I'm getting my first SSD soon. At the moment I have HDD with Windows 7 installed on it. I want to install my operating system on the SSD.
Will my SSD boot the operating system and ignore the OS on HDD just fine if I just plug in the SSD and install W7 on it?
[QUOTE=Frugle;36233296]I'm getting my first SSD soon. At the moment I have HDD with Windows 7 installed on it. I want to install my operating system on the SSD.
Will my SSD boot the operating system and ignore the OS on HDD just fine if I just plug in the SSD and install W7 on it?[/QUOTE]
Yes, just make sure you unplug all your other HDD's first before installing W7 on it. Plug back all your drives, but make sure your SSD is one of the first in the chain, as well as double checking the HDD boot priority in your bios.
The reason you want to unplug it is so that windows doesn't detect the old MBR on your old install, and use that instead of creating a MBR on your ssd.
Actually you don't need to remove anything. So long as you can boot from the installation media, you're good to go. Install on the SSD, and format the HDD if needed.
[QUOTE=waxrock;36233418]Actually you don't need to remove anything. So long as you can boot from the installation media, you're good to go. Install on the SSD, and format the HDD if needed.[/QUOTE]
Hahah, yes he does. Unless he wants the MBR to still be on his old HDD, and face issues down the road. It's better to remove it.
Oh, shit, then I guess I should be having problems on this computer.
But I'm not. So long as his boot priorities are set after installation he's fine.
Remove your HDDs and see if it's still booting.
I had the same problem the first time I installed my OS.
It worked but I had to plug in my HDD to boot Win7.
See if Win7 disabled the defragmentation for your SSD, if not disable it.
[QUOTE=pure.Joseph;36233449]Hahah, yes he does. Unless he wants the MBR to still be on his old HDD, and face issues down the road. It's better to remove it.[/QUOTE]
I just recently learned that the hard way. On top of doing that I reformatted the HDD after the fact. Fun stuff. :/
Welp, guess I'm wrong then. My apologies.
Even if the MBR is on the wrong drive, you guys do realize you can easily repair it using the recovery console that comes with the installation disk right?
[QUOTE=B!N4RY;36241423]Even if the MBR is on the wrong drive, you guys do realize you can easily repair it using the recovery console that comes with the installation disk right?[/QUOTE]
I came across this problem when I didnt unplug my HDD, and then did to buy a new one. Auto recovery didn't work, but I did manage to fix it through console, but I did have LOTS of problems.
So yes, please unplug your hard drive. Also, even if you have no plans to take the HDD out, it will marginally improve your boot times (which I spose is one of the main reasons to get a SSD)
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