can't install windows on new SSD

[Giorgi379]

Hi i have old laptopt HP Pavilion tx2600 Entertainment Notebook PC series. i change HDD to SSD now i cant install windows i get error message when i trying install windows please help any solutions? or ideas?

"Windows cannot be installed to this disk. This computer's hardware may not support booting to this disk. Ensure the disk's controller is enabled in the computer's BIOS menu"

and one more problem i cant find my laptop support page here: https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/laptops

[WAWood]

@Giorgi379 

First off, we can't help you with the product key as HP keeps no records of individual product keys associated with individual PCs.

Second, with older PCs, what SOMETIMES works is connecting the drive to another PC and then formatting the drive with a single NTFS partition on it.  Then, when you reconnect to this PC, the Windows installer should see that partition and allow you to install to it.

If that does not work, then your PC needs a special driver to see the SSD and HP does not provide such drivers.

[Giorgi379]

in bios i cant this SSD. i trying  install windows in another PC and sysprep with generalize then connect laptop but leptop dont see any drive

p.s i cant find any support page for this laptop download drivers or never version of bios **bleep** ?! this is insane

[WAWood]

@Giorgi379 

If BIOS does not see the drive, there is nothing you can do to access it.

I can't find any info at HP about this model, so I'm guessing it's 10 years old, or about that, right? And if that is the case, you are out of luck because HP only supports models for about five years.

[Giorgi379]

thanks ❤️