Install Vista 64 bit (SP1) onto Solid State Disk Andy CP 12/30/2008 3:55:01 PM Is it possible to install Vista 64 bit (SP1) onto a SSD and make this bootable? As in, a PC that only has a SSD in it and no hard disks at all. Motherboard: Asus P6T Delux CPU: i7 940 SSD: OCZ Core V2, 120GB, SATA II, 2.5” If it is possible, is there anything special that has to be done first or is the SSD seen as a normal HD?

Re: Install Vista 64 bit (SP1) onto Solid State Disk "David B." <mail[ at ]nomail.net> 12/30/2008 4:15:10 PM I would think the install would be no different then using a standard hard disk. -- ---- Crosspost, do not multipost http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 Help Us Help You http://dts-l.net/goodpost.htm "Andy CP" <AndyCP[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:78415775-8EFD-47CE-A6EA-722123AE9E07[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > Is it possible to install Vista 64 bit (SP1) onto a SSD and make this > bootable? > As in, a PC that only has a SSD in it and no hard disks at all. > > Motherboard: Asus P6T Delux > CPU: i7 940 > SSD: OCZ Core V2, 120GB, SATA II, 2.5” > > If it is possible, is there anything special that has to be done first or > is > the SSD seen as a normal HD?

Re: Install Vista 64 bit (SP1) onto Solid State Disk Andy CP 12/30/2008 5:09:01 PM "I would think" isn't useful. Does anyone actually know please? "David B." wrote: [Quoted Text] > I would think the install would be no different then using a standard hard > disk. > > -- > > ---- > Crosspost, do not multipost http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm > How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 > Help Us Help You http://dts-l.net/goodpost.htm > > > > "Andy CP" <AndyCP[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:78415775-8EFD-47CE-A6EA-722123AE9E07[ at ]microsoft.com... > > Is it possible to install Vista 64 bit (SP1) onto a SSD and make this > > bootable? > > As in, a PC that only has a SSD in it and no hard disks at all. > > > > Motherboard: Asus P6T Delux > > CPU: i7 940 > > SSD: OCZ Core V2, 120GB, SATA II, 2.5” > > > > If it is possible, is there anything special that has to be done first or > > is > > the SSD seen as a normal HD? > >

Re: Install Vista 64 bit (SP1) onto Solid State Disk "Joe Morris" <j.c.morris[ at ]verizon.net> 12/30/2008 5:56:02 PM "Andy CP" <AndyCP[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] > Is it possible to install Vista 64 bit (SP1) onto a SSD and make this > bootable? > As in, a PC that only has a SSD in it and no hard disks at all. I've not tried it with the 64-bit version of Vista (but will at some point in the future) - but I've been running the 32-bit version of Enterprise (with beta SP2) on a Thinkpad X61T (tablet) machine for a few months with no obvious problems. (Caveat: this is a box being used to test NAC products and not to test Vista, so it's not been stress-tested.) No special drivers, configuration settings, or magic waving of hands was required, and none was required with the RTM version or with SP1. You do need to be attentive to the brand (and thus price) of your disk. At the request of our chief engineer I installed an OCZ SSD (the latest model) in the X60 Thinkpads (running XP) of two of my two-levels-higher managers; within a few weeks they demanded that the disks be removed because of lockups. I replaced the OCZ disks with ones from Samsung (at twice the price) and have heard no complaints since then. (That lack of problem reports is comforting, since I also installed a Samsung SSD in the Thinkpad used by our CIO...) The non-stress-tested X60T I'm using has an early version of the OCZ SSD. Whether the problems we've seen are related to the changes made between the OCZ versions I don't yet know. (The newer version is the one that includes a USB port to update the firmware.) All of the SSD's I've been working with are 64 GB units. Joe Morris

Re: Install Vista 64 bit (SP1) onto Solid State Disk billboyle4 <billboyle4.3l8unc[ at ]DoNotSpam.com> 12/30/2008 6:03:23 PM I built my computer a couple months ago using Vista64 and a 60GB OCZ SSD. From what I remember I had a few issues with getting the install to recognize the SSD and I had to unplug all other drives. It was a huge PITA but after I got it installed and patched up, it worked beautifully. Just make sure that you put in a second standard hard drive and move the page file and things like IE cache to it. SSD drive life depends on how often they are written to so finding and moving as many temp file locations to a second disk as you can extends its life. -- billboyle4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ billboyle4's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/billboyle4.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/vista-setup-install/1095453.htm http://forums.techarena.in