New SSD but 'Boot Device Not Found.

[sweetcorn024]

hi Paul, I hope you wiped you feet !

Bootable installation media requires 8GB free space. I'm down to the bare bones already. Can I or will I be allowed to move 'Program Files' &/or Program Files (x86) temporarily over to D Drive (DATA) to achieve space on C Drive. D Drive has 1.52 TB free of 1.80 TB.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

What I would do is to use a separate USB flash drive of at least 8 GB of space.

That media creation tool will format the entire portable hard drive, so you really don't want to be using that to create the installation media.

[sweetcorn024]

Hi Paul,

Please don't laugh.

Trying to find space on C Drive I used 'Treesize Free' to find the big space user. Although I had uninstalled CMS 5 from Apps in Settings, I found it taking up 73 GB and had 12,000 photo's stored. Don't ask my why - I don't know. I had been using the app to watch my Bird Camera. It recorded to a folder on D Drive and I deleted them regularly but obviously the app has been storing them. When I first uploaded it I was not able to set 'Motion Detect' so I had just left the recording running permanently during daylight.

Despite that I will still press on with the 512GB SSD installation.

Now you can laugh.

Bed is calling.

Good night.

Keith

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Good night, Keith.

I have every confidence that you will prevail.

Paul

[sweetcorn024]

Goodness me, that was some sleep Paul. Did you spike my Cocoa?

More seriously,, your confidence was well founded; we did prevail. We are up and running; all singing and dancing.

I'm now retreiving my favourite photogaphy programs and apps.

As I said previously, you were the only guide that I had approached that interpreted my problem and gave clear instructions.

Gratitude to you.

There's a piece of my 80th birthday cake in the post. (Chocolate ummm).

Regards,

Keith.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Anytime, Keith.

Glad to have been of assistance.

Happy Birthday!

Cheers,

Paul