can I remove the boot drive -- insert a windows 7 boot drive -- and boot no problems? { if so, directions, tips to do it ? }
771478
The pieces are easily amovible in general, but I don't know about that :( sorry
449618
Matt, check this link out and hope it works out for you: http://www.howtogeek.com/97242/how-to-migrate-windows-7-to-a-solid-state-drive/
2239690
If Windows 7 was already activated on the original drive, then it will be activated on the clone drive. You will probably need to edit the registry in order to use the cloned drive as a boot drive. Otherwise, the OS will not boot correctly from the cloned drive.
636933
I was told by Samsung that Win 8 is burned into the Motherboard and you cannot, BUT!I was also told by a local PC maker that they do it all the time. When I get time, I am going to have it donehere locally. I have Win 7 loaded on a SSD drive ready to go. Check around your area for smart People thatbuild custom PC's and they should be able to do it for you at a minimal cost.
2252797
not exactly the answer to your question but i was able to get windows 7 installed with no issues.
1706429
I'm no guru, but should be no problem if the drive contains a boot disk. So your problem may be how to make one; search on line for that. Further, a friend told me that he set his boot priority (press F2 while booting) to use the external drive (USB stick for him), and that worked, but not after he removed the stick. When he replaced it the setting was no longer there. So you would have to marry the drive to the computer and never unplug it. (On my laptop I mount it with velcro strips.) This may help.
2234027
No u have to format.. partition.. and load Windows 7..if it's a new drive u have to do a fresh install..
2118962
Yes, the system I was using already had Win 7 with the original drive not working. I didn't have any issue replacing this drive under Win 7 at all. The OS recognized the drive right away. Hope this helps!
2025090
You can self-install Windows 7, but note if you are doing so that this is a UEFI system, and needs UEFI install media. As a note, you will need a 64-bit version of Windows 7, 32 bit versions are not capable of UEFI installs.
18139
NOTE: Very important, after installing your old drive in this encasement, plug it in and connect it via the USB to a working computer, and immediately run an anti virus check on it to clean your old drive! I do not believe you can boot from it. (never tried to or had to!) I use this to retrieve data from the old drive installed in it, (it works great) however, it also can be utilized as an external hard drive once installed.
1302240
If you have a large enough USB jump drive you can make a install from it. Just make the USB drive bootable, i used Diskpart in windows 7. (only diskpart in vista and 7 supports USB devices) Once the USB drive is setup to be bootable just copy all the files from the windows install CD to the root of the USB drive. Reboot computer into bios and edit the boot order for USB device first. if everything worked it should prompt a install just like the windows install CD. Im not going to list the commands for diskpart just google for it. i hope this helps
1447358
In order to install Windows 7, the HD would need to be reformatted. Then you would need to purchase a copy of Windows 7. Installing an SSD drive and RAM is relatively simple.
2824
I used a SATA drive for the boot disk and it was running Windows Vista.It did have an IDE CD-ROM drive that worked fine.I think the BIOS allows you to set the IDE drive as the boot, but I no longer have the system with me.My family member went back to their home, out of state, so I have no way of testing.
578241
Altough I didn't try to install Windows 7 (I am waiting for Windows 8.1 so I can upgrade), I think there is no problem in installing Windows 7. I am not sure about the bay for the second hard drive. I will search on that as soon as possible.
1753237
You may not need to. Do you have ahci enabled in Bios? All I did was make sure ahci was enabled upon the first bootup and it recognized all 3 of my hdds. I also chose to reinstall windows after from scratch that way there were no drivers for my old motherboard to be deleted. It was easier to install windows after reformatting the system drive then it would have been to remove everything for the old motherboard.
840320
You can always install Windows 8, just like Unbuntu or whatever, no worries
960193
I just saw that it's Windows 7 you want to go to. It's the same procedure basically. You need to get your data off that system if possible. You'll also need a Windows 7 install disk.