Installing windows 7 Profecional on OCZ Vertex 2 OCZSSD2-2VTXE120G 2.5

cocliosttro

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Hello.
I have a quetsion.
When installing Windows 7 Profecional to OCZ Vertex 2 OCZSSD2-2VTXE120G 2.5" 120GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

Should i set in BIOS AHCI?

According to this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ox6DHlPQI-w
he told that (at time 4:32) to go to Onboard SATA controller and make changes to AHCI
Accoprding to him makes SSD runn as new all the time.
Can somone please explain?

I think i found additional explaining info at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5t8I4wDIbE
I hope it will also work with my SSD
(note: Windows not yet installed)
 

ulysses35

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I have the very same SSD as you and recently reinstalled windows on the SSD in place of my F3's.

AHCI works perfectly and boots much quicker all round - a fresh install will make windows recognise the SSD and disable Page files and indexing on that drive to prevent reducing the performance and life.