Unable to install Windows from Recovery Disk to a brand new SSD


  1. Esope
    Posts : 2
    Windows 7 home premium 64 bit
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    Unable to install Windows from Recovery Disk to a brand new SSD


    Here's my short story...

    I wanted to reinstall Windows 7 to my two years old PC and improve performance a little bit by changing one of my two disks by a SSD.

    My pc is a laptop with two hard discs. So I started with creating the recovery disk (6 needed) from my originial HD. After, I removed the two HD and install the brand new SSD.

    I started the recovery process on the new disk and the installation seemed to be ok. After 1h45 of copying data, the installation reboot and give me this error message :
    "Reboot and Select proper boot device or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device and press a key"

    I used DISKPART trying to understand the structure of the disk and here's what I got :
    - LIST DISK
    Disk ### = Disk 0
    Status = Online
    Size = 119 Gb
    Free = 0 B
    Dyn = -
    Gpt = -
    - SELECT DISK 0
    - DETAIL DISK
    Volume ### = Volume 1
    Ltr = C
    Label = -
    Fs = RAW
    Type = Partition
    Size = 119 Gb
    Status = Healthy
    Info = -
    - LIST PARTITION
    Partition ### = Parition 1 (with * indicated it is selected I think)
    Type = Primary
    Size = 119 Gb
    Offset = 0 B
    - when I try to select the PARTITION 1 with "SELECT PARITION 1" I got "There is no partition selected" ???

    I have this laptop :
    - Asus IG73J
    - 16 Gb of RAM
    - Originally two 500 Gb HD
    - Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit

    My new SD is :
    - Kingston SSDNOW V 200 (model : SV200S3N7A) 128 Gb



    If somebody can help me, I will appreciate it very much
    Many Thanks to All
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  3. gregrocker
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    I would not impose the inferior bloated factory preinstall on a new SSD.

    Instead get a superior Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7 with the Product Key on COA sticker.

    Everything needed is in the blue link.

    Reset BIOS to defaults. Set SATA controller to AHCI to try install.
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  4. Esope
    Posts : 2
    Windows 7 home premium 64 bit
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       New #3

    Thanks for this quick answer.

    I started the download the files needed to start a clean Windows Reinstall. But I got stuck at 10% of download.

    Meanwhile, I checked some details :
    - In Bios, everything was to default and the SATA controller is set to AHCI.
    - One thing is strange : I take my SSD disk and try to see what is containe... and Windows see it completely unformatted and ask to format it. This is strange because I formatted it before the installation process and did all the recovery reinstallation without any problem.

    Thanks again for any advices
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