You can search my posts from about 2 or 3 weeks ago if you want. I have already posted the 13 or 14 steps 'hard method' in a different post, but that was for someone who didn't have a recovery drive. And it would probably only apply to a limited number of people (like me) that couldn't get their SSD to initialize properly for whatever reason. There's no do-overs if you accidentally selected the wrong drive. Dispart clean will wipe a drive in about 3 seconds and once it's done, it's done. I'm hesitant to post the hard method because it involves using the ever dangerous 'diskpart clean' command. So you'll want the SSD SATA data cable plugged in to one of the white SATA 3 ports. A SATA 2 port is more than adequate for the DVD. The DVD doesn't need a SATA 3 port anyway since it only operates at SATA 1 speeds.

In order for you to enjoy SATA 3 speeds on your new SSD, you're going to have to 'evict' your DVD from its white SATA 3 port and move it to the black SATA 2 port.

Let me know if the easy way doesn't work and I'll give you the more time consuming way. My advice is don't reconnect your 500GB drive as that can complicate things until you decide what you want to do with it. select troubleshoot and Reset your pc and when it asks if you want to re-partition the SSD, say yes When your computer boots, at the Acer screen press F-12 to get to the boot menu.Ĩ. Boot your computer and at the Acer screen, press delete on your keyboard to access your BIOS.ĥ navigate in your BIOS to enable 'Boot Menu' and then save and exit (I think it's F-10 to save and exit,but can't remember)Ħ. Make sure your new SSD is ready (SATA power and sata data cable connected).Ĥ. Power down your computer and unplug the power and disconnect the SATA power cable from your 500GB HDD (very important).Ģ. I tried it the easy way and had a little trouble so I ended up doing it hard (more time consuming) way.ġ.

The first way is the easy way and should work. I'm going to give you two ways to set up your SSD.

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