Author: hiluke
Subject: How To Install Windows On A PCIe SSD
Posted: 01 Mar 2016 at 6:08am
Thanks for this guide.
Subject: How To Install Windows On A PCIe SSD
Posted: 01 Mar 2016 at 6:08am
Thanks for this guide.
I recently built a Fatal1ty Z170 Gaming itx/ac system with a Samsung 950 Pro NVMe 512GB boot drive.
I didn't realise with the default UEFI settings that Windows 10 wouldn't give me the option of MBR or GPT, so my initial install of Windows 10 was MBR.
From reading your post, it made it quite straightforward to delete the existing partitions, and then re-partition and re-install Windows 10 (just using the Windows installer) as GPT with UEFI.
Ultra Fast Boot is awesome!
Couple of points which I couldn't find confirmation on prior to switching over to EFI boot:
- I just used the Microsoft tool to create a bootable Windows 10 installer USB, and I used this same USB for both legacy and EFI installs. No need to use Rufus or any other programs to create a specialised UEFI USB like I saw on a lot of other sites.
- I have a few extra HDD's as storage drives. These do not need to be partitioned as GPT for EFI and Ultra Fast Boot to work. I wasn't sure if the MBR formatted drives would register, but they were fine.