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Windows 7 came out a long time ago and does not have built-in support/drivers for NVMe drives in general (not a samsung issue, but a windows 7 issue). If you are using windows 8/10, you will not experience the driver issues. My windows 10 steps (upgrading from a Crucial M4 SSD) are as follows: 1. Install Samsung 960 Evo 1TB 2. Install NVMe driver and reboot (necessary to get the full speed/benefit) (Download from Samsung's website) 3. Install Samsung Magician and run the program to make sure the latest firmware is installed. (you can download it from samsung's website). 4. Install Samsung Data Migration Software and run the program to clone the main C drive. (again you can download from samsung's website) 5. Remove main boot drive. 6. Change bios setting to boot the Samsung 960 Evo (if you are using a UEFI bios and installed windows in uefi mode it should say Windows Bootloader: Samsung 960 etc.) 7. Run Samsung Magician to make sure AHCI and Trim is enabled. If not google how to enable. 8. Wipe old SSD and give to a friend Also, note that Windows was installed in UEFI mode. You can tell windows was installed in UEFI mode since my boot order lists “Windows bootloader: Samsung 960 EVO” rather than “Samsung 960 EVO”. If your Windows 10 install is not in UEFI mode, I would do a clean install and install using UEFI mode making sure GPT is used rather than MBR. The easiest way to do this is to use a windows install usb drive and boot to it in uefi mode. As far as my review of this drive. It’s insanely fast (see screenshot to see how it does on an x99 Taichi with i7-6850k). I had to switch some of my hdd sata connectors on my motherboard since some of my sata connectors shares lanes with the m.2 (moving it unlocked the screenshot you see). Read your manual to see if this applies to you! Unfortunately, if you are already using a SSD with a 500MB read speed, you will see little benefits for the increased cost. For new builds, this should be on your build list and makes more sense than upgrading. Also note the higher in capacity, the faster the 960 should be (theoretically). Also, using a tpm 2.0 module and bitlocker on the 960 evo 1tb brought the read speed down to 1700 and not affecting the write speed. So even with bitlocker this drive is SUPER FREAKING FAST! Other thoughts: The watchdogs 2 promotion was an absolute farce and most folks that backordered/purchased this item (including myself) never received the code. Also, make sure you have adequate airflow in your case because this thing can get hot see my screenshot for temps while benchmarking (the temps are current on the left, min in the middle, and max on the right using hwmonitor) FOR THOSE HAVING ISSUES: I have found that read speeds are affected by two big reasons. 1. The motherboard shares the m.2 with a sata port. FIX: Read your manual and switch which sata ports you are using to a port that isn't shared. 2. TPM modules. FIX: Don't use bitlocker if it bothers you that your read speed goes down.