Transferring Windows 7 From HDD To SSD / Do Need Install Disk
Sep 26, 2011
Later today I plan to follow this SSD - Install and transfer the Operating System guide to transfer my Windows 7 32bit operating system from my HDD to a new 60gb SSD.My only concern is that I don't have a windows 7 install disk, are they necessary for this method to work? I rashly purchased a windows 7 64bit upgrade hoping to do a clean install (using one of the work around methods for upgrade as full install) but after a few hours figured out you cannot use the upgrade download to go from 32 to 64bit. As a result I have no disk (old purchase) and the wrong upgrade download.
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Jan 29, 2012
How to copy my laptop win7 hdd to a ssd which can later be used as boot device for this laptop
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Feb 15, 2012
For some reason, I cannot install Windows 7 onto this new gateway PC that I have, but am able to do it on my older PC. Both are capable of running 64 bit, both have new and working memory, hardware. Now I understand that when you do install windows for the first time, your hard drive "marries" your motherboard. Thus when I put the hard drive into the new machine after a fresh install, it gets stuck on "windows is starting" and refuses to boot (ClassPNP.SYS in safe mode).
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Feb 13, 2011
I've just done a clean install on a blank hard drive of windows 7 ultimate x64. I had this exact version of windows on another hard drive but I did something and now I can't boot into it any more. So I want to transfer all my files and stuff - I can link up and view everything on my old hard drive, it just won't boot - is there any software or any easy way to transfer my program files so that I don't have to reinstall them all? Also, I'm not sure how to transfer all my windows settings - is it just a file somewhere that I copy across? I've had a look at 'windows easy transfer' but it looks like it only works if you can boot into both operating systems - which I can't.
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Jan 25, 2009
Has anyone run across this? Whenever I install a program via the DVD drive or from a mounted ISO the install is painfully slow. The system them responds super slow. This also happens when transferring files from multiple drives. I understand there will be a lag when the hard drive is in use, but this never happened under the same setup in Vista.
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Dec 28, 2011
So, I need to know if I can install windows 7 x64 via direct boot when I start up my computer it is in ISO format. So like my default boot will be my DVD drive to install it. can I do that with it being ISO format?
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Feb 13, 2013
I am getting an error "cannot install" 0x80070714 when I try to install windows 7 into a clean disk and the installation just stops..
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Apr 6, 2012
After I tried to make a dual boot with Ubuntu and Windows 7 Ultimate (64-bit), Windows now does not boot. I have tried to reinstall and repair the HDD but the disc fails to recognize my HDD (Western Digital Scorpio Black 500 GB). My HDD is Basic, has 3 primary partitions and 1 extended (3 logical). Ubuntu 11.10 can boot fine.
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Feb 20, 2011
Per microsoft I need to do try a repair install from original disk. Is there a difference between running repair install from Windows or booting from original disk then selecting upgrade install? Is one or the other preferred? Directions say both attempt to preserve installed programs, but not all drivers, and both require reinstalling all the 60 or so windows updates released after my disk. so no differences there.
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Jan 2, 2011
I've built a brand new PC and decided that I would like to install windows 7 64 bit on my SSD, I got a disk+key from my university before christmas so that'd i'd be ready once i'd built it.
I built the PC yesterday and realised that I'd left my external DVD drive at my university accommodation, I'm at my parents house for christmas break so that's a few weeks left. I can't really wait that long so I used my parents laptop (which I'm posting from now) to turn the disk into an .iso and use the microsoft USB utility to make a USB stick that i could install from.
However when I tried the install gets to 'installing features' and gives 'windows cannot install required files' error code 0x80070570 I looked the code up on google which sent me to a lot of threads here, so far I've tried:
Taking all but 1 stick of ram out and the graphics card. Reseting the bios to default Installing again without rebooting after error. using cmd to select the right partition
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Aug 14, 2012
trying to install Windows 7 on sony laptop with a copy that is different from the original copy of Windows 7.did partdisk, clean all, create partition, and dvd install gave the "can't install to disk, turn on disk controller in BIOS" error. there is no disk controller function in my BIOS.if partdisk clean all was successful, does that mean the HDD and its controller board are ok, that is, not physically damaged, and the problem is with software/installation/setup etc.?what should i do next, in order to have a successful install?
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Jun 7, 2011
you will need VISTA install disc and a windows 7 install disk..first upgrade XP to vista then upgrade XP to windows 7
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Nov 13, 2009
I have few questions on Windows 7 Upgrade. Currently I'm using windows vista home premium 64 bit and I bought an windows 7 home premium 64 bit upgrade disk.
first thing is I want to format my previous operating system and all the data in my laptop and install windows 7 in it using the Upgrade disk.
second thing is I don't have my vista installation disk with, my laptop was pre-installed with vista so in future if I want to switch can I get back VISTA using system restore.
third is can i install windows 7 on a new hard disk using a windows 7 Upgrade disk?
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Jan 15, 2013
I had a failed Norton Ghost hard drive transfer recently onto my new internal hard drive, so I got tired of endless troubleshooting, I gave up and just bought a new Windows 7 Home Version 64-bit OS (I had lost my laptop copy) to install from (my laptop had been giving me a "no operating system found" error at bootup, and every option I tried to get it back failed). This disk isn't a burned ISO image - it was bought from Best Buy and is directly from Microsoft.
Tonight, once I installed the new disk and it began to boot from it, it asked me if I wanted to upgrade (which it said required a running OS) or custom install (brand new, where existing files/folders/programs won't be saved). I opted for the custom install. So it started loading windows, and I saw the Windows logo again (finally), but just a minute or two into the installation I got an error message:
"The installation was cancelled. Any changes that were made to your computer during the installation process will not be saved."
A popup box below that said, "Windows cannot install required files. Make sure all files required for installation are available, and restart the installation." Huh?
I'm thinking maybe if the hard drive is formatted clean the installation might work? But if the necessary files aren't on a full OS disk, where are they supposed to be?! I'd format the hard drive clean if I thought that would work, but I can't find how to get to the command prompt window to do a HD format without a working OS.
upon reboot, instead of me getting the message "operating system not found," it now says "BOOTMGR is missing. Press Crtl+Alt+Del to continue." I haven't gotten that before. And when the installation failed, it never even got to the point where it asked me for my product key. I don't know if that matters or not.
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Dec 28, 2012
I bought a PC with Windows 8 preinstalled. However, wanting to win 7 install, I formatted my drive and I realize that I can not install Windows 7 on a GPT disk. Or my HDD is already formatted. What to do?
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Sep 4, 2012
so i just built my first costume pc and i am trying to install windows 7 so i plop the cd in and run from it it loads the files and goes past the orbs get to what looks like a log in screen but nothing there were it is supposed to ask for a lague it does not have that screen.
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Jan 10, 2013
So I'm trying to reformat my HD, and I'm having quite the time doing so. I have borrowed and Windows 7 disk from a buddy of mine and was going to reformat my HD and then buy a key online, but here is my problem:
I put the disk into my DVD Drive and restart, I immediately go into BIOS and make sure that my DVD-RW drive is first choice in boot order, it is. Upon restarting, it just does a normal boot process, it doesn't give me the option to boot from disk.
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Oct 28, 2011
I have a 1TB hard disk and I want to install win 7 on it only. I do not want to store any other data on it or use it for other purpose.
Is it better to partition into 2 parts and install win 7 in a small partition and leave the other partition empty, or is it better to install win 7 without partition the disk?
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Nov 13, 2012
I bought a new laptop two weeks ago, the os it is running now is windows 7. . There is only one hard disk insideit in 300 gb but in my computer file it is two seperate hard disk.You can see that there are two hard disk one in 99.9 gb, and another is 198 gb. But the windows was installed in 99.9 gb but still i can access the files in 198 gb.
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Jul 27, 2010
Is it possible for me to create a windows 7 home premium install disk for my pre installed acer laptop.I have of course made the recovery and factory disks but need to restore my machine preferably without the junk an acer factory reset will put back on. Reading up i see i need to burn my iso file to dvd. Sounds good to me but i cannot find it and am not sur if i even have one lol. I have found a download for it (3gig) is it save to use this then enter my product key during install.
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Nov 14, 2010
They used to have more of a 'restore disk' but lately I haven't been seeing that anymore. What are users left to do when you need to do a fresh install of Windows? If its for someone else, could I use my windows install disc and use their product key (sticker on bottom)? I've heard that it doesn't always work that way? Does Microsoft have any official documentation about this and if possible, could you share your experiences?
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Feb 10, 2011
I got a Dell Inspiron 6400 with XP and I'm trying to do a clean install of Windows 7 but this message shows up, any ideas how I can get passed this?
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Aug 21, 2011
Is it possible to get Win 7 install disk with Sp1? I can't repair install with a slip streamed disk. Does Microsoft have an updated disk?
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May 24, 2012
Is it possible to do a repair instal with any windows 7 disk????
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Jan 13, 2013
Is there any way to do a fresh install without a disk that my key is for? I have a pc with no backup copies of Windows 7 Pro OA that came on it. I only have a Windows 7 Home Prem disk that I bought for my laptop. Is there anyway to make it work? Will my Pro OA key from the site of the box work with the Home Prem disk I have? Or is there somewhere at Microsoft that I can download a copy of Pro OA that I have paid for?
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Jun 28, 2011
hai can i install xp and windows 7 on one hard disk
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Jul 1, 2011
Gateway GT5636E w/Windows Vista Home Premium 32. Trying to install Microsoft Windows 7 Pro 64. The system is 64 bit compatible and I do have the BIOS set to start DVD optical Drive first and I know I need to do a clean install. Don't go there please.I am using an offical Microsoft install DVD. I place the 64 bit DVD in while Vista is running and shut down as instructions indicate. Upon reboot the system seems to ignore the DVD and reboots to Vista. Also, the 64 bit install disk will not even read in Vista. The 32 bit install disk will read in Vista.
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Oct 5, 2011
I have a 5 month old computer with a Seagate drive that has already triped the SMART warning. I voided the warrenty when I opened the box to put in my old secondary drive and my firewire card, so I am on my own. I want to replace the bad drive with a new one, but don't have the Windows 7 disk (came installed on the computer). I have created a System disc and a system image.
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Nov 9, 2011
Ok I have an Eee Pc 1005hab netbook given to me. When booted it had the error message Grub error: no such partition. I searched the internet and managed to get into bios and somehow delete the partitions. Now my problem is I can't install windows onto any partitions I create. I've searched and searched for answers. there is not disc drive, only usb ports. I managed to create a windows 7 bootable USB which will not install.
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Aug 19, 2012
I bought a laptop in November of last year and it came with windows 7. I have since lost the disk, but my laptop is perfectly fine. However, I'm worried about the day when I need to wipe my laptop and start anew with it. Is there a way for me to create an install disk for Windows 7 using the software already installed on my laptop? Is this legal to do?
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Jan 15, 2013
I want install win 8 or 7 using diskmgment with out boot
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