HOW? ssd problems

[joel1210]

hi, i have just bought a new PC, and i only has a 250gb ssd no harddrive. i was wondering if its possible to install windows directly on to a fresh ssd without a hard-drive? any help in the matter would do cuse im really lost. all the videos and posts i found online people already have a hard-drive in when they change it to the boot drive or they have windows already installed in some way.

[Chris is awesome]

If you have a USB with the ISO burned onto it you can just install it strait onto the SSD.

[Excon]

It will just automatically install to your SSD

[Lord Pantaloons]

You can install windows onto an SSD like any normal HDD. If it's the only drive connected to the PC then it automatically makes it the primary boot drive in the bios.

[Mooshi]

The bios will simply see the SSD as the most logical choice of storage medium and when you install Windows, you'll see the SSD ready to be partitioned.

 

What made you think you need an HDD to install Windows as a must?

[Blade of Grass]

Do you have a DVD drive? Do you have the Windows install DVD? I'm going to assume you do to simplify things.

 

1. Make sure everything's plugged in (SSD included), and insert the Windows install DVD into your DVD drive.
2. Turn on your computer
3. If your computer boots into the install disk (you'll see the windows logo), you're good to continue
4. Follow the on screen instructions, select the SSD to install Windows onto (it should be the only disk available in the menu)
5. Continue following the on screen instructions, your computer will probably restart a few times 
6. Create your account, install all the updates, and you're set
7. Remember to remove the DVD from the DVD Drive!

To Windows, an SSD and a harddrive are the same thing, it doesn't know the difference, because it doesn't matter to Windows. 

 

Hope this helps, otherwise we can try to figure something else out