Hello everyone,
First off I'll list all of my components for my PC:
Intel Core i7 2600k Sandy Bridge CPU
Asus P8Z68-V PRO Motherboard
16GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 RAM
Corsair HX Series HX750 Power Supply
eVGA GTX 670 4GB Graphics Card
HT Omega Claro Plus+ Sound Card
I recently got a 256GB Samsung 840 SSD for my birthday. I've been using a Western Digital 1 TB Hard-Drive seen here (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136284) as my one and only hard-drive for a long time now. Now that I have an SSD I want to have that hold Windows 7 Home Premium and all my programs for best performance, while my 1 TB Western Digital Hard-Drive acts as storage space.
I've been having a lot of trouble getting this to work. First thing I did was backed up all my important data onto a flash drive and then using the Windows 7 install disc I wiped the 1 TB Western Digital drive so it was just "Unallocated Space". I shut down the computer and unplugged that hard-drive and plugged in the SSD and installed Windows 7 on that drive. The P8Z68-V PRO uses the UEFI Bios but I know that it's set to AHCI Mode. When I finished with the Windows 7 install on the SSD I then tried plugging in the 1 TB Hard-Drive hoping it'd pop up in Windows Explorer next to my other hard-drive but it did not. It was not in Device Manager or under the Storage Management in the control panel.
I uninstalled everything from both drives and installed Windows 7 on the 1 TB Hard-Drive and then plugged in the SSD (just using the data cable) and that popped up in Windows explorer, but I don't want to use that as the storage drive.
Can anyone help guide me through what I need to do to get this to work?
First off I'll list all of my components for my PC:
Intel Core i7 2600k Sandy Bridge CPU
Asus P8Z68-V PRO Motherboard
16GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 RAM
Corsair HX Series HX750 Power Supply
eVGA GTX 670 4GB Graphics Card
HT Omega Claro Plus+ Sound Card
I recently got a 256GB Samsung 840 SSD for my birthday. I've been using a Western Digital 1 TB Hard-Drive seen here (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136284) as my one and only hard-drive for a long time now. Now that I have an SSD I want to have that hold Windows 7 Home Premium and all my programs for best performance, while my 1 TB Western Digital Hard-Drive acts as storage space.
I've been having a lot of trouble getting this to work. First thing I did was backed up all my important data onto a flash drive and then using the Windows 7 install disc I wiped the 1 TB Western Digital drive so it was just "Unallocated Space". I shut down the computer and unplugged that hard-drive and plugged in the SSD and installed Windows 7 on that drive. The P8Z68-V PRO uses the UEFI Bios but I know that it's set to AHCI Mode. When I finished with the Windows 7 install on the SSD I then tried plugging in the 1 TB Hard-Drive hoping it'd pop up in Windows Explorer next to my other hard-drive but it did not. It was not in Device Manager or under the Storage Management in the control panel.
I uninstalled everything from both drives and installed Windows 7 on the 1 TB Hard-Drive and then plugged in the SSD (just using the data cable) and that popped up in Windows explorer, but I don't want to use that as the storage drive.
Can anyone help guide me through what I need to do to get this to work?