https://forum.asrock.com/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:01:11 +0000 Thu, 25 Dec 2025 11:18:02 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 https://forum.asrock.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=112936 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums_black.png https://forum.asrock.com/ https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=112936&PID=200681&title=a520mhvs#200681 Author: alecpotter
Subject: 112936
Posted: 25 Dec 2025 at 11:18am

Running Windows 7 on the SSD and keeping Windows 10 on the M.2 SATA is also technically possible as a dual-boot setup. However, there are a few caveats:

- Windows 7 has limited support for newer hardware (USB 3.x, NVMe, newer chipsets), so installation can be tricky or require custom drivers.
- You?™ll need to manage the boot order via BIOS/UEFI or a boot manager.
- Windows 7 is end-of-life, so no security updates.

From a purely technical standpoint it can work, but from a practicality and security perspective, sticking with Windows 10 (or newer) is usually the safer option unless you specifically need Windows 7 for legacy software.]]> Thu, 25 Dec 2025 11:18:02 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=112936&PID=200681&title=a520mhvs#200681 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=112936&PID=197972&title=a520mhvs#197972 Author: eccential
Subject: 112936
Posted: 01 Jul 2025 at 12:09am

On that motherboard, the 4 SATA ports are from the chipset and aren't shared with any CPU direct links.

CPU itself can support up to 2 SATA devices.

In other words, you can have an m.2 SATA drive + 4 more SATA drives connected without any issues.

As for dual-booting Win7 and Win10, Windows itself doesn't supply boot manager, so you'd have to use F11 (or was it F12) to choose which one to boot each time.

I'd think it should work, but I can't guarantee anything because I never tried it myself.
]]> Tue, 01 Jul 2025 00:09:56 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=112936&PID=197972&title=a520mhvs#197972 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=112936&PID=197971&title=a520mhvs#197971 Author: denis-lv
Subject: 112936
Posted: 30 Jun 2025 at 10:30pm

Is it possible to have an SSD and a M.2 SATA in the pc at the same time and would downloading windows 7 on the ssd and keeping windows 10 on this current M.2 SATA be possible?]]> Mon, 30 Jun 2025 22:30:20 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=112936&PID=197971&title=a520mhvs#197971