How to system recover with brand new hard drive

[BeachLife]

Okay, I didn't know it needed to be converted. So what is the first step to convert?

That thread is pretty long. Not sure what the first thing I need to do is...

Again, thank you. You are very kind to assist me. I'm very appreciative of all your effort.

Kyle

[visruth]

Hi


This section in erico's post in the thread:

"Often, an SSD has to be prepared before use.

Many frustrated members author threads here in the forums after having that experience.

Hold down the Windows key and tap the X key.

That will invoke a menu.

Choose Command Prompt (Admin).

Type in DiskPart and press enter.

That will invoke the DiskPart utility.

After the SSD has been prepped and an installation started, the Windows installer will change the drive letter to C: on its own.

In the image below, disks 2 and 3 are Samsung M.2 NVMe SSDs.

Some seventeen-inch notebooks are delivered with more than a single disk.

Selecting the disk and using the list command is very important. Otherwise, you might erase the contents and partitions of the wrong disk with the clean command.

If the SSD has a GPT partition and has a drive letter assigned, it will be recognized by the Windows installer."

Follow the commands in the CMD prompt screen.


Regards

Visruth

[BeachLife]

It will not allow nothing to be typed. All it says is what I mentioned to you earlier, about "Boot Device Not Found"

[visruth]

Connect new HDD to another laptop using SATA to USB adapter and do this.