Less rambling, more doing stuff ?
Use direct links to each step from below :)
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NVMe Pack 1.0 : https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BzaczsN8lPFQbDFGcTMzQlZPZXc
Hiren's Boot 15.2 (direct download) : http://www.hirensbootcd.org/files/Hirens.BootCD.15.2.zip
Windows 7 SP1 x64 image You must found on your own.
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Step 1 (Prepare Hiren's boot pendrive) : @
15:43
Step 2 (Prepare Windows 7 x64 SP1 pendrive) : @
22:22
Step 3 (How to copy bootx64.efi file from NVMe Pack) : @
31:33
+ add your own NVMe driver to WIndows 7 pendrive (if it's not there), and use it in installation step
Step 4 (Launching Hiren's Boot Mini XP) : @
42:48
Step 5 (Clover installation) : @
45:21
Step 6 (Nvmexpress.dxe copy) : @
49:58
Step 7 (Clover's "Autoboot" tweak [optional]) : @
51:18
Step 8 (Launching Windows 7 x64 SP1 installer from Clover) : @
54:15
Step 9 (Installing NVMe driver for Windows 7 x64 SP1) : @
57:48
Step 10 (All together :)) : @
1:02:22
or @
2:51
Extra 1 (platform "inside") : @
00:09
Extra 2 (platform "outside") : @
1:03:30
Test 1 (Crystal Disk) : @
1:10:20
Fail 1 (forced booting) : @
1:15:33
RaptorX HD Tune Pro 5.70 (Access Time test) : @
1:19:36
vs.
Samsung SM961 NVMe HD Tune Pro (Access Time test) : @
1:21:41
CPU "Money shot" : @
1:24:13
Original guide I used which made this possible :
http://www.win-raid.com/t2375f46-Guide-NVMe-boot-without-modding-your-UEFI-BIOS-Clover-EFI-bootloader-method.html
Additional info sourced from this blog post :
https://audiocricket.com/2016/12/31/booting-samsung-sm961-on-asus-p6t-se-mainboard/
Music @
1:00:54 - Alan Walker "Force" (NCS Release) :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xshEZzpS4CQ