
New SSD, need to put windows 7 on it!
#1
Posted 09 April 2012 - 04:12 PM
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#2
Posted 09 April 2012 - 05:33 PM
In fact.............
There you go.
#3
Posted 09 April 2012 - 05:34 PM
I wouldn't transfer like that video above shows. A fresh install is always best.
Edited by Coors, 09 April 2012 - 05:37 PM.
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#4
Posted 09 April 2012 - 05:56 PM
no homo ^^
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#5
Posted 09 April 2012 - 06:03 PM

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#6
Posted 09 April 2012 - 06:12 PM
#7
Posted 09 April 2012 - 06:13 PM
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#8
Posted 09 April 2012 - 06:15 PM
In the bios you need to set the sata ports to ACSI (and it should already be on that if you were using your WD drive right. than put windows disc in and install like normal.
after i installed windows 7 i had 40gb free with no programs. than i removed temp and put it on another drive + disabled hibernation(you must do this if you want any free space!) and gained 40gb. Installed all my programs and now i just have barely 25gb free out of 120gb.
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#9
Posted 09 April 2012 - 06:29 PM
During the POST most motherboards will say to press a certain key to go to the boot menu. If in that menu you can't boot from CD then you need to go into the BIOS and allow booting from the disc drive. Or if it's still going to the "repair/boot normally" option maybe you missed the "Press any key to boot from CD..." and not booting from the CD.
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#10
Posted 10 April 2012 - 01:24 AM

Any help is greatly appreciated, as everything I try to do right now its making me install to SSD and wont let me run anything off the old hdd without errors on missing files or tempting me to reinstall. I can view all photos etc from the old hdd and they load nice and quick.
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#11
Posted 10 April 2012 - 03:37 AM
Thank you coors! I unplugged other hdd, put ssd in with disc as primary boot device, turned on pc and it installed the windows 7 to my ssd. My question now is this. I have all of my files on the old hdd, and the new ssd is only 80gb left after windows 7 and all drivers. When I try to open a game from the G drive (old hdd) it will not open the game. Do i need to partition the old drive in some way to make it work with the new ssd being the primary? I want to be able to install games to the old drive and run them off of it, yet my main few games I was going to reinstall to the new ssd. Must i redownload everything?
Any help is greatly appreciated, as everything I try to do right now its making me install to SSD and wont let me run anything off the old hdd without errors on missing files or tempting me to reinstall. I can view all photos etc from the old hdd and they load nice and quick.
Yes you can play games from a hard drive other than your boot drive: I put all mine on a secondary one.
You just (probably) have to reinstall them. They likely require registry keys and stray files which were lost when installing the new copy of windows. There are ways to transfer save files, but they're game dependant. And if they're games with a cloud feature (BF3 for example) then that doesn't even matter.
So in short: Yes, you can play them off the hold HDD. But you have to reinstall them first.
A SIMPLE rule of thumb to remember: if the drive works, it works. If you have access to it's content, programs can be run off of it: They just have to be installed right.
--A possible solution that doesn't require reinstalling the games (not a guarantee, but something often overlooked: Not all games require registry entries):
Make sure you have all software and driver prerequisites installed: Microsoft VC, .NET, DirectX, Flash, Java, etc.. Get downloading and installing, and odds are at least one or two of your games may work without needing a reinstall.
As for save files, many games save to 'My Documents' subfolders, Program/App Data subfolders, or to the folders of partner programs (such as BF3 saving files in Origin/Origin Games folders) so if you want to keep save games of offline campaigns, etc.. You'll have to mirror their location on the new configuration. A simple cut and paste works, or copy and paste if you want to double check afterward that you got file tress right versus the original.
Edited by dragonsdontfly, 10 April 2012 - 03:48 AM.
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#12
Posted 10 April 2012 - 03:44 AM
Thank you coors! I unplugged other hdd, put ssd in with disc as primary boot device, turned on pc and it installed the windows 7 to my ssd. My question now is this. I have all of my files on the old hdd, and the new ssd is only 80gb left after windows 7 and all drivers. When I try to open a game from the G drive (old hdd) it will not open the game. Do i need to partition the old drive in some way to make it work with the new ssd being the primary? I want to be able to install games to the old drive and run them off of it, yet my main few games I was going to reinstall to the new ssd. Must i redownload everything?
Any help is greatly appreciated, as everything I try to do right now its making me install to SSD and wont let me run anything off the old hdd without errors on missing files or tempting me to reinstall. I can view all photos etc from the old hdd and they load nice and quick.
Some programs may or may not run like that. I'd advise backing everything up and reformatting the drive and reinstall everything fresh. Just like Windows sometimes programs just need to be reinstalled. If you can't reformat then i'd at least reinstall the programs that don't run right.
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