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    mSata issue in my M18x R2

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by ht_addict, Mar 15, 2015.

  1. ht_addict

    ht_addict Notebook Evangelist

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    Picked up a Crucial 550 mSata( 256G) to put in my M18xR2 and use as my Boot Drive. Drive is recognized in Win8.1 as well as diskpart. But when I go to set it up it will not format(diskpart, list disk, select disk 0, clean, create partition primary align=1024, format quick fs=ntfs). Get to the point of doing the quick format and it comes back with an error. I even tried setting it up in Diskmanger in Win8.1 and it also gives me an error when doing the quick format. Anyone have an idea what I'm doing wrong? Thanks
     
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    TANWare Just This Side of Senile, I think. Super Moderator

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    Not too familiar with 8.1 but what error is it coming back with? Also since SSD's read in 4K segments I think an offset of 4096 is recommended.

    Also I thought starting with Windows 7 creating partitions and format was auto SSD aware and no need to set anything. Maybe I am all wrong here as have not had to do this in quite a while.
     
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    The align command is unnecessary unless cloning which you're not doing. Either 1024 (Windows default) or 4096 is fine, doesn't matter.

    convert gpt instead of create partition primary and format fs=ntfs quick if doing UEFI installation of Windows 8.1, otherwise active after format fs=ntfs quick.
     
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    FORMAT FS=NTFS LABEL="OS" QUICK
    or: FORMAT FS=NTFS QUICK

    W7 and up is SSD aware on a clean install.
     
    RCB, Mar 16, 2015
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