Can I do a clean install from an hhd to an ssd

Kaktussoft said:

bigboi972 said:

Kaktussoft said:

Yes it's just the same. But why do a clean install??? You don't want to clone?

what do you mean by clone? I know what clone means just wanna make sure we are on the same page/ And the reason is because I accidently deleted my own restore point and i just messed up my registry so I need to do a reinstall to get everything back my computer keeps blue screening and I think it is because of it I am not sure. Also will I have to format the drive I want to install from. I ask because I have data on the hhd I want to use to install windows 7 onto my ssd. If so will I have to make a data partition on the hhd to use for the install in order to keep my data

So your win7 is acting very strange and you want to do a reinstall.
Please post a screenshot of disk management with all fields visible. You don't have any flash drive to install from?

sorry for the late response pc keeps blue screening before I can post I am at my girlfriends house so I dont have access to a flash drive

So there is no Win7 on the hard drive but you only want to use one of the existing partitions for your data to be linked from the SSD, which you want to reinstall? Why is it you can't communicate exactly what you want to do and I must guess?

If reinstalling then unplug the hard drive and delete all partitions on SSD.

A problem is that you converted your HD to Dynamic which is only meant to be used to span a partition across multiple HD's. Apparently you didn't see the warning message.

The solution to solve this non-destructively is to boot free Partition Wizard CD version 4.2 from Option One of Convert a Dynamic Disk to a Basic Disk

Download the ISO, rightclick to burn it to CD using Windows Image Burner, or use ImgBurn.

Boot CD. You will need to delete the extra partition(s) you created which tipped it to convert to Dynamic before it will convert back to Basic, so back up any files first from within Windows 7 if it will boot, or Copy & Paste - in Windows Recovery Console

Then follow these video steps: Video help on how to convert dynamic disk to basic disk with Partition Wizard partition magic?

After conversion post back another screenshot of your maximized Disk Mgmt drive map with listings, and try to tell us exactly what you want to do.

gregrocker said:

So there is no Win7 on the hard drive but you only want to use one of the existing partitions for your data to be linked from the SSD, which you want to reinstall? Why is it you can't communicate exactly what you want to do and I must guess?

If reinstalling then unplug the hard drive and delete all partitions on SSD.

A problem is that you converted your HD to Dynamic which is only meant to be used to span a partition across multiple HD's. Apparently you didn't see the warning message.

The solution to solve this non-destructively is to boot free Partition Wizard CD version 4.2 from Option One of Convert a Dynamic Disk to a Basic Disk

Download the ISO, rightclick to burn it to CD using Windows Image Burner, or use ImgBurn.

Boot CD. You will need to delete the extra partition(s) you created which tipped it to convert to Dynamic before it will convert back to Basic, so back up any files first from within Windows 7 if it will boot, or Copy & Paste - in Windows Recovery Console

Then follow these video steps: [URL="http://www.partitionwizard.com/video-help/diskconvertdynamic/diskconvertdynamic.html"]How to convert dynamic disk to basic disk

After conversion post back a screenshot of your maximized Disk Mgmt drive map with listings, using the Snipping Tool in Start Menu, attached using paper clip in Reply Box.

I did say exactly what I wanted to do I said I wanted to use my hard drive to install windows 7 onto an ssd

Do you have WIn7 on the hard drive now? Is it an install you'd like to transfer over intact to the SSD? We can help you do that. SSD - Install and transfer the Operating System

But installing from a hard drive to the SSD is more complicated.

You could, for example, extract using 7Zip the installation files from the ISO at Windows 7 Direct Download Links for your version to the hard drive, then from the SSD run Setup as Administrator, select C on the SSD as the installation location. It will overwrite the install on the SSD. This is not that clean of install, however it will suffice. You'll also have everything from the previous install stuffed into a Windows.old folder in C, so after you're sure you have everything you need delete that using Disk Cleanup, to cleanup System files.

I would also make a System Repair Disk first as not having bootable installation media means you cannot rescue your install if it needs Startup Repair.

AddRAM said:

bigboi972 said:

ThrashZone said:

Hi,
If the install is corrupted on the hdd just take ownership of it and transfer your Personal files which is all you can transfer anyway,
Programs will have to be re-installed on the clean installed ssd,
If that's what you mean ?
Cheers

I believe your referring to a repair install and transfer that to the ssd ?

no I have my copy of windows on a hard drive and I want to use my hard drive like you would use a bootable flash drive to instal windows to my ssd basically install windows using an hard drive instead of a flash drive

No you can`t do that

Put the iso file on a dvd or flash drive.

i figured it out i got it to work thanks everyone this is going to come in handy in the future