For win10 after I did a clean isntall, it will detect the chipset, SSD,HDD,GPU etc and get all the drivers?!?! Which is better, let win10 get all the drivers or I manually download each one and install them?
This was so helpful! I wanted to upgrade my hdd to an ssd and this was super easy to follow. I have literally never done anything like this before and you made it idiot proof. Love it.
Hello! Just have a quick question. Upgrading my build. Going from Intel I7 7700k -> Ryzen 7 5800x. I currently use a SATA SSD and a HDD (system imaged from my SSD just in case). I am installing a brand new, never used M.2 SSD for the upgrade, and I plan on installing a fresh OS on it. My question is this: Can I (after boot up and all drivers are updated, etc and everything is solid) simply plug in my old SSD & HDD WITHOUT deleting the said info on those drives??? (Keep in mind that I would shutdown the computer, plug those in, load up bios, make sure boot priority is still going to my M.2, then load to desktop). If I keep my boot priority on the M.2, my old SSD OS shouldn’t interfere with it correct? Thank you!
@@hunterrivera4984 correct you can boot from both drives example (you have windows on one drive and Linux or mac on the other drive you would need to go into the BIOS and change the os drive to the other one.
I just want to put this out there. While making a windows 10 media installation tool, while using a 8GB or higher USB ( I used 2.0 both I believe are fine) I ran into the problem, it stated there needs to be 8gb or more of storage on the C: drive, even though I was attempting to JUST put the media creation tool onto the USB. You need to have 8gb or more on the C: drive regardless of where you set up the creation tool. After clearing space, I was allowed to follow the steps in this video just fine. This is just an FYI for anyone who runs into the problem I did.
Shark in The Atlantis hey so my hdd basically fucked up n got corrupted. Its a old hard drive (sata 2) and i recently upgraded my mobo cpu and ram. So after a day i got bsod problems and tried to reinstall windows but the hard drive basically isnt compatible with my mobo. Im just asking if i buy a new ssd and remove my corrupt hard drive. Can i use my usb windows 10 installer to install on the new ssd with no problems? (I cant really boot into anything so i just wanna make sure i can do dis before ordering)
@@xStrikerBoss sure u can.. if u install from usb (flashdrive) u can just install it right away! After u plug in ur usb, open to boot settings, and select boot to usb devices. In my laptop the shortcut is ("fn+f12") (To put windows instsller in usb, just download windows media creation tool and install it to ur usb.)
Shark in The Atlantis yeah i already have it setup on my usb, i tried reinstalling windows 10 on my old hdd for my new motherboard. I still bsod any time i attempt it. My hdd is sata 2 and my mobo only has sata 3 parts. (Do u recommend anything else to do before ordering a new ssd?) Sorry for asking so many questions i just wanna hopefully fix this, it has been bothering me all week.
@@xStrikerBoss yeah if a harddisk is broken (corrupted, & so on) its really hard to fix it. And harddisk life span is short, because it has mechanical parts that moving. I recommend just buy ssd (it will last much longer)...
I was following the video and installed the window on a USB. I missed it myself but can there be an annotation in the video to remind everyone that this will FORMAT AND WIPE the USB plz. The text in the installer itself is very small as well.
PS also must take out the USB out before the new reboot or may even have to change the BIOS order of boot list so it doesn't boot from the USB drive you selected, depending on your laptop. Thank you!
Wow, what a great video. I upgraded to 16 gigs of RAM and used this video to switch from 32 bit to 64 bit windows all onto a new SSD ditched the HDD. IT ALL WORKED GREAT!! This video saved me from buying a new computer and a lot of money. Thank you for your help!
Thanks for this! I have been trying to get Windows 10 installed on a fresh hard drive for the past few days and this did the trick! This still works as of February 2020.
Thank You So Much for telling me about deleting the partition. OMFG I spent an hour trying to figure out why my 468gb SSD wouldn't install win 10 until I heard you say about deleting all the partitions. Wow I am so relieved right now. You have provided the best TH-cam help video on TH-cam itself.
Thank you for the video i have just ordered a SSD my first one and i am going to install windows on it and i needed to see how i manage that and now i see its pretty simple thanks again !:)
12th nov 2019 After having to replace a failed hard drive in my laptop i thought it was going to be a nightmare sorting it but with your 12 minute tutorial it was a breeze...only problem i had was i had to delete all the partitions to allow the install. So..thanks very much. Saved me getting loads of grief from the wife.
i have a hdd and windows 10 installed on my pc and im going to buy a new ssd if i do this will the old windows 10 be removed so that i have more storage space?
I am just bought a new SSD ,and I finished putting Windows in a disk .When I first open laptop ,it shows the menu .But I cannot find the same option like you .So I close It .and I just open it Again .It just still in brand
Great tutorial! I was not sure whether to upgrade or custom install, and whether I need to create a new partition. You sure cleared that out. Thanks a lot!
ok so my laptop is one of those old dell computers with windows vista or so, my bro deleted the os and installed windows 8, which i want to get rid of now. would this install without the key, as i do not have it.
Oh that's a tricky one. If the computer came with Windows 7 instead of Vista you'd be fine, but Vista doesn't qualify for the free upgrade. If you're brother installed a legit version of Windows 8, then you should be able to upgrade to Windows 10, but you might have to do it a little different than the video. Basically use the "Upgrade this PC" option after downloading the media creation tool. It will take longer, but once it finishes you're computer should be activated on Windows 10, and if there's weirdness you could run through this video exactly to perform a clean install. Hope that helps!
@@peerpotato992 So if I do the custom install option with the SSD, i will get the windows installed on my SSD and the HDD data as well? Also what will happen to the HDD since it would have windows installed in as well?
@@spiryn5174 if windows is already installed on the hdd then it just wont be used it will act as a normal secound hdd with your data but best to unplug your hdd when installing windows on the ssd so it doesnt try to format it, the hard drive that originally had windows will just work as a normal hdd no need to uninstall anything but you can delete the programs folder ect that you dont need anymore or transfur to your new ssd
I can not thank you enough!! I watched another video & he verbally went through the process so fast I simply could not follow. This is my first time doing this so your very clear step-by-step directions & visual aid are so appreciated. Absolutely an excellent & extremely helpful video. Thank you.
(January 2020) Thanks! Installed a new SSD and deleted all partition after making sure everything I wanted saved was to my cloud. If you’re using MSI and can’t seem to get into windows setup, change your boot priority to your installation tool!
Hello! Just have a quick question. Upgrading my build. Going from Intel I7 7700k -> Ryzen 7 5800x. I currently use a SATA SSD and a HDD (system imaged from my SSD just in case). I am installing a brand new, never used M.2 SSD for the upgrade, and I plan on installing a fresh OS on it. My question is this: Can I (after boot up and all drivers are updated, etc and everything is solid) simply plug in my old SSD & HDD WITHOUT deleting the said info on those drives??? If I keep my boot priority on the M.2, my old SSD OS shouldn’t interfere with it correct? Thank you!
Thank you. I got the GANDCRAB virus downloading Vuescan software from the Pirates Bay and despite losing some recent files that I hadn't archived/backed up I soon decided to cut my loses and start afresh when the computer started misbehaving. I actually reformatted my SSD on a 2nd machine and then followed your video using a USB key installation. I had no fewer than 5 partitions but by deleting them one at a time got them down to one. After that it's just a matter of following the onscreen instructions and accepting it will take some time to upgrade the USB W10 installation. But thanks for the help . . .
I just finished building my gaming pc, and I downloaded the windows creation tool into a usb, and when I insert it to my rig it takes me to the bios, then I set the boot priority to the sandisk partitions 1 and my computer freezes, then I restart it again then I set the one that says sandisk to boot priority and a small windows icon appears and it loads up for like 2 seconds and it freezes, and nothing happens.
Yes, turns out that when I ordered my motherboard it had the recent updated bios at that time, but a few days later they had a new updated bios that’s had to be installed, so once I downloaded the new version of bios and installed it, the windows installation was easy, that’s all I needed the new updated bios
hey, I just bought a new 500gb SSD, I try to do the same then you but always crashes at 74% saying that windows cant be installed on my drive, I formatted both USB and SSD, reinstalled windows 10 creation media like 4 times. still do the same, any advice on how to change that?
I had 2 partitions (small ones) that I could not delete. I did not delete the primary. I used it as the install partition. It seems like, based on your commentary, I should have deleted it as well to ensure the reinstall would be as clean as possible. Will this be an issue? Should I redo to clean install process?
You should be in good shape. You'd know if you were having problems. It's not usually necessary to delete the partitions, but I advise it because it eliminates a lot of the most common hiccups that could occur in this process.
@@AndrewThrasher1987 You're correct. No Issues. Running so much better. Going to have to upgrade the storage to SSD eventually. I appreciate the video.
Just restored a laptop which lay for 3 years, new hard drive fitted and thanks to your step by step clear instructions its now working perfectly . Many thanks Mr Thrasher
hi Andrew, I'm replacing an broken hdd for a ssd. I don't know if the computer was running windows 10, it might be an earlier version (it's not mine). If I boot the computer will I need a key to download the fully functioning version of windows 10? And would I loose the office (word etc.)? greetings from Holland!
If the computer had Windows 10 before, you won't need a key. If it didn't have Windows 10, you'll need a key of some sort. The good news is that if it has a sticker with a Windows 7 or 8 key (that you can still read), you can enter that and it will still work for a free upgrade to Windows 10. Unfortunately Office will be gone for sure. If it was an older version and they have their key, it should be possible to reinstall. Otherwise, I'd probably recommend LibreOffice if they can't justify an Office365 subscription. I just discovered Dutch pop music (starting with Benny Sings) and love it. Cheers!
Andrew Thrasher thanks for the insanely fast response, you’re the best! It most likely was a win 10 machine, about 99% sure so we’re probably good. It’s a shame you loose office but I’ll bet they get over it! He was ready to throw his computer in the trash when I stopped him. I’m not really in to his music. You should check out Maan or Nielson, they do sing in Dutch but their voices are amazing. Kind regards, Simon
Hi! Im sorta new to this. I got a SSD 250 gb and I was hoping to move the OS from the 1TB HDD to the SSD without transferring every single file on it. Is it possible to do this without losing stuff on the HDD? Im just a bit hesitant that ill lose some important files.
I installed windows 10 on my new SSD but after restarting my computer the next day everything got deleted. It's showing me the windows setup process again but it won't recognize my SSD anymore.
This video was really helpful but i still had a problem that i ran into. Everything went smoothly till after windows was installed onto my new ssd. Right after the installation was completed, I opened the boot menu, and there were only the option to choose the installation media or boot manager, so i chose the boot manager. Then i had to choose to boot from my ssd or hdd (windows 10, volume 3 & windows 10,volume 6 respectively) so i chose the ssd. The windows logo and the circling dots came up and said it was preparing drivers and getting ready or something. But after a while, a blue screen came up and was something like this: Recovery Your Pc/Device needs to be prepared Error code: 0xc000000e You’ll need to use recovery tools Press enter to try again Press F1 to enter Recovery Environment Press F8 for startup settings Press Esc for UEFI Firmware settings Press F9 to use a different operating system I’ve installed windows 10 to the ssd, deleted all partitions on it, and reinstalled again multiple times. I’ve ran the windows automatic recovery thing but nothing works. The same error comes up. When i boot windows on my old hdd, i can see that the new ssd has the windows folders (Program files, Program files (x86) etc). Any help? Thanks in advance
Make sure you just have the ssd connected to the pc at the time. Boot from the usb, hit install now and do another clean install. If that fails grab another usb, put windows on that and try again.
I want to thank you so much for your video. My computer was stuck with a bad Windows 7 install that someone else installed for about five weeks I came across your video and installed it and it is working fine!
Thank you. Great instructions. Works like a charm. Just a note, in Acer Aspire laptop in Bios Boot you need to move the USB drive where the ISO is to the first place by using F6 or F5 before saving and exiting. Other than that this instruction is perfect.
I have a NEW ssd and want win 10 on it but want to clone all my files, I somehow cloned the os and main files but the damn thing CANT find an os so I can't make new ssd my main boot drive, how do I fix??!
Hello! How did it work out for you?? Just have a quick question. Upgrading my build. Going from Intel I7 7700k -> Ryzen 7 5800x. I currently use a SATA SSD and a HDD (system imaged from my SSD just in case). I am installing a brand new, never used M.2 SSD for the upgrade, and I plan on installing a fresh OS on it. My question is this: Can I (after boot up and all drivers are updated, etc and everything is solid) simply plug in my old SSD & HDD WITHOUT deleting the said info on those drives??? (Keep in mind that I would shutdown the computer, plug those in, load up bios, make sure boot priority is still going to my M.2, then load to desktop). If I keep my boot priority on the M.2, my old SSD OS shouldn’t interfere with it correct? Thank you!
Unfortunately not, since the USB drive gets totally erased during the media creation process. If you have an SD or MicroSD card, that would work as well in addition to a USB drive.
Ok so once I I get the windows 10 on my usb I’m going to take my Ssd card out and put my new evo970 pro plus in close it up and then put the usb in and boot up how is it going to recognize that I want the new ssd to be the start up with windows and be my local (c) drive I really need help geek squad is a joke with help my old ssd is saying it’s off line so it’s booting up windows from the sata hard drive which is very slow so I’m going with the upgrade just don’t want it to read windows 10 twice you know what I mean. I already backed up my files so I can transfer them over after I get the evo 970 up and running thanks
i literally have to do this to install windows 10 ( if it even works ) . The VIRUS which is windows 11 CANCELS My windows 10 installation in the middle then says " Try reinstalling windows 11 instead " . Its legit devious AF . Never upgrade windows versions unless You absolutely HAVE TO
I just bought ssd Samsung 850 pro 1tb and Windows pro code at ebay. I have Windows 7 pro on my T420. All I need usb to store the link windows 10 pro. Do you think it will affect those separate hard drive with Windows 7 pro I save when saving update on Windows 10. I have games running on Windows 7 like easport and chess. Thank you
@@romartbushay7883 The best would be to back it up to something like an external drive, or if there's not too much a cloud service like OneDrive, Dropbox, Google Drive, etc.
On mine, the installing Windows 10. Took 3 or 4 hours. And it rebooted. Saying, restarting or whatever the message said. And it never did. 10 hours later. So I turned it off and rebooted. Computer name boot never went off of the loading screen all it did was freeze and I finally got a message that Windows was not installed and I needed to try again ?!
I DO HAVE A QUESTION. Whenever my computer says it will reboot in 10 seconds, after the reboot it just takes me back to start install/choose your disk part. I cant progress...
should my windows 8.1 product ID good enough as key? also have dual boot setup with ubuntu, so not sure which partition i shoudl wipe out for win10. thanks
If I have an HDD (origin from new laptop) with Windows 10 installed already, will I have to format all the data (Windows data ofc) from the HDD before put it in the laptop with new SSD (Windows installed) ?
I have HDD as well as SSD I want to install windows on SSD then is it necessary to delete the data of HDD In this video in which part u have shown that the windows is installed on SSD Plz reply fast
Start by copying all your important files from C drive to another partition (can be D or E drive, depends on how your HDD is partitioned), Shut down PC. Disconnect your HDD, connect SSD, install Windows. Once you have set it up to your satisfaction, connect your HDD back. Start the PC, go into BIOS/UEFI, select SSD as the boot drive, save and exit. PC will restart into OS on SSD, now open the old C drive on the HDD, copy all the files important to you to another partition (if there are still any or if you forgot in the first place), after you are absolutely sure, format that partition (old C drive) to get back disk space.
@@Ralatch I was referring to files on the desktop, my documents, browser bookmarks, game save files, anything you have saved on the the C drive, etc. If nothing if of importance, then don't copy anything!
@@FictitiousMe So, I just got the SSD in the mail. I am currently downloading a copy of windows 10 to put on the SSD. After it is downloaded, what do I do? Do I need to take the HDD out the put the SSD in? Or can I just leave the HDD in?
@@Ralatch Disconnect the HDD SATA cable or the power cable, connect SSD and proceed with OS installation. (This is an important step to make sure the boot loader files are not installed on the old drive.)
@@BlackKnight-ch4en It did actually which prevented the first attempt at creating the Windows 10 media creation tool.After formatting ,no problem.Thanks!
With Windows 10, the activation is tied to the motherboard. If you upgrade to an SSD, but the SSD fails and you put the HDD back in, it would work like nothing changed. If you stuck the HDD into another computer (motherboard) that has had the same version of Windows 10 activated, it should pick up that system's activation and kind of work. If you moved the HDD to a computer with no Windows 10 activation, it would (probably) boot as an unactivated version. I hope that helped. The HDD doesn't really get deactivated, but nor is the license carried with it. It's all about the destination motherboard.
Andrew Thrasher thanks! That makes a lot of sense that it’s tied to the mother board. I just wanted to make sure I had a back up incase something went wrong
I have attempted to install win 10 a number of times . I get this error every time. Windows 10 Update problem (0x8007042B - 0x2000D), I recieve the error code 0x8007042B - 0x2000D and the comment "the installation failed in the SAFE-OS phase with an error during MIGRATE_DATA operation". My PC in Win 7 Pro 64 bit with a new SSD w/ 883 GB of free space . I uninstalled all malware and virus tools. I googled and checked you tube and nothing has helped. Any suggestions.
Trying to upgrade a 2007-2009 era laptop that’s currently running Windows 7 Starter. Dumb question, but would I have to reinstall any drivers if I do this, or would everything take care of itself? And at what point would I use my Windows 7 key to validate this copy of Windows 10? Thank you so much. Main laptop is in the shop for another 2 weeks, trying to fix this thing that hasn’t turned on in 5 years.
I've got a 7-year-old desktop that has just gone belly-up. It will boot normally but then it freezes at about three minutes every time and I've rebooted it dozens of times to retrieve passwords from documents. I'm guessing drive C:\ has gone bad. My question - do I have to call Microsoft to install Win 10 on a newly built computer? The old computer won't run long enough for me to try to de-activate Windows. I do have the key to a full version of Win 8.1 but of course I don't want to go through that again. Thanks.
If I am using windows 8.1 Bing, can I download windows 10 into the thumbdrive or should I be downloading windows 8.1 instead...actually it is 8.1 Bing which is gona be a problem cos I am not sure whether does it works. Also I am using a HP laptop how do I goes to the booting blue screen. Thanks.
I’ve got a laptop with hdd (2.5” slot) and intel optane memory (m.2 slot). I want to switch the intel optane to an SSD and make it a boot drive. How would I format the hdd after getting windows on the SSD
Great Video I ordered a new Dell 5676 Inspiron Gaming pc and it should arrive this week. I picked the model that has a Ryzen 7 2700 8C/16T processor an RX 580 4 gig GPU and 16 GBs of ram and a 3.5 HDD with no SSD. I ordered a PCIe NVMe drive for it and will install it. Then do this clean install should I boot it first with the 3.5 HDD then do the clean install after? Also, the pc I ordered does not have integrated Graphics just the GPU will the clean install process also add drivers for the graphics card and CPU? Much Thanks !
Congrats on the new system, my desktop has an RX580 and it's still a great card. I'd boot up once with the original HDD, just to make sure everything works before you take it apart. Once you see that it's working, power down, pop in the SSD and get started. Windows will automatically get drivers for everything, but you'll want to update your GPU drivers yourself from the AMD website, as the Windows update ones aren't the newest. That's the only driver I bother to manually install, since driver updates are usually more rare and less meaningful for other components.
@@AndrewThrasher1987Thrasher yes sir will do thank you I love your content keep up the good work and thank you for responding to my comment in a timely manner. My system should be here on Thursday! I won't need a key either right because I will have booted to the HDD once already and windows will be active?
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For win10 after I did a clean isntall, it will detect the chipset, SSD,HDD,GPU etc and get all the drivers?!?! Which is better, let win10 get all the drivers or I manually download each one and install them?
Why does it stop installing windows when it reaches around 80%?
This was so helpful! I wanted to upgrade my hdd to an ssd and this was super easy to follow. I have literally never done anything like this before and you made it idiot proof. Love it.
Hello! Just have a quick question.
Upgrading my build. Going from Intel I7 7700k -> Ryzen 7 5800x.
I currently use a SATA SSD and a HDD (system imaged from my SSD just in case).
I am installing a brand new, never used M.2 SSD for the upgrade, and I plan on installing a fresh OS on it.
My question is this:
Can I (after boot up and all drivers are updated, etc and everything is solid) simply plug in my old SSD & HDD WITHOUT deleting the said info on those drives??? (Keep in mind that I would shutdown the computer, plug those in, load up bios, make sure boot priority is still going to my M.2, then load to desktop).
If I keep my boot priority on the M.2, my old SSD OS shouldn’t interfere with it correct?
Thank you!
@@hunterrivera4984 correct you can boot from both drives
example (you have windows on one drive and Linux or mac on the other drive you would need to go into the BIOS and change the os drive to the other one.
what if my pc has win 10 and i coonect second ssd with win 7 on it, would i see everything i had from desktop on win 7 sdd on win 10 desktop?
Always good to find a help video without a bunch of nonsense. Thanks for getting to the point and doing what the title says you're doing.
Fr especially when you are new to computers and trying to troubleshoot shit and people are just wasting your time lmaaoo
Thanks! I was getting non-stop errors for the disk format type, banging my head on the wall. Delete all partitions and all is good. Great video!!
My laptop sat under my bed for 4 years until I saw this video.... Blessing! Like New...
January 2020-- Worked perfectly. switched to an ssd hard drive on my pc. thank you for this well explained video.
I've been using this video for 3 years now... I cannot say "Thank you" enough!
Simple and complete. :)
Bruh why would u reinstall windows this much?
Can't you just memorize it now? 😂
I just want to put this out there. While making a windows 10 media installation tool, while using a 8GB or higher USB ( I used 2.0 both I believe are fine) I ran into the problem, it stated there needs to be 8gb or more of storage on the C: drive, even though I was attempting to JUST put the media creation tool onto the USB.
You need to have 8gb or more on the C: drive regardless of where you set up the creation tool. After clearing space, I was allowed to follow the steps in this video just fine. This is just an FYI for anyone who runs into the problem I did.
After hours of trying to boot with a SSD this video helped me thanks so much!!👍
i'll just ask this question after 1+ year, do u remember if your pc reset?
like, did everything get deleted?
@@pers0nthatexists669 ofc it did he formatted the drives
THANK YOU SO MUCH! I was trying to clone the OS off my HDD and it failed miserably! I was at my wits end
Worked June 2020
SAMEE!! im trying to clone my windows from hdd to ssd but it never worked and im tired of it, so i choose to install new windows on my ssd..
Shark in The Atlantis hey so my hdd basically fucked up n got corrupted. Its a old hard drive (sata 2) and i recently upgraded my mobo cpu and ram. So after a day i got bsod problems and tried to reinstall windows but the hard drive basically isnt compatible with my mobo. Im just asking if i buy a new ssd and remove my corrupt hard drive. Can i use my usb windows 10 installer to install on the new ssd with no problems? (I cant really boot into anything so i just wanna make sure i can do dis before ordering)
@@xStrikerBoss sure u can.. if u install from usb (flashdrive) u can just install it right away! After u plug in ur usb, open to boot settings, and select boot to usb devices. In my laptop the shortcut is ("fn+f12")
(To put windows instsller in usb, just download windows media creation tool and install it to ur usb.)
Shark in The Atlantis yeah i already have it setup on my usb, i tried reinstalling windows 10 on my old hdd for my new motherboard. I still bsod any time i attempt it. My hdd is sata 2 and my mobo only has sata 3 parts. (Do u recommend anything else to do before ordering a new ssd?) Sorry for asking so many questions i just wanna hopefully fix this, it has been bothering me all week.
@@xStrikerBoss yeah if a harddisk is broken (corrupted, & so on) its really hard to fix it. And harddisk life span is short, because it has mechanical parts that moving. I recommend just buy ssd (it will last much longer)...
I was following the video and installed the window on a USB. I missed it myself but can there be an annotation in the video to remind everyone that this will FORMAT AND WIPE the USB plz. The text in the installer itself is very small as well.
PS also must take out the USB out before the new reboot or may even have to change the BIOS order of boot list so it doesn't boot from the USB drive you selected, depending on your laptop. Thank you!
This was very helpful to me thank you
Finally, a video that made SENSE for what I'm looking to do. THANK YOU!
Wow, what a great video. I upgraded to 16 gigs of RAM and used this video to switch from 32 bit to 64 bit windows all onto a new SSD ditched the HDD. IT ALL WORKED GREAT!! This video saved me from buying a new computer and a lot of money. Thank you for your help!
Will this also remove deep residing trojans?
did it?
Thanks for this! I have been trying to get Windows 10 installed on a fresh hard drive for the past few days and this did the trick! This still works as of February 2020.
Hey bro!
I am having the same problem I want to install windows on my SSD ..
after deleting partitions BIOS will delete?
Thank You So Much for telling me about deleting the partition. OMFG I spent an hour trying to figure out why my 468gb SSD wouldn't install win 10 until I heard you say about deleting all the partitions. Wow I am so relieved right now. You have provided the best TH-cam help video on TH-cam itself.
Daniel Pindell I agree I had same problem !
My windows setup just keeps restarting, driving me mad
the same happens to me, have you found a solution?
@@spicequake4422 uhhh well i cant remember ... it was a very easy fix that I overlooked but I can't recall what it was ... sorry.
Thank you for the video i have just ordered a SSD my first one and i am going to install windows on it and i needed to see how i manage that and now i see its pretty simple thanks again !:)
Hope everything went/goes great!
2020 worked for me!
New Windows on SSD instead of hard drive.
does your hard drive still have all of your memory on it
@@okipullup6886 just dont format the hard drive and keep ur files backup
12th nov 2019
After having to replace a failed hard drive in my laptop i thought it was going to be a nightmare sorting it but with your 12 minute tutorial it was a breeze...only problem i had was i had to delete all the partitions to allow the install.
So..thanks very much. Saved me getting loads of grief from the wife.
Music is annoying
i have a hdd and windows 10 installed on my pc and im going to buy a new ssd if i do this will the old windows 10 be removed so that i have more storage space?
mohammad uqail just remove the other hdd
I am just bought a new SSD ,and I finished putting Windows in a disk .When I first open laptop ,it shows the menu .But I cannot find the same option like you .So I close It .and I just open it Again .It just still in brand
In case of a hard drive already installed, can we format the C drive after windows has been installed in the SSD
At 4:34 mine shows
[ 8gb of free disk space needed on (c:) ]
Which is where I store my windows system. Please help me
Great tutorial! I was not sure whether to upgrade or custom install, and whether I need to create a new partition. You sure cleared that out. Thanks a lot!
ok so my laptop is one of those old dell computers with windows vista or so, my bro deleted the os and installed windows 8, which i want to get rid of now. would this install without the key, as i do not have it.
Oh that's a tricky one. If the computer came with Windows 7 instead of Vista you'd be fine, but Vista doesn't qualify for the free upgrade. If you're brother installed a legit version of Windows 8, then you should be able to upgrade to Windows 10, but you might have to do it a little different than the video. Basically use the "Upgrade this PC" option after downloading the media creation tool. It will take longer, but once it finishes you're computer should be activated on Windows 10, and if there's weirdness you could run through this video exactly to perform a clean install. Hope that helps!
Okay, i have an HDD in my pc, but if i do this to install windows to my SSD.. I can't lose data on HDD right?
no not unless you format your hard drive that removes everything from the hdd so if you want to keep your shit dont format it
@@peerpotato992 So if I do the custom install option with the SSD, i will get the windows installed on my SSD and the HDD data as well? Also what will happen to the HDD since it would have windows installed in as well?
@@spiryn5174 if windows is already installed on the hdd then it just wont be used it will act as a normal secound hdd with your data but best to unplug your hdd when installing windows on the ssd so it doesnt try to format it, the hard drive that originally had windows will just work as a normal hdd no need to uninstall anything but you can delete the programs folder ect that you dont need anymore or transfur to your new ssd
@@peerpotato992 Ok thank you man
will this delete the old instance of windows 10 i had previously on another drive on my computer?
As long as you don’t delete the partition with that data, you will still have it on file.
I can not thank you enough!! I watched another video & he verbally went through the process so fast I simply could not follow. This is my first time doing this so your very clear step-by-step directions & visual aid are so appreciated. Absolutely an excellent & extremely helpful video. Thank you.
Hmmmm! It may have worked for you, but it never works for me.
Computer store wanted to charge me 160 for this haha thanks for the money save
Would Windows 7 be fine? I have it from my old setup in 2014.
*April 2019 -- WORKED*
R u dumb ? It will always work
Gurtoris welp apparently the comment helped 55 people
@@TIMZD5 for now.
@@gurtoris9965 does this method reset the whole PC? maybe dumb question but just want to be safe
(January 2020) Thanks! Installed a new SSD and deleted all partition after making sure everything I wanted saved was to my cloud. If you’re using MSI and can’t seem to get into windows setup, change your boot priority to your installation tool!
July 2020, worked for me, thanks alot! nice video, very straight to the point and very helpfull.
I have Windows XP. Will this work? Thank You so much.
SEPTERMBER 2019 - - WORKED
Worked perfectly. Thank you
February-March 2021 working
My pc just says “bootmgr is missing...”
rip
Can i go upgrade install windows and keep files and apps,if i want to get windows on my new ssd insted of old hdd,and will my stuff stay on that hdd?
Worked for me as of Oct 29 2019!
Hello! Just have a quick question.
Upgrading my build. Going from Intel I7 7700k -> Ryzen 7 5800x.
I currently use a SATA SSD and a HDD (system imaged from my SSD just in case).
I am installing a brand new, never used M.2 SSD for the upgrade, and I plan on installing a fresh OS on it.
My question is this:
Can I (after boot up and all drivers are updated, etc and everything is solid) simply plug in my old SSD & HDD WITHOUT deleting the said info on those drives???
If I keep my boot priority on the M.2, my old SSD OS shouldn’t interfere with it correct?
Thank you!
Thank you, work perfectly
Thank you.
I got the GANDCRAB virus downloading Vuescan software from the Pirates Bay and despite losing some recent files that I hadn't archived/backed up I soon decided to cut my loses and start afresh when the computer started misbehaving. I actually reformatted my SSD on a 2nd machine and then followed your video using a USB key installation. I had no fewer than 5 partitions but by deleting them one at a time got them down to one. After that it's just a matter of following the onscreen instructions and accepting it will take some time to upgrade the USB W10 installation. But thanks for the help . . .
Anyone can help me recover my files in the USB after downloading the windows setup please
you can't recover those files on the usb they're deleted forever if you installed windows on them. Sorry
@@connorstevens2607 Nvm i actually remember all my files there but thanks anyway
I just finished building my gaming pc, and I downloaded the windows creation tool into a usb, and when I insert it to my rig it takes me to the bios, then I set the boot priority to the sandisk partitions 1 and my computer freezes, then I restart it again then I set the one that says sandisk to boot priority and a small windows icon appears and it loads up for like 2 seconds and it freezes, and nothing happens.
TheMartingrc I’m having the same issue as we speak. Did you figure out a solution?
Yes, turns out that when I ordered my motherboard it had the recent updated bios at that time, but a few days later they had a new updated bios that’s had to be installed, so once I downloaded the new version of bios and installed it, the windows installation was easy, that’s all I needed the new updated bios
hey, I just bought a new 500gb SSD, I try to do the same then you but always crashes at 74% saying that windows cant be installed on my drive, I formatted both USB and SSD, reinstalled windows 10 creation media like 4 times. still do the same, any advice on how to change that?
Luca Cangini I’m scared I’m just going to buy one
Need help! if i am doing this on the same PC with a new SSD do i need to have my hard drive unplugged while i do the last part?
Thanks man! Youre a legend. Really helped me.
I had 2 partitions (small ones) that I could not delete. I did not delete the primary. I used it as the install partition. It seems like, based on your commentary, I should have deleted it as well to ensure the reinstall would be as clean as possible. Will this be an issue? Should I redo to clean install process?
You should be in good shape. You'd know if you were having problems. It's not usually necessary to delete the partitions, but I advise it because it eliminates a lot of the most common hiccups that could occur in this process.
@@AndrewThrasher1987 You're correct. No Issues. Running so much better. Going to have to upgrade the storage to SSD eventually. I appreciate the video.
Just restored a laptop which lay for 3 years, new hard drive fitted and thanks to your step by step clear instructions its now working perfectly . Many thanks Mr Thrasher
So this is better than using my Dell restore USB backup? I think that was Windows 8 anyway.
Thanks Andrew, What happens if I say updating this computer? Does it still download to the Flash Drive?
hi Andrew, I'm replacing an broken hdd for a ssd. I don't know if the computer was running windows 10, it might be an earlier version (it's not mine). If I boot the computer will I need a key to download the fully functioning version of windows 10? And would I loose the office (word etc.)? greetings from Holland!
If the computer had Windows 10 before, you won't need a key. If it didn't have Windows 10, you'll need a key of some sort. The good news is that if it has a sticker with a Windows 7 or 8 key (that you can still read), you can enter that and it will still work for a free upgrade to Windows 10.
Unfortunately Office will be gone for sure. If it was an older version and they have their key, it should be possible to reinstall. Otherwise, I'd probably recommend LibreOffice if they can't justify an Office365 subscription.
I just discovered Dutch pop music (starting with Benny Sings) and love it. Cheers!
Andrew Thrasher thanks for the insanely fast response, you’re the best! It most likely was a win 10 machine, about 99% sure so we’re probably good.
It’s a shame you loose office but I’ll bet they get over it! He was ready to throw his computer in the trash when I stopped him.
I’m not really in to his music. You should check out Maan or Nielson, they do sing in Dutch but their voices are amazing. Kind regards, Simon
July 2020 and worked perfect. Thank you very much
Hi! Im sorta new to this. I got a SSD 250 gb and I was hoping to move the OS from the 1TB HDD to the SSD without transferring every single file on it. Is it possible to do this without losing stuff on the HDD? Im just a bit hesitant that ill lose some important files.
I installed windows 10 on my new SSD but after restarting my computer the next day everything got deleted. It's showing me the windows setup process again but it won't recognize my SSD anymore.
This video was really helpful but i still had a problem that i ran into. Everything went smoothly till after windows was installed onto my new ssd. Right after the installation was completed, I opened the boot menu, and there were only the option to choose the installation media or boot manager, so i chose the boot manager. Then i had to choose to boot from my ssd or hdd (windows 10, volume 3 & windows 10,volume 6 respectively) so i chose the ssd. The windows logo and the circling dots came up and said it was preparing drivers and getting ready or something. But after a while, a blue screen came up and was something like this:
Recovery
Your Pc/Device needs to be prepared
Error code: 0xc000000e
You’ll need to use recovery tools
Press enter to try again
Press F1 to enter Recovery Environment
Press F8 for startup settings
Press Esc for UEFI Firmware settings
Press F9 to use a different operating system
I’ve installed windows 10 to the ssd, deleted all partitions on it, and reinstalled again multiple times. I’ve ran the windows automatic recovery thing but nothing works. The same error comes up. When i boot windows on my old hdd, i can see that the new ssd has the windows folders (Program files, Program files (x86) etc).
Any help? Thanks in advance
Make sure you just have the ssd connected to the pc at the time. Boot from the usb, hit install now and do another clean install. If that fails grab another usb, put windows on that and try again.
I want to thank you so much for your video. My computer was stuck with a bad Windows 7 install that someone else installed for about five weeks I came across your video and installed it and it is working fine!
How lucky am i that i found a 65gb usb yesterday at school...
i want that back
lol
how do you choose which drive to install to because I have ssd and hdd in one computer
13 min ya habibi
Thank you. Great instructions. Works like a charm. Just a note, in Acer Aspire laptop in Bios Boot you need to move the USB drive where the ISO is to the first place by using F6 or F5 before saving and exiting. Other than that this instruction is perfect.
Thank you sir
I have a NEW ssd and want win 10 on it but want to clone all my files, I somehow cloned the os and main files but the damn thing CANT find an os so I can't make new ssd my main boot drive, how do I fix??!
Hello! How did it work out for you??
Just have a quick question.
Upgrading my build. Going from Intel I7 7700k -> Ryzen 7 5800x.
I currently use a SATA SSD and a HDD (system imaged from my SSD just in case).
I am installing a brand new, never used M.2 SSD for the upgrade, and I plan on installing a fresh OS on it.
My question is this:
Can I (after boot up and all drivers are updated, etc and everything is solid) simply plug in my old SSD & HDD WITHOUT deleting the said info on those drives??? (Keep in mind that I would shutdown the computer, plug those in, load up bios, make sure boot priority is still going to my M.2, then load to desktop).
If I keep my boot priority on the M.2, my old SSD OS shouldn’t interfere with it correct?
Thank you!
Can I use a cd instead of a usb and get an iso file?
Jimcuchim A CD would be too small, but a DVD should work.
@@AndrewThrasher1987 thanks I tried and it worked :))
Thankyou man, this was a last resort as no other tutorial would work.
Can i use my phone as the USB?
Unfortunately not, since the USB drive gets totally erased during the media creation process. If you have an SD or MicroSD card, that would work as well in addition to a USB drive.
@@AndrewThrasher1987 ahh okay. Thanks for really quick reply. Just bought an SSD
what about all the driver the laptop need?
does my HDD where windows was firstly installed stay normal and functions fine?
As long as you didn't install the new version of windows to your original HDD, all of those files will be fine.
very well made video.. this how instructional content should be made... Simple.. thanks mate!
Ok so once I I get the windows 10 on my usb I’m going to take my Ssd card out and put my new evo970 pro plus in close it up and then put the usb in and boot up how is it going to recognize that I want the new ssd to be the start up with windows and be my local (c) drive I really need help geek squad is a joke with help my old ssd is saying it’s off line so it’s booting up windows from the sata hard drive which is very slow so I’m going with the upgrade just don’t want it to read windows 10 twice you know what I mean. I already backed up my files so I can transfer them over after I get the evo 970 up and running thanks
Best video I found thank you
Thanks for letting me know I was scared to break something
i literally have to do this to install windows 10 ( if it even works ) . The VIRUS which is windows 11 CANCELS My windows 10 installation in the middle then says " Try reinstalling windows 11 instead " . Its legit devious AF . Never upgrade windows versions unless You absolutely HAVE TO
awesome! Somebody I can actually understand!!!!
I just bought ssd Samsung 850 pro 1tb and Windows pro code at ebay. I have Windows 7 pro on my T420. All I need usb to store the link windows 10 pro. Do you think it will affect those separate hard drive with Windows 7 pro I save when saving update on Windows 10. I have games running on Windows 7 like easport and chess. Thank you
Wat if all my documents like music pictures ect is on my laptop will this process cause me to lose dem?
Yes, this will totally erase the drive that is selected as well as the flash drive used.
@@AndrewThrasher1987 how do I save my music ?
@@romartbushay7883 The best would be to back it up to something like an external drive, or if there's not too much a cloud service like OneDrive, Dropbox, Google Drive, etc.
On mine, the installing Windows 10. Took 3 or 4 hours. And it rebooted. Saying, restarting or whatever the message said. And it never did. 10 hours later. So I turned it off and rebooted. Computer name boot never went off of the loading screen all it did was freeze and I finally got a message that Windows was not installed and I needed to try again ?!
I DO HAVE A QUESTION. Whenever my computer says it will reboot in 10 seconds, after the reboot it just takes me back to start install/choose your disk part. I cant progress...
That could be because you have selected usb/DVD as your first boot device in the BIOS.
@@FictitiousMe it turned out to be faulty ssd, i replaced problem is gone now. And somehow your notification came now xD
should my windows 8.1 product ID good enough as key? also have dual boot setup with ubuntu, so not sure which partition i shoudl wipe out for win10. thanks
Once it finishes the install and restarts the computer it flashes me right back to the beginning of the setup. What exactly is going on?
If I have an HDD (origin from new laptop) with Windows 10 installed already, will I have to format all the data (Windows data ofc) from the HDD before put it in the laptop with new SSD (Windows installed) ?
I have one HDD with 500gb and SSD with 240gb how can I only chose 120gb of ssd for windows
I have HDD as well as SSD
I want to install windows on SSD then is it necessary to delete the data of HDD
In this video in which part u have shown that the windows is installed on SSD
Plz reply fast
Start by copying all your important files from C drive to another partition (can be D or E drive, depends on how your HDD is partitioned), Shut down PC.
Disconnect your HDD, connect SSD, install Windows. Once you have set it up to your satisfaction, connect your HDD back. Start the PC, go into BIOS/UEFI, select SSD as the boot drive, save and exit. PC will restart into OS on SSD, now open the old C drive on the HDD, copy all the files important to you to another partition (if there are still any or if you forgot in the first place), after you are absolutely sure, format that partition (old C drive) to get back disk space.
@@FictitiousMe is it necessary to copy the files? I just want the hard drive to be clean and I'll install games and things whenever I want to on it.
@@Ralatch I was referring to files on the desktop, my documents, browser bookmarks, game save files, anything you have saved on the the C drive, etc.
If nothing if of importance, then don't copy anything!
@@FictitiousMe So, I just got the SSD in the mail. I am currently downloading a copy of windows 10 to put on the SSD. After it is downloaded, what do I do? Do I need to take the HDD out the put the SSD in? Or can I just leave the HDD in?
@@Ralatch Disconnect the HDD SATA cable or the power cable, connect SSD and proceed with OS installation.
(This is an important step to make sure the boot loader files are not installed on the old drive.)
February 2020, worked like a charm. Thanks dude!
Thanks very much.That was simple,clear,comprehensive and enabling.
@@BlackKnight-ch4en It did actually which prevented the first attempt at creating the Windows 10 media creation tool.After formatting ,no problem.Thanks!
I have an 8gb USB but it says there isn't enough space. Any suggestions?
Love this video, clean explanation and detailed steps, 10/10
If you were upgrading from hdd to ssd does the copy of windows on the hdd become useless(unsigned/deleted or something like that?)
With Windows 10, the activation is tied to the motherboard. If you upgrade to an SSD, but the SSD fails and you put the HDD back in, it would work like nothing changed. If you stuck the HDD into another computer (motherboard) that has had the same version of Windows 10 activated, it should pick up that system's activation and kind of work. If you moved the HDD to a computer with no Windows 10 activation, it would (probably) boot as an unactivated version.
I hope that helped. The HDD doesn't really get deactivated, but nor is the license carried with it. It's all about the destination motherboard.
@@AndrewThrasher1987 do you have to select on 3:15 something else?
Andrew Thrasher thanks! That makes a lot of sense that it’s tied to the mother board. I just wanted to make sure I had a back up incase something went wrong
I have attempted to install win 10 a number of times . I get this error every time. Windows 10 Update problem (0x8007042B - 0x2000D),
I recieve the error code 0x8007042B - 0x2000D and the comment "the installation failed in the SAFE-OS phase with an error during MIGRATE_DATA operation".
My PC in Win 7 Pro 64 bit with a new SSD w/ 883 GB of free space . I uninstalled all malware and virus tools.
I googled and checked you tube and nothing has helped. Any suggestions.
Search for easy2boot.com makes these type of usb installs obsolete..including rufus
Trying to upgrade a 2007-2009 era laptop that’s currently running Windows 7 Starter. Dumb question, but would I have to reinstall any drivers if I do this, or would everything take care of itself? And at what point would I use my Windows 7 key to validate this copy of Windows 10? Thank you so much. Main laptop is in the shop for another 2 weeks, trying to fix this thing that hasn’t turned on in 5 years.
I've got a 7-year-old desktop that has just gone belly-up. It will boot normally but then it freezes at about three minutes every time and I've rebooted it dozens of times to retrieve passwords from documents. I'm guessing drive C:\ has gone bad. My question - do I have to call Microsoft to install Win 10 on a newly built computer? The old computer won't run long enough for me to try to de-activate Windows. I do have the key to a full version of Win 8.1 but of course I don't want to go through that again. Thanks.
If I am using windows 8.1 Bing, can I download windows 10 into the thumbdrive or should I be downloading windows 8.1 instead...actually it is 8.1 Bing which is gona be a problem cos I am not sure whether does it works. Also I am using a HP laptop how do I goes to the booting blue screen. Thanks.
I’ve got a laptop with hdd (2.5” slot) and intel optane memory (m.2 slot). I want to switch the intel optane to an SSD and make it a boot drive. How would I format the hdd after getting windows on the SSD
Eric Luu me too
Can someone answer this?? Same issue
Great Video I ordered a new Dell 5676 Inspiron Gaming pc and it should arrive this week. I picked the model that has a Ryzen 7 2700 8C/16T processor an RX 580 4 gig GPU and 16 GBs of ram and a 3.5 HDD with no SSD. I ordered a PCIe NVMe drive for it and will install it. Then do this clean install should I boot it first with the 3.5 HDD then do the clean install after? Also, the pc I ordered does not have integrated Graphics just the GPU will the clean install process also add drivers for the graphics card and CPU? Much Thanks !
Congrats on the new system, my desktop has an RX580 and it's still a great card. I'd boot up once with the original HDD, just to make sure everything works before you take it apart. Once you see that it's working, power down, pop in the SSD and get started. Windows will automatically get drivers for everything, but you'll want to update your GPU drivers yourself from the AMD website, as the Windows update ones aren't the newest. That's the only driver I bother to manually install, since driver updates are usually more rare and less meaningful for other components.
@@AndrewThrasher1987Thrasher yes sir will do thank you I love your content keep up the good work and thank you for responding to my comment in a timely manner. My system should be here on Thursday! I won't need a key either right because I will have booted to the HDD once already and windows will be active?
@@johntanner611 Correct, no key required. Thanks for the kind words!
@@AndrewThrasher1987 Anytime keep up the good work!