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05-04-2016 02:48 AM
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05-04-2016 12:37 PM
I think I understand what you are thinking. You are trying to use the old internal hard drive as the reinstall media to put Windows 8.1 on the new SSD. That is not how it is going to be done. You can copy (clone) the old drive to the new SSD by using some third party software like Acronis or Macrium or Norton Ghost. That would require an external usb to SATA adapter for the SSD and boot the system from a cloning software disk and do the clone, then swap the position of the SSD and the hard drive. Or you could use the HP recovery program on your laptop to make recovery disks or a thumb drive and then restore it to factory original condition and then use the old hard drive to transfer in your old data files. The hard drive has all the drivers and pre-installed software in the swsetup folder at the root of the C: drive.
Using just the original hard drive and the new SSD and the laptop without involving some other disks or hardware is not going to be possible to wind up with an OS and other software on the SSD inside the laptop.
05-04-2016 07:28 AM
Not really understanding what you are trying to do here. You can possibly clone the old drive to the new SSD with proper software and equipment. But I do not understand what a usb clean installer is in this context.
05-04-2016 12:28 PM
05-04-2016 12:37 PM
I think I understand what you are thinking. You are trying to use the old internal hard drive as the reinstall media to put Windows 8.1 on the new SSD. That is not how it is going to be done. You can copy (clone) the old drive to the new SSD by using some third party software like Acronis or Macrium or Norton Ghost. That would require an external usb to SATA adapter for the SSD and boot the system from a cloning software disk and do the clone, then swap the position of the SSD and the hard drive. Or you could use the HP recovery program on your laptop to make recovery disks or a thumb drive and then restore it to factory original condition and then use the old hard drive to transfer in your old data files. The hard drive has all the drivers and pre-installed software in the swsetup folder at the root of the C: drive.
Using just the original hard drive and the new SSD and the laptop without involving some other disks or hardware is not going to be possible to wind up with an OS and other software on the SSD inside the laptop.
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