Windows 10: Windows 10 install times out at partition screen

Hi, I am attempting to upgrade our current mini PC from its current 250 g SSD to a new one terabyte Samsung 860 QVO. When we get to the screen where you choose the partition, I was able to select the petition and click next however the hourglass just remains on screen and it never moves on from there.





I also purchased a SATA to USB cable and use the Samsung software to clone the drive however after I install the Samsung drive and switch in the computer, it goes either boots very slowly and takes about 20 minutes for anything to work or goes into recovery mode and does not boot.


CPU


Intel® Core™ i5-8250U Processor


GRAPHIC


Intel® UHD Graphics 620


MEMORY


32 GB 2x16gb
DDR4 at 2400MHz
2 x SO-DIMM

:)

 

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

 

Is it time for Windows 10 already?

Here's a good step by step guide on doing a fresh install.

How to clean install Windows 10 from a USB drive - Software - Feature - HEXUS.net

 

Partition SSD during windows 10 install

I'm assembling a new PC and running a fresh windows 10 install. I'd like to know how to partition the ssd into 2 separate partitions during the windows install (I'm using a bootable usb drive to install Windows).

I want to know if I need to input specific settings for those partitions or if it's all automatic?

I need one partition for Windows on and another for my documents. The ssd has 960gb size.

So I'm guessing it has about 60gb over-provisionning. I could leave out a bit more, but it probably doesn't matter that much