speeding up ssd boot times, very puzzled

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I'm trying to get my head around why it takes just as long to start up my pc with an ssd that it did with a normal sata hd.

This is my board

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-364-GI

This is my ssd

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-008-CR&groupid=701&catid=2104&subcat=

When I turn teh pc on it counts both drives & the the next screen says start operating system & followed by lots of dots (takes about 20 seconds or so to get to the windows splash).

I have ACHI or whatever it is enabled in teh bios but was there anything else or do I need to do anything to windows, sorry for being totally stupid but I'm still used to a sata hd & windows xp :D & also on nightshift.

Thanx in advance

Kev
 
wazza300,

sorry I didnt explain it properly did I, I have win 7 ultimate on with a fresh install on a new drive & have never had any other os on it so winxp has never been anywhere near it. I think confusion came whe I said I'm used to a standard hd with xp on it :D, have you got any other solutions as I know trim support is there with win7
 
it was part of a bundle that is oc'd to 4.4ghz, sadly its not got the updated bios on but I thought that it would not matter. I didnt realize that it had marvel sata ports grrrr thought they were intel sata3 ports (seen someone else mention gigabyte & marvel ports)

cheers for the help

kev
 
many thanks for the advice :) I shall sort it before I go too work tonight as I sadly cant see too well after my night shift.
 
Ive always used xp & the last time I did have win7 on I had a mechanical sata 2 drive. I will take a look at the settings & write them down & do the update of the bios but I will also do what wazza said & I will turn off unused sata ports.
 
ok just doing more reading and I have found an old post on here that suggests using the white ports not the blue ones so I think I will give that a go :D
 
ooo my board layout is different :( although its teh same board I have 2 blue sockets & 6 white sockets, what has gigabyte done there then
 
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