Ok got that, many thanks. The odd thing is after afew weeks of buying the new pc it got a virus/ malware. So after speaking to the pc builder, they advised me to wipe/ format the SSD drive C:\ totally clean with a new clean windows 7 install which I did.
Here's my problem; Before installing a clean windows 7, they advised me to download the latest drivers from the gigabyte website for my motherboard. I did this & the Lan & USB drivers were crucial they said as I wouldn't be able to do anything before installing these. I understood why, as the internet is crucial to activate windows & my external USB hard drives were not being recognised with that clean wondows 7 install. I thought this odd in this newish motherboard & thought that gigabyte would have had working drivers in the bios to see these 2 crucial items.
So after downloading Lan, USB 3.0 & 3.1, Chipset, VGA drivers etc everything connected to the PC came to life & was recognised Halleluyah!!!
But, the basic things such as lan & USB drivers need to be in the bios so you can restore the PC from an external hard drive & also connect to the internet immediately as soon as you restore from a USB external hard drive. I do understan that if I create that cloned SSD onto the external hard drive now, everything will probably work. But ideally, with a basic clean windows 7 install, wouldn't it surely be alot easier if both Lan & USB drives were working from the very start.
The reason I'm asking this is, because if I have to format the SSD & install a fresh copy of winodws, it would be easy to restore everything from the external hard drive if there's a problem & if I'm forced to do it that way.
Regards
Paul
P.S. How come you're so well up on this. Do you work for a major manufacturer, or are you just clever? I appreciate your help with my queries.