alienware 17 windows 8

[Jasper alienware 17]

Alienware 17 -- 750GB 7200RPM SATA 3Gb/s + 64GB mSATA SSD Caching 

 

1. which hard drive i should using for install my WINDOWS ? 

 

2. should i do RAID 0 ? 

 

3.any thing i need to do on BOOT ?

 

 

 

[Shroomster]

Install to SSD. Do not do RAID 0. Not as far as i know.

[vorticalbox]

Install to SSD. Do not do RAID 0. Not as far as i know.

I would install onto the SSD.

 

window windows set up delete all partitions and then install on the 64GB volume.

 

once in windows (if it hasn't already) you can use disk manager to give the second drive a letter.

[Jasper alienware 17]

thx you all, have a question here. after install windows to SSD, my SSD will be my C drive right ? so my C drive will only few GB capacity. how to get more space in C drive ?

 

as i know when i bought my laptop i saw my disk management only have disk 0. so how to do it ?

[Gloxxy]

If you are installing your OS to the 64GB mSATA SSD then you will not be able to make this drive any bigger.

 

My suggestion is to install any large programs on to your 750GB mechanical HD.

 

Once you have installed the OS onto your SSD you can assign a different letter to the old C: and D: drives.

[MogRules]

This setup was designed to be an accelerated drive.   Install Windows to your HDD and use the SSD to accelerate the HDD.  A 64GB SSD isn't good for much beyond that as by the time your done installing Windows your going to have to install pretty much everything else on your HDD anyways and then it isn't even being accelerated.  

 

Leave it in Raid 0, install Windows to the HDD and download and instal Intel Rapid Storage Tech and accelerate the SSD if it isn't already.  This would have been the way it came from the factory.  In a perfect world, buy a larger 2.5" SSD and install Windows there, then use the mSATA to accelerate all your games/larger programs on the HDD.  I use a 128gb SSD for Windows and programs and even that is almost out of space.  I can't see trying to run anything but Windows on a 64gb.  

[Jasper alienware 17]

the boot will effect the hard disk or not ? i mean now i using Legacy boot not UEFI boot. actually i change it my self, now i wan to change all the settings back like when i bought it. so i have to understand all the stuff.... by the way thx 

[Jasper alienware 17]

the boot will effect the hard disk or not ? i mean now i using Legacy boot not UEFI boot. actually i change it my self, now i wan to change all the settings back like when i bought it. so i have to understand all the stuff.... by the way thx 

[MogRules]

If you want fast boot you need to run UEFI but windows 8 does not need it to run.  If you choose to run in UEFI then you need to install from scratch, format the drive and re-install with UEFI and you will need the raid drivers to do so as Windows still does not contain them. 

[Jasper alienware 17]

MogRules you how to do it all the way ? if i wan run UEFI by windows 8 ?