1:15 (Skip to Tutorial) 2:33 Boot Windows disk and begin installation (MUST be a "pure" 64-bit installation disc - NO 32/+/64-bit disks (4:20)) 3:18 Do Custom/Advanced installation 3:21 Load OCZ Revodrive X2 drivers 5:00 Put Windows disc back in & close installation window (5:49) (The actual "trick" to installation) 6:37 Delete the visible partitions then create a new partition. 7:23 Click NEXT to begin installation Lotsa guys are having problems installing Win 7 64 bit on their OCZ Revodrive X2's. So I put this video together 2 help out. ************************************ NOTE: ehrenfeldmichael of YouTube has ALSO claimed this method worked for the Adaptec 6805 raid controller. ************************************ HISTORY: I cloned my 750GB HDD to my 220GB Revodrive X2 & all went well till last week when I held down the power button in frustration. I could boot Safe Mode proving the SSD was fine. I discovered there were corrupt video drivers. I could boot to normal desktop under "low resolution". After getting it running w/ new GeForce drivers there was still quirks that kept plaguing me, namely 'COM Surrogate has stopped working'. That had 2 do with video codecs (K-lite Mega Codec Pack) Upon fresh install of MPC it SAID there was a broken codec that kept freezing my system. But the system never fully recovered - small quirks and freezes. Acronis proved useless for recover in safe mode, it relies on Windows Services to run. The image I had (verified as GOOD) didn't work with the boot CD. It killed my OS. Am no longer a Acronis user. It led me to the nightmare that so many have installing Win 7 x64t on a Revodrive X2. Hence this video. [UPDATE]: I have learned how to use Acronis True Image since the making of this video, and no LONGER have ANY complaints about Acronis. Matter of fact, I SWEAR by it now to back up my Revodrive every week on a 750 Western Digital HDD. MY SETUP: IN WIN Dragon Rider Full Tower ASUS M5A97 LE R2.0 AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition (OC 3.7GHz) Stock 4 heatpipe PIB cooler Antec EarthWatts EA750 750W EVGA GeForce GTS 450 SC Edition 1GB G-Skill (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1333's (OV 1439/1.65V) OCZ RevoDrive X2 - 220GB x4 PCIe MLC SSD 1x Western Digital Black 750GB 7200 64MB SATA 6.0Gb/s 2x Western Digital Blue 1 TB 7200 32MB SATA 6.0Gb/s 1x Seagate Baracuda 3TB 7200 64MB SATA 6.0Gb/s Sony Optiarc 24x DVD DL Fan Controller: NZXT Sentry-2 Touch Screen Keyboard: Mad Catz/Saitek Cyborg V7 Mouse: Tek Republic TM Black 7 Button + 1 Wheel OS: Win 7 Ultimate x64

• published: 26 Mar 2013
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