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  • GA-Z77-DS3H (rev. 1.1) MB with 120GB mSATA - Can it be boot drive? Win7-Ultimate

    I have a GA-Z77-DS3H (rev. 1.1) mb in my workstation and was given an OCZ 120GB mSATA drive. Can I use the drive in the MB mSATA slot to function as a boot-drive in Windows7 Ultimate system?

    If so, than the obvious next question is, where do I begin in order to make it happen? I've never used one of these before. Clone boot maybe?

    Any info or reference appreciated.

    Thanx

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    Re: GA-Z77-DS3H (rev. 1.1) MB with 120GB mSATA - Can it be boot drive? Win7-Ultimate

    from my understanding all you can do with that port is use it as a cache drive for when running standard HD's to speed up performance. High frequency files are cached on that mSata drive.

    I don't believe you can use it as a boot drive. but I may be wrong.

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