Windows 10: Install Win10 ISO onto new SSD drive?

You may find that you actually won't have to find too many drivers. Win10 is really pretty good about that. Not perfect but not bad. I did a clean install on my son's older desktop and the graphics driver was the only one I had to find. Having said that, I know that laptops can be problematic sometimes. Good luck.

 

Hello @KACI, thanks. With the info from this thread I'm more confident that my Win10 ISO clean install will go well. I'm eagerly awaiting my new SSD. Cheers,

 

I use the following commands to install the operating system on a new SSD , works well .

 

Hello @fredc,

Want to make sure I understand. In order for these commands to work I first have to put my new SSD into a case and then connect it. Then I run these command in a Windows command line. I have that right?

My guess is that very very few people do anything like this before doing a Win10 ISO install to their new drives - that true?

You seem to be saying that doing these commands has some advantage over the usual way of installing Win10 ISO. What is the advantage?

Doesn't the Win10 ISO install process take care of all this automatically?

I just want to understand the big picture of what you're suggesting. Thanks.

 

You install your new drive into your computer so it's hooked up right , you then (admin command prompt) go through these commands.

After these commands are completed your new SSD is now ready to accept an operating system on it successfully.

I am not an expert by any means , i asked all over the place about what i needed to do to install an operating system on my SSD . The great guys at 7 forums helped me and told me running these commands will allow you to successfully install Win 7 on it without using or doing a transfer .

Of course you need to have a Win 10 ISO to install Win 10 on your new SSD but these commands supposedly prepare your new SSD for use.

You also need to have activated and updated to Win 10 before a clean install but you probably already know that.

Thats all i know , it has worked great

 

Take a look at this post for a complete procedure on how to install either using MBR or UEFI. The above suggestion only works with MBR installation:
can i convert the disk to mbr and install Windows - Windows 10 Forums

@fredc
From your screen shot. You only need the first 4 steps and let Windows Installation creates the needed partitions.

 

Hello @topgundcp and @fredc,

Wow, lots of technical details! *Think ( can i convert the disk to mbr and install Windows - Windows 10 Forums )

From my research it looks like many newb non-techies have clean installed Win10 ISO to a new drive without doing anything special. This sound accurate?

As a first attempt I'll just follow the steps I outlined in my OP. If it doesn't work I can always format the drive and start over. And I have the original drive jic.

I'll post here how it goes. Thanks,

 

Hi All, Here's another link that gives details about Win10 registration and activation.

Microsoft quietly rewrites its activation rules for Windows 10 | ZDNet

 

Hi All, On this page near the bottom Microsoft outlines how to do a clean install of Win10 ISO onto a new drive and it doesn't mention needing to do anything special or highly technical.

Installing Windows 10 using the media creation tool - Windows Help

 

I believe that tutorial is about installing on an already ready to go drive , you are getting a brand new SSD and the commands like clean etc... are what allows the drive to accept an operating system( at least thats what i was told).

Although the booting stuff may seem difficult there's really nothing to it , the only thing i did with the boot is to make my DVD boot first so i could install from using the ISO image .

I don't know how important the UEFI boot and Legacy options are , i was never told to do any of that but if you need to choose UEFI you just go to BIOS and change it there. The F2 button takes you into those options but you need to restart and before Windows loads start tapping the F2 button till you see that screen .

 

Hello @fredc

Thanks for the info. Because its installing from a USB or DVD I don't think it matters if the main drive is empty or not. I did a google search for "install "windows 10" onto a new hard drive" and it seems there's no problem doing the Win10 ISO or Win10 USB install onto an new and empty drive that's placed in the internal drive bay.

But I could be wrong. If there's info that says otherwise please let me know.

Booting from DVD or USB is the easy part. I've done it many times for various projects. If I run into problems I'll do some research and hop back onto the forums.

On my HP Pavilion laptop the ESC key gets me into all the boot options.

 

The installer will install it fine on a new SSD. The command prompt is not necessary unless you do not want the System Reserved partition, which has it's advantages. This will tell you exactly how to do it, step by step Windows 10 - Clean Install - Windows 10 Forums

 

Hello @essenbe,

That's some serious step-by-step action. *Wink (newbies beware!) I'm now reading it in more detail. Thanks for the link. My Plan A is to still just boot from the Win10 ISO DVD and see what happens. I'm pretty sure UEFI boot is default on my brand new HP Pavilion laptop. I do want to keep the System Reserved partition. Cheers,

 

A normal Windows 10 installation with MBR style will create 2 partitions: a 500MB reserved partition and C: Drive.
You might be able to install Windows 10 without a reserved partition by first create & format the drive you plan to install it on then you'll get a single partition C: . However, this will only works with MBR style installation.

For UEFI style installation, you have no choice. Windows will create 4 partitions: Resevered (450 MB), System (100MB), MSR (16MB) and C; Drive.

My suggestion is just to let Windows creates all the needed partitions. They are only a few hundred MB's anyway.

 

I think it looks more technical than it really is. It is pretty simple actually. If you run into any problems, let us know or post in the tutorial thread.