Hello there,
This is my first post here, so sorry if I've done this in the wrong section.
Recently, I have finished building my first system on a budget. Specs are:
Board: Biostar A780L3C Socket AM3
CPU: AMD Sempron 145 "Sargas" @ 2.8GHz (Stock Cooler)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Blu 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 DIMM RAM @ 1600MHz
SATA1: OCZ Agility II SATA II MLC 120GB SSD
SATA2: OCZ Agility II SATA II MLC 120GB SSD
SATA3: LiteOn iHAS124 Optical DVD Burner
SATA4: (Unused)
I've also got a copy of Win7 Home Premium 64-Bit with SP1 that I would like to install.
My two SSDs are not configured as RAID0 (I read somewhere if I'm correct that Home Premium doesn't support RAID0?) so the drives are separate.
My board drivers include a SATA AHCI driver so I've downloaded it and extracted it onto a 1GB USB flash drive. I would like to install the AHCI driver with the OS. I've set the SATA type in the BIOS to AHCI already.
Ok now I have some questions based on the info above.
1) Upon booting up the Win7 disk and after I have clicked Install Now and agreed to T&C, I come to the "Where do you want to install?" section. I get "disk 0 Unallocated space" and below it "disk 1 unallocated space". How do I get all of disk 0 to be the C: drive where I would like my OS to be and all of disk 1 to be the D: drive (for data storage)? Do I just click "new" for each under the disk/partition options?
2) Using the load driver option I can browse to my 1GB flash drive and select the AHCI driver that is compatible for my board/hardware. Do I only need to load it once for the SSD with the OS on or do I need it on both SSDs?
Thanks for reading, help would be very appreciated, I know very little on partitioning.
This is my first post here, so sorry if I've done this in the wrong section.
Recently, I have finished building my first system on a budget. Specs are:
Board: Biostar A780L3C Socket AM3
CPU: AMD Sempron 145 "Sargas" @ 2.8GHz (Stock Cooler)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Blu 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 DIMM RAM @ 1600MHz
SATA1: OCZ Agility II SATA II MLC 120GB SSD
SATA2: OCZ Agility II SATA II MLC 120GB SSD
SATA3: LiteOn iHAS124 Optical DVD Burner
SATA4: (Unused)
I've also got a copy of Win7 Home Premium 64-Bit with SP1 that I would like to install.
My two SSDs are not configured as RAID0 (I read somewhere if I'm correct that Home Premium doesn't support RAID0?) so the drives are separate.
My board drivers include a SATA AHCI driver so I've downloaded it and extracted it onto a 1GB USB flash drive. I would like to install the AHCI driver with the OS. I've set the SATA type in the BIOS to AHCI already.
Ok now I have some questions based on the info above.
1) Upon booting up the Win7 disk and after I have clicked Install Now and agreed to T&C, I come to the "Where do you want to install?" section. I get "disk 0 Unallocated space" and below it "disk 1 unallocated space". How do I get all of disk 0 to be the C: drive where I would like my OS to be and all of disk 1 to be the D: drive (for data storage)? Do I just click "new" for each under the disk/partition options?
2) Using the load driver option I can browse to my 1GB flash drive and select the AHCI driver that is compatible for my board/hardware. Do I only need to load it once for the SSD with the OS on or do I need it on both SSDs?
Thanks for reading, help would be very appreciated, I know very little on partitioning.
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