Acer a315-55g-708 How to add SSD to laptop and select it as default c drive ?

kalyankanna

Can any one tell me how to add m.2 SSD to laptop along side hdd and select m.2 as a default boot drive I don't have any important data in my hdd I want to clean install windows 10 

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StevenGen

kalyankanna said:

Can any one tell me how to add m.2 SSD to laptop along side hdd and select m.2 as a default boot drive I don't have any important data in my hdd I want to clean install windows 10 

What is your laptop model number? As the way to do a clean install on an M.2 SSD drive if your laptop does not have a 1st boot priority for USB is in the following ways:

1. Access Advanced Startup Options Windows 10 from Settings

2. Access Windows 10 Advanced Options with Recovery Drive/Disk

3. Turn Off and On Windows 10 PC 3 Times to Access Advanced Options

All the above will give you access to the Win-10 installation USB to get to the Win-10 installation files, or and if you can’t do that then get to the windows installation files from the USB through the "Advanced Options" at #3 method to do the clean install but, you need to have a separate USB with your laptops specific Intel "IRST (Intel® Rapid Storage Technology) Driver" as the windows installation will not recognize the M,.2 drive unless this driver is installed through the installation process, as you need to install this driver at the formatting process section of the windows installation process as then your Win-10 installation will be able to be installed. After the install enable the TRIM within windows so that your M.2 SSD will perform at its peak performance, then update all Win-10 updates, install the Intel® Driver & Support Assistant so that you get all the Intel drivers up to date (same with AMD drivers if your laptop is an AMD type) to install the specific up to date Nvidia or AMD graphics drivers (if your laptop has those graphics?) then look at "Device Manager" and see if any drivers are not installed? If not then get those drivers from the Acer Drivers & Manuals section for your laptop, as that is how your do a complete "Clean Install" on a PC so that a laptop/desktop will perform at its peak and best performance. 

 

kalyankanna

Acer a315-55g-708w is my laptop model

kalyankanna

how to install irst driver

kalyankanna

While installing irst driver it is not showing nvme as comparable instead it is showing sata and pcie only

 

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