Windows 7 clean install - BIOS questions & system startup time

Paul Black said:

Hi RedLad,

Update System Specifications

Please update your system specifications in your UserCP => Edit System Spec setup. It will help us to help you!

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Thanks.

That is done now :)

It's a Dell 0215PR Workstation motherboard.

Edit: Sorry I am three posts behind.

The BIOS should be unaffected by the Windows clean install, So, you should:

Remove all disks.
Install the new SSD.
Continue from about post #205, from your former thread link.

iko22 said:

The BIOS should be unaffected by the Windows clean install, So, you should:

Remove all disks.
Install the new SSD.
Continue from about post #205, from your former thread link.

Hi iko22 (sorry I don't know your actual name)

That is very kind of you to have checked out my other thread, thanks so much!
I will let you know how it goes :)

Paul Black said:

Hi RedLad,



I agree with iko22. I think you are probably good to go!
If you want detailed instructuctions on the clean install process then please let us know!

Cheers Paul, I will give it a shot, if not tonight then tomorrow at some stage. I will let you know how it goes :)

Hi guys,

OK so I am back, but of course I have some issues after the clean install ( I just expected there to be something that would have to go wrong!) I will try to outline everything here as I want to explain exactly what I did and what happened:

- Upon installation, at the partition screen I saw my new SSD listed, which was good. So I clicked on the 'New' option and the size it gave I just said OK to that.

- It then decided to create 3 different partitions - the one that was already there, the usual system reserved one. But another on got created too, I cannot fully remember the letters it has in brackets after this 3rd one. I think it was MPR maybe? My question is - was it a bad idea to go ahead with the 3 partitions there? I installed to the biggest one, just so you know.

- Got to desktop

-Installed my WiFi adapter to try get online

- When I clicked on the TP link listed in the available connections, the screen went black. I left it for a few mins, nothing was happening.

- I force powered off and turned back on.

- Went online and installed Avast Free & Malwarebytes Free.

- I noticed the Shutdown button had the '!' symbol, so I went ahead and shutdown to install the updates.

- The usual shutdown blue screen showed 98 updated had to be installed.

- On 43 of 98 if decides to freeze and stays on that screen for a while before going black (it looks almost as if it was trying to kick into a screen hibernation/rest mode)

- I force powered off yet again

-When I was back at the desktop I noticed the C: drive said 404GB free of 476BG - I have no idea why it says 72GB is taken up. Nothing was installed, just the fresh base Windows 7 install, along with the two antivirus bits of software.

- While I did nothing, it decides to freeze again on this screen (Computer) and I thought the mouse just stopped working. But nothing from keyboard or even when I pressed the windows key to bring up start menu, nothing happened.

- Then the black screen returned after a few minutes.

So I think that covers everything that happened. Would there be any issues with the new SSD not being compatible, or some other nonsense maybe? If anyone could help me out, that would be very much appreciated.


Paul