I'll be installing a M.2 drive soon and doing a clean install of Windows 7.
What do I need to do in order to avoid the "checking for updates" issue?
I've read in other posts that you need to install 2 updates before anything else. Is this correct? I found 4 updates while reading the other post and the names are similar. Below is a snip of my downloads folder.
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Hi,
You could just do these 2 KB3020369 & KB3172605 and cull through the 300 + updates and install just the Important updates to install.
There is a lot of bugs/ known issues with KB3125574
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Hi,
You shouldn't have to reset on a clean install.
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Recently re-installed a fresh copy of Windows 7 with no problems installing drivers first then just whizzing through the updates. Could well have been luck though.
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Recently re-installed a fresh copy of Windows 7 with no problems installing drivers first then just whizzing through the updates. Could well have been luck though.
Hi,
I haven't clean installed since my asus build so :/
But I would at the least install the 2 updates I posted just for good measure
I would normally just exclude all of the recommended updates from being mixed in with the important updates and just install all of the important updates.
Cull through the rest recommended and optional ones for known trouble makers
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I'll hopefully be buying the M.2 drive this weekend and installing my other HDD's for more storage, backups and RAID. I'm getting a new case also. While I'm there I might buy a copy of Windows 7 Pro (just to have).
I'll install the new updates and then all the important ones and some of the optional ones. No optional ones related to hardware will get installed.
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Just got back from Microcenter. Bought a Corsair 750D "airflow edition" and a 512GB Samsung 850 Pro M.2 SSD. Didn't get Windows 7, maybe next time.
I need to order connectors and wire so I can power up my 5 HDD's for RAID (I'm making custom length cables). At least I have the M.2 SSD so I can do the install. I can use my current cables to power up my "games", "VM"s" and "backup" drives.
I'll be gone for a little while I transfer my hardware to the new case.
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Couldn't do the install. My BIOS doesn't see the M.2 drive. Getting help from another forum for this problem. I'll post what the fix is when I find out.
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Intel i7-5960X
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64GB Corsair Dominator 2400MHz
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3 EVGA GTX980's
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3 Dell E2715H 27"
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1920x1080 (5760x1080)
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Samsung 950 Pro 1TB M.2 SSD,
Western Digital Black 2TB HDD's x5
Western Digital Black 1TB HDD's x3
Win-7-Pro64bit 7-H-Prem-64biti7-5930K 2nd i9-9940x both water blocked VRM'...Trident-z 3200C14 2nd Trident-z 3600C16EVGA 1080ti ftw3 2nd Titan Xp both water blocked
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2nd ASUS X299 Apex/Intel i9-9940x with Custom water loop/7H-Prem-x64/Corsair 450D case/Ram Trident-z 3600C16 4x8gb / Samsung970Evo plus 500gb SSD/Dual ssd EZ swap evo/PSU EVGA SuperNova 1200w-P2 80+Platinum/GPU Titan Xp /8-ML-140 on push-pull on 2-280GTX rads
I would LOVE to know how you got Win7 to show your SSD. My BIOS detects it, but the only way I've been able to install Win7 on my new rig is to install the OS on a SATA HDD, install the NVMe Drivers, then clone the drive to my SSD. I'm DYING for a workaround for this problem...
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