Computer won’t start

mikeopvc

I did try the F12 suggestion when connected to the new ssd but the usb was not showing as an option

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mikeopvc wrote: »

I'm back on windows 7 again now, I took the connectors off the new ssd and re-connected to the old drive.
I'm pretty confident that I created the media correctly but one thing I did notice when going through the process was that the gatherosstate file did not have .exe after it, is that relevant? It did have .exe after it in the tutorial of how to create the media.

Not relevant. You just have certain extensions hidden by default.

Tell us about the drive used. is it a USB 3.0 drive. If so, try a USB 2.0 drive.

mikeopvc

I just remove d the USB and noticed a blue light flashing on the end of it, and then noticed a button, I pressed the button and the light went red then turned off. I don't even know what the lights are for, I found the USB in my man draw I've had it for years probably

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mikeopvc wrote: »

I just remove d the USB and noticed a blue light flashing on the end of it, and then noticed a button, I pressed the button and the light went red then turned off. I don't even know what the lights are for, I found the USB in my man draw I've had it for years probably

Are we supposed to guess the brand name and model number from that??!!
Blue light flashing normally means it is being read.
Either way, it sounds like the issue is with the USB flash drive.

mikeopvc

I searched my Amazon order history and found it,

TedGem 8GB USB Digital Audio Voice Recorder,USB Recorder,Activated Voice Recorder,Audio Recorder,Portable Recording Device,Sound Recorder & 8GB USB Fl

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mikeopvc wrote: »

I searched my Amazon order history and found it,

TedGem 8GB USB Digital Audio Voice Recorder,USB Recorder,Activated Voice Recorder,Audio Recorder,Portable Recording Device,Sound Recorder & 8GB USB Fl

Maybe you should just get a normal inexpensive USB Flash drive. Yours seems a bit fancy.

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Examples;



https://www.picstop.co.uk/usb-flash-drive.html

mikeopvc

Haha I am actually just doing it now on one them, I found a sandisk cruzer 8GB

Progress is currently 68% so shouldn't be too long now

mikeopvc

Okay so I have created the media on a different usb and created a new genuine ticket which I have copied onto another usb.

Now I will shut down, unplug the computer, take the connectors off the old drive and connect to the new ssd, leave the usb with the media on it plugged in, start up the computer and F12 to boot from usb.

What should I see then on my screen? Just so I know it's working, will the screen be blank or will there be stuff on it to reassure me it's happening?

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The system will boot from USB with a boot loader showing that something is happening and you will get into the Windows installer which will walk you through the process. After that just follow the instructions on screen and select the SSD as the drive you wish to install Window on to.

When it is done with the first stage of installation it will boot back up and start asking you questions about usernames and passwords etc. If you have set the USB drive to the be the first boot option you may have to pull it at this point so it doesn't boot back in to the installer. If you're just selecting it from the boot menu then the SSD should be higher up the queue and boot.

As it is an older system Windows should have the drivers out of the box but the first thing you should do is a windows update which will pick up anything else. I missed half of the thread and just skimmed it, if you haven't done a BIOS update you should probably do one of those too.

The reason the SSD wasn't showing up earlier when you had it connected as well as the old drive is likely either because it didn't have a file system and needed formatting or the SATA port on the board you connected it to, if previously empty, was likely disabled in the BIOS. Not relevant now I know but if you ever install a second drive you'll need to know this. Also there is no reason you couldn't leave your old drive in and just move it down the pecking order when it comes to boot, that way you have access to all of your old files.