I have the GA-X58A-UD7 rev. 2.0 and I have been running a standard wd640gb hard drive for a while and recently picked up a Corsair Force GT 240gb ssd. I installed the ssd and put windows 7 ultimate on it just like on the wd640gb and have put all the updated drivers in the ssd. This is my work computer and I would like to be able to switch back and forth between the two hard drives if need. I use the computer for drafting and I still have some programs on the wd640gb hard drive I can not transfer to the new drive due to having some older drafting programs (third party add on to older version of autocad) on it that are no longer supported. So I need to know how I can boot to each drive when I want to and the best way to set up the bios so I can take full advantage of the ssd sata III 6gb (ahci) and still be able to boot it up and run the wd640gb in ide.
I tried to set things what I thought was right in the bios (ahci on the sata 6 and 7 ports which the ssd is pluged into and left the rest to ide) pluged both drives in and nothing poped up to which drive to boot from and got a starting windows screen then a blue screen really quick then it shut down. I then unpluged the ssd changed the bios back to ide on all the ports since I have work to do and figured I would mess with it later after I ask for advice.
I tried to set things what I thought was right in the bios (ahci on the sata 6 and 7 ports which the ssd is pluged into and left the rest to ide) pluged both drives in and nothing poped up to which drive to boot from and got a starting windows screen then a blue screen really quick then it shut down. I then unpluged the ssd changed the bios back to ide on all the ports since I have work to do and figured I would mess with it later after I ask for advice.
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