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Sounds like you're trying to create Frankencomputer...........I tried Win 10 but it is not my favorite. So I decided to install Windows 8.1, instead. A secure erase of the SSD is a good idea before installing. But my Parted Magic won´t boot with my new board. Finally, it would boot using "failsave mode" but it might require several attempts to boot. Good thing I thought but when I tried to start the work, I realized that neither mouse nor keyboard works. Great! I restarted with a PS/2 mouse and that one worked. A secure erase requires to "unfreeze" the SSD which in turn requires to put the system to sleep mode and wake it up afterwards. Of course, it would not turn into sleep mode! I figured out there is an alternate method which requires to unplug the SSD´s power cable while running, wait 30 secs and plug it again and wait 30 sec. That finally worked. Heck, that´s incredible!
Just got it to work. I guess I have to get a new version of PM.