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Trouble upgrading from HDD to new SSD
I have a Win 7 system with an AMI V1.3 01/05/2007 BIOS.
I am attempting to upgrade my HDD to a Samsung 850 EVO SSD and do a fresh install of Windows 7.
I disconnected the HDD and connected the SSD to the same SATA port on the MB. (Port 1)
I have changed the BIOS of SATA port #1 to AHCI and did a fresh Windows installation. Windows seems to install but when I get to the point that says "Preparing Windows for first use", the computer freezes with the message "There is no disk in the drive. Please insert a disk into drive /DEVICE/HARDDISK1/DR1".
I reverted to the HDD and installed the SSD as a secondary drive. The windows files are there but the original HDD had only one partition with windows installed in it. The SSD has 2 partitions, one is "System reserved", the other has Windows installed. I've uploaded a screen shot of the Disk Management window. I can only see this when the SSD is installed as the secondary drive since I am unable to complete the Win installation on the SSD.
Is there some other BIOS setting that need to be changed?
Is there anything else that I should have done?
Last edited by dsscottage; 20 Jan 2018 at 15:20. Reason: More information