Installing W7 on new SSD

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  1. Posts : 86
    Windows 7 Home prem 64
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       #21

    Will be doing a clean install :)

    Should arrive tomorrow so

    User Profile - Change Default Location

    OPTION TWO
    For All New User Accounts Created


    Very short, it's the first thing I'll do :)
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  2. Posts : 19,383
    Windows 10 Pro x64 ; Xubuntu x64
       #22

    Hi Olie,

    Once you have your SSD installed, and the PC the way you want it, I recommend vsiiting this site to look at some methods you can use to get your SSD fine-tuned:

    Guide * Windows 7 Ultimate Tweaks & Utilities *

    Regards,
    Golden
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  3. Posts : 86
    Windows 7 Home prem 64
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       #23

    Nice link, ty
    Combines bits of this and bits of that from everywhere.

    -inserts comment about England winning The Ashes here-
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  4. Posts : 86
    Windows 7 Home prem 64
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       #24

    Well I am just installing updates and installing programs. Tbh, the drive is no quicker then my HDD on start up.

    Well so far at least... need to get hdtune

    I clicked restart and this is how the timer went:

    12 seconds - it had finished logging out when I clicked restart
    19 seconds - I could see the Gigabyte logo, (POST etc)
    30 seconds - Windows logo
    1:30 - Desktop
    A few seconds later msn and skype had loaded
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  5.    #25

    I uncheck everything in msconfig>Startup except AV (MS Security Essentials or Avast are best) and gadgets. The rest are freeloaders on your startup time, RAM/CPU and can spy on you. Startup Programs - Change

    That is too long for Startup in any case so check the logs and normal methods for troubleshooting Win7: Computer lags every couple seconds

    If no traction there then here is the way the pro's trace startup slowness/hangs: http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/1402...resume-issues/
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  6. Posts : 86
    Windows 7 Home prem 64
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       #26

    Ok well I unticked everything. There isn't MSE though only a Microsoft Security Client?

    Also nothing in my AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup.

    I haven't yet applied the MSConfig
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  7.    #27

    What are the times with everything except MS security unchecked?

    Try unplugging all other HD's to test it.

    Then check your logs, esp Performance which logs hangs and delays.
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  8. Posts : 86
    Windows 7 Home prem 64
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       #28

    Unchecked - same time.. about a minute from logo to desktop.

    Will unplug my HDD.... god I swear nothing just works for me -.-

    Edit: with the other hdd unplugged it took just as long. Though my user profiles are on that HDD so.. It said preparing your desktop, and it was past a minute so I just restarted.
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  9. Posts : 86
    Windows 7 Home prem 64
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       #29

    Grrrrr

    Well unplugging the hdd was terrible idea because now when I get to the desktop it says

    Windows/system32..........systemprofile/desktop refers to a location that is unaviable bla. Because my user profiles are set to the hdd I pulled out

    Now I'm stuck.

    I guess I have to reinstall windows.. I hate this blimmin computer. And next time I'm not putting the user profiles on the other hdd

    Oh my... I boot from disk but it doesn't even work so it just boots into windows

    Edit: I can boot from disk if I change 'onboard sata controller' from AHCI to IDE which is default. Though everyone says to have it on AHCI
    Last edited by oli356; 30 Dec 2010 at 16:07.
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  10. Posts : 86
    Windows 7 Home prem 64
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       #30

    Well I got upto the partition bit with IDE on.
    I formatted it and turned pc off.

    Now when trying to boot from disk I get bootmgr is missing...

    This is another moment of "why did i buy this"
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