So the million dollar question: how do I do a fresh install of windows 8, or even windows 7 if that's easier, on to the mSATA SSD?
I tried from the DELL restore USB stick I made. No luck. Will only put the factory image back on the 931GB HDD.
Hopefully a fresh install can sort it, which brings me back to the million dollar question!
EDIT:
Think I've sorted it. I used macrium reflect to remove all the hidden partitions from the original HDD. I changed the BIOS to boot from the mSATA SSD first, using UEFI and safe boot.
I uninstalled Rapid Start from the windows 8 search window. All looks good now.
The OS is Windows 8, and the SSD is controlled by AHCI.
I guess I could put the new SSD back under control of Rapid Start in the bios, then re-install rapid start?
My problem is that I don't want rapid start as my whole OS is now on the 240 GB SSD, and having uninstalled the rapid start manager I'm left with an error message everytime I start up.
The problem is that you cloned an OS installation set up to use the SSD cache. The perfect solution is to perform a clean installation of the OS onto the SSD.
DaleMo
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September 30th, 2013 03:00
Ok, thanks.
So the million dollar question: how do I do a fresh install of windows 8, or even windows 7 if that's easier, on to the mSATA SSD?
I tried from the DELL restore USB stick I made. No luck. Will only put the factory image back on the 931GB HDD.
Hopefully a fresh install can sort it, which brings me back to the million dollar question!
EDIT:
Think I've sorted it. I used macrium reflect to remove all the hidden partitions from the original HDD. I changed the BIOS to boot from the mSATA SSD first, using UEFI and safe boot.
I uninstalled Rapid Start from the windows 8 search window. All looks good now.
osprey4
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September 29th, 2013 05:00
Hi Dalemo,
What operating system? What is the controller mode of your SSD in the BIOS?
Did you see this article on configuring Rapid Start?
DaleMo
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September 29th, 2013 09:00
Hi Osprey,
Thanks for the reply.
The OS is Windows 8, and the SSD is controlled by AHCI.
I guess I could put the new SSD back under control of Rapid Start in the bios, then re-install rapid start?
My problem is that I don't want rapid start as my whole OS is now on the 240 GB SSD, and having uninstalled the rapid start manager I'm left with an error message everytime I start up.
osprey4
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September 29th, 2013 16:00
The problem is that you cloned an OS installation set up to use the SSD cache. The perfect solution is to perform a clean installation of the OS onto the SSD.
osprey4
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September 30th, 2013 17:00
Ok, good to hear. I'm going to mark your response as the solution.