Windows 10: Seems simple... how to install Windows 10 on a blank hard drive

Discus and support Seems simple... how to install Windows 10 on a blank hard drive in Windows 10 Ask Insider to solve the problem; HDD crashes on Windows 7 PC; there's a problem with the motor. Somehow I think it's easy to install windows 10 to a new HDD, but hours later, without... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Ask Insider' started by /u/downtherabbithole777, Sep 11, 2020.

  1. Seems simple... how to install Windows 10 on a blank hard drive


    HDD crashes on Windows 7 PC; there's a problem with the motor. Somehow I think it's easy to install windows 10 to a new HDD, but hours later, without booting successfully, I give up!
    I have Windows 10 on a utility HDD that I use to upgrade PC's with Windows 7 to Windows 10. I ran un setup from this HDD to install Windows onto the new HDD, but my process is somehow missing an important step, which is creating a valid boot/system partition.
    The PC is older than 5 years and likely has only BIOS boot. I've been googling all day with little patience and many interruptions, so I am unable to get it right. Can anyone share a simple procedure to get Win 10 installed and bootable (or point me to a link)?
    Thank you!

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    /u/downtherabbithole777, Sep 11, 2020
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  3. W1zzard Win User
    W7 Hard drive partition issue

    to get rid of that 100 meg windows partition that setup creates for you on a new install on a blank hdd:

    - press shift+f10 when on the partition management screen in setup <-- this opens a command prompt
    - diskpart <-- start the windows command line partition management tool
    - list disk <--- list the installed hdds in this computer for the next step
    - select disk 0 <- might have to replace 0 with the number of the correct disk
    - clean <-- this will erase all data on the disk you selected one step up- dont use the wrong disk!
    - create partition primary <- creates a primary partition taking up all space on the drive, adjust the command if necessary
    - exit, exit to exit diskpart and the command prompt
    - click refresh in partition manager and select your newly created partition and install to that
     
    W1zzard, Sep 11, 2020
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  4. Delta6326 Win User

    Seems simple... how to install Windows 10 on a blank hard drive

    Delta6326, Sep 11, 2020
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