Mr.Humble

Guess what just got restocked
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/CzfmP6/silverstone-case-sstsg13p
/S (unless you really like pink)
The black version looks great

Try inicializing the drive in computer management / drive management. It probably doesn't have a default partition on it.

The people who told you that are wrong.

Yeah welcome to my world.  I went through no less than half a dozen cases trying to find a solution.  
 
They are currently quite happy with their new throne.  The SMA8 is big enough for 3 of the 5.   So they take turns being up there.  
 

 

So I know this is an old thread but it was one of the first google results for me when I searched the other day (in August 2019) and I found a good solution. I saw someone sarcastically said to "put spikes on top", but they actually do make spiky mats to keep cats out of garden plants etc. They are called prickle cat scat mats. I bought them on amazon, they were super cheap, just search and you'll find a variety of items. They aren't sharp enough to hurt the cat (I would never want to do that--they are precious to me?), they are made of flexible plastic, but they still make the computer tower an uncomfortable place for the cat to sit or climb on. We have a vent on top of our tower so it was important to use that the cat stay off and that anything we put on there be breathable. They haven't been up there since I put them on top a few days ago whereas before we would constantly find them sleeping up there. See attached pic! (ignore crumpled tinfoil--that was from a failed attempt to keep them off before the mats arrived lol) 

Here is the demon for ya

Put spikes on top.
/s
 
Maybe try covering it with a blanket (if you don't have any exhausts up there). Your cat'll still sit there but it won't press the power button or scratch  your case.
 
I've heard tape works well.

almost marked as solved

get another tower so the cat can sit on that one

I've done that... he's an odd cat he loves water....he will jump into a bath tub full of water and swim around....

For the power button thing, you can disable that in Windows.
Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Power Options\System Settings
 
As for the cat on the computer, keep a small spray bottle filled with water, lightly spray the cat whenever it tries to jump on it. After a few times, it will learn to not go there anymore.
That, or get rid of the cat, get a dog.

Thanks everyone, I really appreciate your advice
 
I ultimately found a guy in my town who was selling a brand new, unopened 1TB 660p for 90€ (retail is 110€) so I went with that.
 
Overkill? Yeah. Good value? Definitely. Appropriate for it's use case? We shall see.

The ideal scenario is that you install Windows with only your boot SSD plugged into the system, that way there won't be any boot sectors in other drives. After that there's no problem putting your old drives in and reformatting them.

So I had an hour or two to spare and the idea has been floating around my head for about a week. I wanted to do an update to the LTT Intro video that included the new logo.
 
It doesn't really follow the new brand look as a whole and I am assuming the LTT will have a unique animation eventually. But for now I thought I would incorporate the new logo (which I am a big fan of) into the current intro video.
 
I took a screenshot of the new logo, copied it in Illustrator, then animated it in After Effects.
 
Here is the finished animation with music 
 
Gif version: 
 
Enjoy!
 
 

You need to do more research then.  Or at least compare SSDs with each other.
 
The 970 EVO is not decently priced tho.

this whole time I just had to decrease the volume size further than I thought... still more capacity than a mirror though. ultimately just a slight modification to anoteco's process/
223GB NVMe
4x WD-Blue 1.82TB (2TB) drives. 
parity required that I keep adjusting the size of the HDD tier until the command was happy.
https://www.petenetlive.com/KB/Article/0001562
 
 
 
<create pool in GUI and rename to mypool>
Get-StoragePool mypool | Set-ResiliencySetting -Name Simple -NumberOfColumnsDefault 1
Get-StoragePool mypool | Set-ResiliencySetting -Name Parity -NumberOfColumnsDefault 3
#commands that were commented out are only neccessary if drives have "unspecified" media type
get-storagepool mypool | get-physicaldisk | FT FriendlyName, Size, MediaType
#get-storagepool mypool | get-physicaldisk | ? MediaType -eq "Unspecified" | Set-PhysicalDisk -MediaType HDD
#get-storagepool mypool | get-physicaldisk
New-StorageTier -StoragePoolFriendlyName mypool -FriendlyName SSD_Tier -MediaType SSD -ResiliencySettingName Simple
New-StorageTier -StoragePoolFriendlyName mypool -FriendlyName HDD_Tier -MediaType HDD -ResiliencySettingName Parity
$ssd_tier = Get-StorageTier -FriendlyName SSD_Tier
$hdd_tier = Get-StorageTier -FriendlyName HDD_Tier
 
#command should work with or without "@()"
New-VirtualDisk -StoragePoolFriendlyName mypool -FriendlyName "VirtualDisk" -StorageTiers @($ssd_tier,$hdd_tier) -StorageTierSizes 200GB, 4800GB
<go back to GUI for easier disk formatting>
 
Get-StorageTier

With some help from @BloodKnight7 I got a simple volume working. Still need to get parity to work. probably something wrong with my logic on how many columns I need for parity to work right ??‍♂️

Fractal Design Define R6/S2/Meshify S2? depending on how many hard drives and sound dampening you want 

Won't help much if your face is a potato (or cactus)

This. I've had glasses since like 10 and these days I just look "wrong" to myself without them. It's a part of me, of my visage. Even though they can be a b!tch to clean sometimes.
 
I've had and still occasionally wear contact lenses but I only had daily ones, and even then I had some trouble with "additional veins forming in a corner of one eye due to air restriction of the lense".
self-dimming glass lenses are freaking awesome. On my last pair I acutally got some new type that will dimm slightly even inside, and it's a godsend for driving and sitting in a sunny classroom. Plus people don't see where I look ?

the Plus is newer but they're very similar, so feel free to go for the cheaper option. Also look at pricing for WD Black, Seagate Firecuda 510, Corsair MP510 and Intel 660p

Thanks for your help once again

Well my wife and I talked about it and we are planning on buying me a new car anyhow next year but not a Lambo but something nice I would Like a mercedes C63 but anyway if we did get the money we would pay off that car and my Wifes current Car. 
 

LTT Forums totally is the place to brag about 200k and not knowing how to use it yeah... circles eyes.