New SSD, stuck at startup motherboard screen

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  1. war hawk
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    New SSD, stuck at startup motherboard screen


    I recently got my first SSD after me original HD crashed and lost the windows files. So I decided to get windows 7 for it, I tried installing it from a USB and read the thread about it but with no luck. So I decided to go with my original windows xp cd and then upgrade to windows 7. I started up the comp and had it boot from cd, formatted the new SSD and installed the windows xp files. My comp then rebooted as normal for this and now it stays at the Asus motherboard screen for about 35-40 sec before going to a black screen with the blinking _ at top left and restarts just to do it all over again. I can hit Tab and if gives me the info, detects the Cd-rom, SSD and my usb keyboard. I have the option to hit alt+f2 to load the flash drive, but there is none saved in bios. I hit Del to run setup and everything is detected. WhenI fit f8 to try and boot from the SSD (to let windows continue to install) it goes to the black screen _ flashing or restarts immediately. I have used this windows cd in the past with no problems.
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  3. whs
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    Bad mistake to install XP on a SSD. XP does not support Trim and will muck up the SSD. Before you install Windows 7, I recommend to to a Secure Erase to cleanup the SSD.

    Then define a primary, active partition on the SSD (e.g. using cmd of the installation disc). These are the commands:

    Diskpart
    List disk
    Select disk n (where n is the number that was given for your SSD in List disk)
    Clean
    Create partition primary align=1024
    Format fs=ntfs quick
    Active
    Exit
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  4. VistaKing
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    To Partition a SSD that you will have an OS installed. I recommend this

    DISKPART
    LIST DISK
    SELECT DISK #
    CLEAN
    CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY ALIGN=4096
    FORMAT FS=NTFS QUICK
    ACTIVE
    EXIT
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  6. whs
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    VistaKing said:
    To Partition a SSD that you will have an OS installed. I recommend this

    DISKPART
    LIST DISK
    SELECT DISK #
    CLEAN
    CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY ALIGN=4096
    FORMAT FS=NTFS QUICK
    ACTIVE
    EXIT
    What's new. Didn't you read the post above yours that has been sitting there since 2 hours.
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  7. VistaKing
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    Yes I read the comment you said 2 hrs ago. If you read correctly it says " recommend " . You mention the alignment of 1024 . SSDs are erased in 4K blocks.
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  8. whs
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    VistaKing said:
    Yes I read the comment you said 2 hrs ago. If you read correctly it says " recommend " . You mention the alignment of 1024 . SSDs are erased in 4K blocks.
    Right. But anything divisible by 4 is OK for the alignment.
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  10. VistaKing
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    Hi War Hawk welcome to SevenForums .

    Take a look at this link to do a Clean Install Windows 7 and if you have a 2nd mechanical hard drive you could move your Users and ProgramData folders away from the C:\ drive ( SSD DRIVE ) by taking a look at this link User Profiles - Create and Move During Windows 7 Installation

    Note : If you have 2 hard drives 1) SSD and the 2nd is the mechanical make sure only the SSD drive is plugged in. If you want to do it that way of moving your Users folder away from the C:\ drive. Your Users folder will grow in time . ( music , photos, etc )

    If your motherboard is a UEFI board go to this link first UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) - Install Windows 7 with
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  11. war hawk
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    I tried the secure erase program, tried for hours and different methods with no luck. For whatever reason when I reboot and select to good from usb. It will go through the whole process, option 1...ect. up untill the last thing before the partition magic is suppose to load. It wont mount the ISO file.I tried differnt usb sticks, nothing. Now when I plugged it back into my laptop sata to usb, Im missing 33 gigs. Now it says 447 free, on a 480 gig ssd. Under my computer/ manage it said formatted partition. Im confused on where 33 gigs went to. I did take screen shots, are we allowed to post links on here?
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  12. whs
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    Sure, you can post links.
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  13. VistaKing
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    War hawk might want to take a look here Sean's Windows 7 Install & Optimization Guide for SSDs & HDDs

    Regarding your 447 usable space on your 480GB SSD. That does sound about right
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