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    Installation of msata?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by jakub17, Jul 22, 2011.

  1. jakub17

    jakub17 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I just received my Intel 310 80gb msata ssd and I was wondering if there were any firmware updates needed for this model?

    What I'm planning to do is make recovery discs, take out my old harddrive, install the msata, boot from those recovery discs, then delete the old contents of my previous harddrive. Am I going about the right path?
     
    jakub17, Jul 22, 2011
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    afhstingray Notebook Prophet

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    sounds about right, but im not sure if i'd waste precious space on the ssd with the lenovo recovery image. i'd just install a vanilla copy of windows and components of the lenovo thinkvantage software that are important.
     
    afhstingray, Jul 22, 2011
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    dbrowdy Notebook Consultant

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    To be safe, leave the old hard rive out of the computer when you do the recovery installation. Once you're booting off the SSD, put the old HDD back in.
     
    dbrowdy, Jul 22, 2011
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    jakub17 Notebook Enthusiast

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    two questions:

    what's a vanilla version of windows?

    which components of thinkvantage do you think are important to keep?
     
    jakub17, Jul 23, 2011
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    cloud_nine Notebook Evangelist

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    Vanilla = A non OEM Windows 7 installation. Basically Windows without pre-loaded drivers and software from the manufacturer. So a retail or upgrade ISO/disc is a vanilla installation.

    Power Manager, Communications Utility (for mic and webcam), and System Update.
     
    cloud_nine, Jul 23, 2011
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    afhstingray Notebook Prophet

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    this thread has links to legal download of windows 7, and its vanilla. you can download from it if you dont have another source


    http://forum.notebookreview.com/win...-7-download-links-just-like-vista-before.html


    i agree with cloud_nine that those three are important, however system update will try to download all the other components which you may not want, so read through the list of available updates before installing all of them.
     
    afhstingray, Jul 23, 2011
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    jakub17 Notebook Enthusiast

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    would using the recovery discs and then uninstalling useless components of the lenovo thinkvantage software on my own be an equally effective alternative to installing a vanilla version?
     
    jakub17, Jul 23, 2011
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    sorry but bump
     
    jakub17, Jul 24, 2011
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    ^^^ If you're uncomfortable about doing a "clean install" of Windows 7, it's OK to do a Lenovo Recovery from the CD/DVDs onto the new SSD. In fact, the SSD will be so fast you don't have to worry about "optimizing" Windows startup. (You can worry about this later.)

    Remove the existing boot HDD. In BIOS, change the boot order to start with the ODD so that you can "recover" onto the SSD. After recovery, change the boot order to start with the SSD. When everything runs fine with the SSD, put the HDD back in. Save any files on the HDD (no longer C: drive) you need to save, then go into Disk Management to delete the Windows-reserved partition on the HDD, merge two partitions into one, and format the single partition. Now, you can use the HDD as a "data drive". Good luck!
     
    Kaso, Jul 24, 2011
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