Got the new SDD. It took me all of 5 mins to put it in the case and no joke, 10 mins to install Win7 64bit start to finish.
New disk boots in <4 seconds... but Im now stuck at the stage of doing a zillion updates... then the dreaded task of installing everything again.
Ive decided to abandon my Ghost copy and do a clean install due to all the messing with drivers around xmas.
>>> your well protected by data loss,
This was something discussed a while ago when irrc it was 7LM that brought up the subject elsewhere and I got a bit paranoid.
Besides all the disks, I also have a copy of c:/ ghosted and D:/ mirrored on the NAS and a copy on an old disk that resides elsewhere as offsite for things like photos and website.
Just realised my downfall was how the complete loss of the system drive took me offline totally.
I do have 6 sata ports, only 5 usable as one is taken by the case for the integrated card reader/USB front. If I can get some sort of PCI adapter to add a few more ports, then I could I suppose use the RMA'd SDD (if I get one back) to install linux.
Im also not too impressed today with my NAS. Ive had this issue before.... it works fine as a network drive, but as soon as I install a new OS, it refuses to be seen on the network (linux). I just wasted a joyful hour trying to access it, before deciding not to bother.
I also realised why I usually turn it off.. the PC is whisper quiet.. whilst the NAS box isnt, the fan is driving me nuts
Anyhows lots and lots to install yet before Im back to normal.