Moving Win 7 to new hard drive, same PC


  1. Posts : 4
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
       #1

    Moving Win 7 to new hard drive, same PC


    Hi,

    I want to reinstall Win 7 Home Premium on a new SSD in my Lenovo K320. It is not clear to me in the user guide that I can reinstall to a different hard drive. If I install the hard drive (it currently has XP on it and no data I want to save), mark it as the C drive, will the recovery program reinstall it to the new drive? (After thorough backup .)

    Is this question better for a Lenovo specific forum?

    Thanks!

    Cheers,
    Pogopossum
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  2. Posts : 10,200
    MS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit
       #2

    pogopossum said:
    Hi,

    I want to reinstall Win 7 Home Premium on a new SSD in my Lenovo K320. It is not clear to me in the user guide that I can reinstall to a different hard drive. If I install the hard drive (it currently has XP on it and no data I want to save), mark it as the C drive, will the recovery program reinstall it to the new drive? (After thorough backup .)

    Is this question better for a Lenovo specific forum?

    Thanks!

    Cheers,
    Pogopossum
    Welcome to SevenForums Pogopossum.

    What size SSD are you planning to use?

    Would you post a snapshot of your present disk managment display using
    THIS procedure. Thanks.
    HOW TO POST A SNAPSHOT OF DISK MANAGEMENT DISPLAY
    Run disk management:
    WIN | type DISKMGMT.MSC | ENTER
    WIN
    is the key with the wavy flag.

    Maximize the output of Disk Management:
    ALT-Spacebar key combo (this pops up a menu) followed by X key (selects Maximize) |
    Drag the field separators (such as between Status and Capacity) to show entire field. This is very important, otherwise, needed info is not visible.

    Make a snapshot:
    WIN | type SNIPPING | ENTER | New
    Drag the cursor around the area you want to snip.
    File | Save as | select save location and name | Save

    Post the snapshot:
    Upload a File or Screenshot in Seven Forums
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  3. Posts : 4
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    I am planning on using a 40GB drive. A screen shot of disk mgmt status is attached.
    Thanks!
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Moving Win 7 to new hard drive, same PC-capture.jpg  
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  4. Posts : 10,200
    MS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit
       #4

    You have really got me confused.

    That disk management snapshot is from which computer?
    Last edited by karlsnooks; 14 Sep 2011 at 17:38. Reason: spelling
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  5. mjf
    Posts : 5,969
    Windows 7x64 Home Premium SP1
       #5

    @ Pogopossum,
    Edit - you want to go to an SSD (I should read!)
    see here
    SSD - Install and Transfer the Operating System

    Maybe rethink the size of the SSD
    Thinking of putting the Recovery on the SSD doesn't make sense.
    Last edited by mjf; 14 Sep 2011 at 17:45. Reason: Edit
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  6. Posts : 4
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #6

    The screen shot is from the Lenovo with Win 7 installed - I want to add a 40GB SSD to act as my bootdrive.
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  7. Posts : 10,200
    MS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit
       #7

    OK. I think I've figured out part of my confusion. You appear to have used "hard drive" when you really meant SSD (Solid State Drive). Do you have a Win 7 DVD?
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  8. Posts : 4
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #8

    No, I have to restore from a partition on the existing hard drive. I do have a repair disk that I made when I got the PC.
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  9. mjf
    Posts : 5,969
    Windows 7x64 Home Premium SP1
       #9

    You have been given the link to a very good tutorial by one of the members which should suite your needs.
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  10. Posts : 10,200
    MS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit
       #10

    pogopossum said:
    No, I have to restore from a partition on the existing hard drive. I do have a repair disk that I made when I got the PC.
    You do have an interesting situation which I've never faced before.

    You have a 25 GB OEM partition.

    I do not know if Lenovo requires the oem partition to be on the same drive as the system partition.

    Myself I always get rid of the oem partitions, but I also have win 7 iso files.

    Maybe a couple of the chaps who have actually faced this situation can speak up.

    True, you can put the system on your new ssd but I don't think you really want to sacrifice 25 of your 40 GB, leaving you with only 15 GB for win 7.
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