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and it's well ace. was nearly sendin it back, then i realised Disk Read Error was just windows 7 betraying me.

see when your installing win 7, delete the partition and create a new one so it can create the 100mb system files partition aswell, as it really needs this!
 
No, don't create a partition when installing Windows 7. Let it create the partition automatically so you know it will align it correctly.
 
DragonQ said:
No, don't create a partition when installing Windows 7. Let it create the partition automatically so you know it will align it correctly.
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you misunderstand. there was already a partition on it when i installed it.

trying to install windows into this partition gave me a disk read error.

i had to delete this partition then click Create New Partition in windows setup to get it to work.

as a side note though, "woosh!" -this thing is quick.

makes my old Velociraptor look like a WD Green.
 
As I have just reinstalled Windows 7 x64 on my OCZ SSD drive I first used an appropriate tool to erase it so that it would be back to its original state. Then I just installed Windows to the drive without any formatting being done by myself. The drive was in its RAW state when it was erased.

This is taken from the OCZ forum...

21.
Windows 7
Be aware that Win 7 likes to install onto 'raw' unformatted space.
Default, it will create a 100MiB hidden System partition with Boot/Recovery files.
If the drive is pre-formatted, Win 7 just ignores the above.
It installs the Boot/Recovery files directly onto the C:\ partition in a hidden Folder.
If you have other drives attached at the same time..
Win 7 can install the hidden partition there.. so beware!!
Windows 7 is optimised for your OCZ SSD...........
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...posted by one of their staff
 
well in windows 7 setup i had to:
delete partition
create partition (pop up: windows will create 100mb partition)
install

there was no other way of doing it and for as long as i've used Windows 7 there never has been.
i've been using it since Beta 2.

and the bigfoot came preformatted with an NTFS primary partition.
 
Rather like DragonQ, I'm a bit confused as to why there was already a partition on the SSD!? If it was a new drive, it certainly should not have come in that state!

The SSD should have come as stated (IE. in a RAW state) and all you have to do if you want to use the entire space on the disk (IE. single partition, other than the MBR of course), is click NEXT when you are on the "where do you want to install Windows?" screen. Exactly like any other drive, whether it be SSD, or mechanical. That's how it's always been every time I've ever installed Windows (and that's a few times over the last umteen years).
see www.windowsreinstall.com installation guide, or any of the other numerous ones floating around the WEB.

Edit... If the drive came as you say "and the bigfoot came preformatted with an NTFS primary partition. ". Then I would suggest that this was not a factory fresh drive. Probably a return of some kind (IE. RMA, or returned under DSR) where someone has already messed around with it. Would not be the first time that I've come acrosss this sort of thing. But if you are now happy, great. Enjoy that blazing speed.
 
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Just as an aside. If you ever need to re-install Windows. The suggested way is:

1) Install your SSD as a secondary drive.
2) Delete "all" partitions.
3) Use OCZ's SecureErase program either directly, or via their Toolbox utility to return the SSD to the factory fresh state.
4) Install Windows onto your now (again) factory fresh SSD.

This is why in my opinion it's worthwhile keeping a clone of your current system on an old mechanical drive. Both as an "ultimate backup" and to allow you to do this from your current PC.

Write up of the OCZ toolbox:

http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/f...ves.-(Agility2-Vertex2-Vertex2-Pro-Vertex-LE)

PS. Having a cloned backup of your current boot drive is also very handy for testing purposes should you start having "problems" or "issues" with your current set-up.
I always create one when I first set a system up.
IE. You can swap the clone in and if your problem is still there, then it's hardware related.
Being paranoid. When I re-build my own system, I also create another backup boot drive using a reatail version of Vista that I have lying around.

:):):)
 
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Bigfoot's rule. :D

We'll unless it's one of the ones that suffers from stiction.

bigfoot15rk.jpg
 
As picture above, BigFoot was a slow media drive from before 2000. I was getting confused for a while, then realised OCZ use the branding for their new SSD drives.
 
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