I need some help with a fresh windows 7 install

martin57

I installed an SSD 500gb £133 from amazon into my five year old computer a few weeks ago. The start up time has been been greatly reduced and apps load quicker. Worth it in my opinion.

enfield_freddy

the motherboard only supports sata 11 , and in this situation I don,t think the OP will see the real advantage of a SSD drive

Fightsback

enfield_freddy wrote: »

the motherboard only supports sata 11 , and in this situation I don,t think the OP will see the real advantage of a SSD drive

Want a bet on that ? I've a sata II lappy hanging around that has an SSD in it an I'd be more than happy to slap some spinning rust in it and post the benchmarks between the two.

Fightsback

adwozere wrote: »

I would like to but I'm a bit short on the money atm that's why I'm trying to upgrade instead of buying new . but thanks any how .

No worries, we live in times of austerity

enfield_freddy

Fightsback wrote: »

Want a bet on that ? I've a sata II lappy hanging around that has an SSD in it an I'd be more than happy to slap some spinning rust in it and post the benchmarks between the two.

funny that , because I plugged my ssd drive into one of my sata 2 ports the other day , whilst altering things , and YES it was considerably slower

enfield_freddy

OP , are you wanting to completely remove vista and do a clean install of win 7 onto a drive with a single partition , or do you want to keep the drive split up?

NiftyDigits

adwozere wrote: »

It's hasn't got a name but here are the motherboard details-
Foxconn G31MX Series.
Chipset -Intel P35/G33/G31 , rev 10 .
South bridge - Intel 82801GB (ICH7/R) rev A1.
LPCIO - ITE IT8718

BIOS
Phoenix Technology LTD
6.00 PG
05/05/2009

Thank you

There are three options:
G31MX
G31MX-K
G31MX-K 2.0

Probably best to actually look at the markings on the board if you haven't already done so.
We don't want to make an unnecessary mistake.
Haven't we looked at this machine before?

adwozere

enfield_freddy wrote: »

OP , are you wanting to completely remove vista and do a clean install of win 7 onto a drive with a single partition , or do you want to keep the drive split up?

I want to format drive then partition into 4

adwozere

NiftyDigits wrote: »

There are three options:
G31MX
G31MX-K
G31MX-K 2.0

Probably best to actually look at the markings on the board if you haven't already done so.
We don't want to make an unnecessary mistake.
Haven't we looked at this machine before?

On the board its self it says-
G31MX
46GMX
N15235

NiftyDigits

adwozere wrote: »

On the board its self it says-
G31MX
46GMX
N15235

Just a sec....