Windows 10: Install W10 on new SSD Failing

Yes unfortunately I already tried this, startup repair is unable to repair any issue.

 

Well crap *Sad hopefully somebody will come along with other ideas and things to try. Since it works in another computer it would seem it's something in the laptop stopping it from competing an install.

I'm at a loss, I guess if it were me I wouldn't be able to resist trying to get something going.

I looked back over the thread and didn't see this, if W10 will install as an upgrade on the Win7 HDD in the original laptop, do that, then you can created a backup/image to an external drive from the W10 HDD. Remove the HDD, install the SSD, boot from install media, and do a repair install of the backup/image to the SSD from the backup you created.

I've done it that way a couple times with Win7 to move to a new SSD and once with W10, had to run startup repair to get it to boot from the SSD after the backup/image install.

Sorry if you've tried that, but there's really not much left AFAIK.

P.S. remove all drives except the new SSD and the drive with the image on it when you're running the repair install backup/image.

 

Thanks a lot for your help man. Your idea about upgrade to w10/restore from backup and another user who suggested format a partition using mini partition tool lead me to the option to clone the old disk to the ssd (as I was kind of afraid of running the upgrade on my working drive in case it wouldn't boot after), the clone completed and I'm booting windows 7 from the SSD now *Smile

Although my goal was to do a clean install, I will try the upgrade from 7 to 10 option and see if there in an option for a clean install. Thanks!!

 

Hi,

Not that I can remember but I wouldn't worry about a clean install or an upgrade install. I can't spot any difference in my experience.

Cheers and best of luck, *Wink

 

I concur with fdegrove on the upgrade versus clean install, I guess if your box is totally hosed with a huge amount of crap, that may be a way to go, otherwise I'd stick with the upgrade. I have far too many favorites and many, many small items that would be a huge PIA to replace, upgrade keeps all that in place.

Both times with W10 I've done an upgrade, first time from windows update, second time from downloading the iso for 10586 and doing an upgrade from the iso (windows update refused to work as far as moving to W10 10586)

Glad to hear you've got things going *Smile and again, if you've built up things over the years on your Win7 I'd do an upgrade. Even if you haven't built up much on Win7, in reading over tenforums, the consenses seems to be there's not a noticeable difference between clean install and an upgrade.