-Less 2.5-Inch SATA HDD External Enclosure with USB 3.0
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005W0UVDE/ref=pe_175190_21431760_cs_sce_dp_2
I opened it, plopped the spare Kingston SSD in, and pluged the cord into my 3.0 port. Nothing's showing up. The red light on the enclosure is on, which means it's on, but it's not being read by the computer.
Thanks for the help.
Western Digital Caviar Green 1 TB SATA III
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0053YKMGA/ref=oh_o01_s00_i00_details
2x Kiingston SSDNow V100 SATA (32GB)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005JXADS2/ref=oh_o06_s00_i00_details
I also accidently purchased a WD Blue 500 GB drive. But I am not using it at this moment. Also, I meant to purchase only 1 of the SSDs.
I've got the Kingston SSD as my boot drive and everything else goes to the WD Green.
When I purchased the SSD, I had not seen any reviews for it and it was the cheapest one (the Onyx and other drives weren't listed at the time) so I went with this one. Now I'm reading reviews and I'm hearing that it's failing for alot of people. So, I went ahead and bought two other SSDs. One I plan to use for my boot drive, the other for a side drive or external drive, and the spare Kingston as an external for a friend.
Here are the SSDs, the Crucial would be the boot drive:
Crucial m4 64 GB
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004W2JKWG/ref=oh_o00_s00_i00_details
OCZ Onyx 32GB
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003BPBUQO/ref=oh_o00_s01_i01_details
But I'm confused. So any help would be great.
First and foremost, the boot drive.
A piece of paper in the crucial box said that there was an important firmware update. Do I get that now, or later?
To reinstall, do I just remove the Kingston (current C drive), plug in the Crucial and go on with the install?
Do I just leave the WD Green alone during the process?
In general, the reinstalling of windows onto a new drive confuses me. So please, explain it like I'm five.
EDIT: Figured out the issue with the External Drive. I didn't allocate it. So this is fine.
Now, the external drive.
I purchased this enclosure:
Kingwin Tool-Less 2.5-Inch SATA HDD External Enclosure with USB 3.0
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005W0UVDE/ref=pe_175190_21431760_cs_sce_dp_2
I opened it, plopped the spare Kingston SSD in, and pluged the cord into my 3.0 port. Nothing's showing up. The red light on the enclosure is on, which means it's on, but it's not being read by the computer.
Thanks for the help.