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Installing new SSD (Resolved)


Best Answer johnb69 , 12 February 2017 - 12:15 PM

Hi Guys, I've been using the PC for a while now and all seems to be running OK. I can't thank you guys enough for all the help you've given me, especially iammykyl for the help and patien... Go to the full post »


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Hi there,

 

Sorry for the delay.

 

Done all of the above. I've attached the screenshots.

 

It seems like it was booting to the SSD on the first one as it was a lot faster!

 

Thanks

John

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It seems like it was booting to the SSD on the first one as it was a lot faster!

Yes, it was booting to the SSD.

In the second Disk Management shot, looks like you swapped the SATA cables around, is that Correct?


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Hi,

 

Yes, I swapped them around then restarted.

 

Thanks

John


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OK, got that.

Swap the SATA back again, > power on, > start Disk Management.

It should match the first screenshot in reply #136.   Disk 0, © partition, 220,50GB NTFS, Healthy (SYSTEM)

 

Shut down.   Ensure that you now disconnect the SATA cable to the old HDD. > power on, > start disk management.

You should now see only one drive connected and should be, the 220,50GB SSD. 


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Hi,

 

Done that.

 

First step OK.

 

Disconnected the old HDD, powered on and got the attached picture screen.

 

Pressed F1 and booted OK and disk management showed only the SSD.

 

I get the attached picture screen every time I power on then I have to press F1.

 

Thanks

John

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Connect the SSD to the other SATA port and see if it boots.


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Done that and started up. Got the attached screen. Pressed F1 and it booted to xp. Disk management showing SSD.

 

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John

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:thumbsup: 

We now need to try and change the Boot order so we can get rid of the F1 prompt.

 

Boot to XP, > start Disk Management, > take/save a screenshot.

Restart, > enter Setup, > Use the arrow keys to highlight the Boot Sequence menu option and press Enter.   Take a Pic., > go to Exit Menu, > Save setting. > confirm.

 

Please upload the two images. 


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Hi,

 

OK, done that and pics attached.

 

Thanks

John

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Hi John.   Thanks for your patience.

You are now booting to the SSD.

Have we got rid of the F1/F2  error prompt at power on?


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Hi there,

 

No problem.

 

I'm still getting the the error prompt at power on.

 

Thanks

John


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OK.

Reconnect the HDD > power on, > Boot to the desktop, > start Disk Management > take/save a screenshot.

Restart, > enter Setup, > highlight Drives, > press Enter.   


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OK.

 

Done that and attached results.

 

Thanks

John

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The computer boots to the SSD with both drives connected.   You receive the F1 prompt if only one drive is connected.   We will leave it as is for the moment and decide what to do with the HDD after creating a rescue DVD and a backup image.

 

Follow the Guide to create a rescue DVD.   Accept the Wizard Default settings including the adding of any Drivers recommended.   Your screens will look different, i.e. PE 3.1, but the steps are the same, 

http://knowledgebase...ng rescue media


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Hi there,

 

When I try to create a rescue DVD a box comes up in Macrium with 'the device is not ready'.

 

I press OK 3 times and it starts to burn the disk then tells me that the task is finished.

 

When I tried booting from the disk to check it was OK, it comes up with an error.

 

Thanks

John


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