Quote Originally Posted by David75 View Post
My guess is that their imaging software comes from another company (or acquired one). I do not doubt the efficiency of the tool, after all as a buisiness company, intel does not want unnecessary troubles when offering tools.

So why did I react to this?
Well for example, SSDs work better with AHCI. It's a lot easier to turn your sata link to AHCI and then install a fresh OS, than making the changes to an already installed OS like windows 7...
Try searching for tutorials regarding AHCI for windows.
I first have to change a registry setting in Windows 7, then change the setting in my BIOS. I've already done this once when I tried turning on AHCI to activate NCQ on my current HDDs. The drivers should be present on my system.

I did mention this because I've read comments regarding people having problems with their Vertex IIs, and were performing Secure Erases like that's what's needed to be done. I admit that I hate reinstalling OSes.