Fiery
Member
Here is my experience with a SSD (Solid State Drive) and Vista.
Steps I have taken for it's install :-
1. Modified the registry Registry Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Msahci
Set the value to 0 (zero)
2. Disabled Superfetch and Readyboost
3. I use a 3rd Party Defragger – Auslogics Disk Defrag already, so I can pick and choose which drives I want to defrag.
4. Modified [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters] to 0 (zero)
5. Modified [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Dfrg\BootOptimizeFunction]
"Enable"="N"
6. Set my BIOS to AHCI
7. Rebooted, it installed my drivers.
8. Rebooted again because it told me I had to lol
Prior to the installation of the SSD, I wanted to make sure everything was running properly just in case of a hiccup.
Sure enough there was a hiccup, my boot order is 1. CD 2. CD 3. HDD, for some reason (still unknown), on boot up my OS booted straight into Windows, it bypassed the BIOS and wasn't reading the optical drives. (Windows could see the optical drives) Loaded the default BIOS, regained my optical drives. BUT lost my OS.
Installed the SSD, put the Vista Disk in to load Windows, and loading of Windows, continuously just looped.
Even though I prefer Vista over Win7, I have a Retail copy of Win7, put that in, and Win7 loaded onto the SSD.
I then used a Macrium Reflect Image I had of Vista, restored it, and am now back on Vista
Steps I have taken for it's install :-
1. Modified the registry Registry Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Msahci
Set the value to 0 (zero)
2. Disabled Superfetch and Readyboost
3. I use a 3rd Party Defragger – Auslogics Disk Defrag already, so I can pick and choose which drives I want to defrag.
4. Modified [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters] to 0 (zero)
5. Modified [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Dfrg\BootOptimizeFunction]
"Enable"="N"
6. Set my BIOS to AHCI
7. Rebooted, it installed my drivers.
8. Rebooted again because it told me I had to lol
Prior to the installation of the SSD, I wanted to make sure everything was running properly just in case of a hiccup.
Sure enough there was a hiccup, my boot order is 1. CD 2. CD 3. HDD, for some reason (still unknown), on boot up my OS booted straight into Windows, it bypassed the BIOS and wasn't reading the optical drives. (Windows could see the optical drives) Loaded the default BIOS, regained my optical drives. BUT lost my OS.
Installed the SSD, put the Vista Disk in to load Windows, and loading of Windows, continuously just looped.
Even though I prefer Vista over Win7, I have a Retail copy of Win7, put that in, and Win7 loaded onto the SSD.
I then used a Macrium Reflect Image I had of Vista, restored it, and am now back on Vista
My Computer
System One
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- Manufacturer/Model
- Homebuilt
- CPU
- AMD Phenom II x 4 965
- Motherboard
- Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3P
- Memory
- 4GB DDR3
- Graphics card(s)
- Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 TI
- Sound Card
- Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Phillips 19"
- Screen Resolution
- 1280 x 1024
- Hard Drives
- 1 x 128GB Samsung 840 Pro SSD 1 x 1TB Sata 1 x 160GB IDE 1 x 2Tb WD External My Book Elite 1 x 1TB WD External My Book Elite 1 x 4TB WD External My Book
- PSU
- Thermaltake 850W XT
- Case
- Coolermaster Storm Sniper Black Edition
- Cooling
- AC-ALPINE-64PRO ARTIC COOLING
- Mouse
- Microflacid Sterile
- Keyboard
- 12 year old Compaq, cant see any of the letters anymore :)
- Internet Speed
- ADSL2+
- Other Info
- My husband and I divorced over religious differences.. He thought he was God and I didn't.