7. Turn off defrag on your (new) boot disk. [Do not defrag an SSD. Windows doesn't know to turn it off once you've changed drive types.]

8. If this is an older PC, make sure AHCI is being used.


BIAB 2024 Win Audiophile. Software: Studio One 6.5 Pro, Swam horns, Acoustica-7, Notion 6; Win 11 Home. Hardware: Intel i9, 32 Gb; Roland Integra-7, Presonus Studio 192, Presonus Faderport 8, Royer 121, Adam Sub8 & Neumann 120 monitors