#How to make ssd primary drive install#
#How to make ssd primary drive update#
#How to make ssd primary drive software#

#How to make ssd primary drive update#

I only uninstalled the Asus Live update program ( I think ). You can repartition the sizes of stuff on the SSD after getting all the way done with the recovery process ( follow Cecils writeup ). they end up with identical boot signatures or something like that and it could get really ugly/messy. I ended up with intel 520 180 gb drive and have a bunch of free space on it ( which I like ) and a 2nd 1 TB secondary drive ( not the factory drive ).ДЄ Cecil noted when installing keep the original DRIVE pulled out of the machine. Could probably have fudged around with Itunes on 2nd drive but did not want to.

#How to make ssd primary drive software#

I want all my OS stuff and all my software installed locally ( Oracle database geek so there is a bunch of stuff ) plus about 35 gb of Itunes music all local. Personally I wanted/need an SSD with more than 120 gb.

The basic choices for SSDs center around 1) how much storage do I need on my primary drive and 2) how much am I willing to spend. No lags at all on any kind of right click context menu mappings. Not only that but the system overall responsiveness also improves considerably. Yes basically people put in an SSD because bootup/shutdown times become incredibly fast. I personally didn't uninstall anything on my system. You can uninstall whatever ASUS 'bloatware' you deem fit for uninstallation once the process finishes (just don't by an OCZ SSD as apparently those drives have problems on a G75).

#How to make ssd primary drive install#

This way if there's a catastrophic failure on my SSD, I still have my stock drive ready to boot from (just need to change the boot order in BIOS).ДЈ) Follow my guide for a clean factory install onto the SSD.

From windows I shrank the 'OS' partition on the stock drive and created a new 'DATA' partition. After saving the BIOS settings the stock drive shows up as a second hard drive. I made sure to remove from the boot order the stock drive so there wasn't any boot conflicts. Once my SSD was restored as the main, I connected the stock drive into the open drive bay and powered up and entered BIOS. You can reference my guide that I put together that's in my signature and in the Important and Useful sub-forum. I disconnected the built in drive (1TB) and moved the SSD to the slot the 1TB was previously in and powered up my computer and hit the ESC key to boot from the ASUS Recovery Discs I burned when I first unboxed the computer. The new SSD wasn't formatted, so from Windows I formatted it. The system detected the SSD as a new drive and proceeded to install drivers. I installed my Crucial M4 SSD to the open drive bay and powered on my computer. Yes, it's the same for the 1TB and 750GB but the performance gain is more noticeable when upgrading from the 5400RPM drives than the 7200RPM drives.Дў) John_from_ohio has a thread around here somewhere that outlines the steps he took to set up his rig. 1) Faster boot and load times on programs.