Changing mobo whats required for SSD

sh4dy1981 · 17 Mar 2011 at 20:57

Hey guys i currently have the asus p8p67 pro. got a b3 gigabyte board coming 2morow just wondered what i need to do to the c300 128gb ssd i got. is it safe to format in the windows setup? if not whats the method required?

Thanks in advance

hlennie · 17 Mar 2011 at 22:51

would have thought u would do a fresh install on the ssd

MeatLoaf · 17 Mar 2011 at 23:04

Nah you wont need to format its the same chipset anyway.

My current SSD has been on a 650i board, a P45 board and the current P67 board and its not kicked up a fuss at all, windows just detected the changes and didnt even ask to be reactivated.

sh4dy1981 · 18 Mar 2011 at 06:52

yeah wanna do a fresh install. just wanted to know if the wondows 7 setup format option is safe?

Chiribo · 18 Mar 2011 at 09:37

Why wouldn't it be? If you mean in terms of actually safely erasing everything that you could use some sort of safe erase utility. But do you really need to?

Code13 · 18 Mar 2011 at 19:12

Maybe I missed something, but you say you want to re-format the drive to re-install Win 7 for your new motherboard, but don't know whether Windows will do it when you re-install?

If that's the case then it will. It's not like you're on the run from the FBI and need to Nuke the drive. the standard re-format that occurs when you go for a clean install should be OK.