Help with switching boot drives

[Itachi_Uchiha]

ello matie. just copped a new NvmE ssd! needs some help swithing my boot drive from my 1tb hard drive to my nvme ssd, thank u sire

[Dimondminer11]

1 minute ago, Itachi_Uchiha said:

ello matie. just copped a new NvmE ssd! needs some help swithing my boot drive from my 1tb hard drive to my nvme ssd, thank u sire

Do you have Windows installed on this new drive yet?

[Itachi_Uchiha]

1 minute ago, Dimondminer11 said:

Do you have Windows installed on this new drive yet?

no

[Dimondminer11]

Just now, Itachi_Uchiha said:

no

Ok do you have a flash drive with you or a dvd drive 

[Itachi_Uchiha]

Just now, Dimondminer11 said:

Ok do you have a flash drive with you or a dvd drive 

yes I have flash drive with a windows on it

[Electronics Wizardy]

1 minute ago, Itachi_Uchiha said:

yes I have flash drive with a windows on it

Then install it on the nvme drive, then you can boot from it.

[Dimondminer11]

Just now, Itachi_Uchiha said:

yes I have flash drive with a windows on it

Ok plug in that flash drive and press f2 (most motherboards have different key presses but ususally f11 or f12 or del will also get you to either the BIOS or the boot menu) on boot up. You need to boot into the flash drive to install windows onto the new ssd.

[Itachi_Uchiha]

Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

Then install it on the nvme drive, then you can boot from it.

ok will i lose data?

 

[Itachi_Uchiha]

Just now, Dimondminer11 said:

Ok plug in that flash drive and press f2 (most motherboards have different key presses but ususally f11 or f12 or del will also get you to either the BIOS or the boot menu) on boot up. You need to boot into the flash drive to install windows onto the new ssd.

thx got it

[Dimondminer11]

Just now, Itachi_Uchiha said:

ok will i lose data?

 

You will loose any data that was on the ssd (assuming its new and you just bought it that should literally be nothing)

[Itachi_Uchiha]

killer Mate Really appreciate it

[Electronics Wizardy]

1 minute ago, Itachi_Uchiha said:

ok will i lose data?

 

do you have data on the nvme drive you care about?

 

Id unplug the other drives when you install windows.

[Itachi_Uchiha]

10 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

do you have data on the nvme drive you care about?

 

Id unplug the other drives when you install windows.

I’m on the boot selection but all I see is my hard drive

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, Itachi_Uchiha said:

I’m on the boot selection but all I see is my hard drive

how did you put windows on the usb stick?

 

Id unplug that hdd if your not installing windows on it.

[Itachi_Uchiha]

Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

how did you put windows on the usb stick?

 

Id unplug that hdd if your not installing windows on it.

I used windows boot thingy sorry forgot

 

ill unplug the hard drive

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, Itachi_Uchiha said:

I used windows boot thingy sorry forgot

 

ill unplug the hard drive

is your system set to uefi only?

 

Does it show the usb at all? Could be a issue with the usb drive.

[Itachi_Uchiha]

1 minute ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

is your system set to uefi only?

 

Does it show the usb at all? Could be a issue with the usb drive.

It doesn’t show the usb in bios but it works great in file explorer 

 

andd I don’t know what u mean Uefi only sorry 

[Dimondminer11]

5 minutes ago, Itachi_Uchiha said:

I’m on the boot selection but all I see is my hard drive

Are you 110% sure you used the Windows Media Creation tool correctly to get Windows Installer onto the thumb drive?

[Itachi_Uchiha]

1 minute ago, Dimondminer11 said:

Are you 110% sure you used the Windows Media Creation tool correctly to get Windows Installer onto the thumb drive?

No

[Dimondminer11]

Just now, Itachi_Uchiha said:

No I’m not very accurate at doing things when I’m not focusing that hard sorry I’m dumber

Ok you need to go download the media creation tool if you havent already. Then start it and have it auto select settings and make sure to have it install onto the thumbdrive, not the dvd option. It will take a while to complete after that.

[Itachi_Uchiha]

1 minute ago, Dimondminer11 said:

Ok you need to go download the media creation tool if you havent already. Then start it and have it auto select settings and make sure to have it install onto the thumbdrive, not the dvd option. It will take a while to complete after that.

K my pc takes an hour to boot so might have to wait a lil tiddie sry

[Dimondminer11]

Just now, Itachi_Uchiha said:

K my pc takes an hour to boot so might have to wait a lil tiddie sry

well of course once it is done copying crap to the usb thumbdrive (must be 8gb or more btw) then you will have to boot to it.

[Itachi_Uchiha]

8 minutes ago, Dimondminer11 said:

well of course once it is done copying crap to the usb thumbdrive (must be 8gb or more btw) then you will have to boot to it.

Ok