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Moving from Windows 7 to 8.1 but..

Sebastian M
By Sebastian M
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Hey guys!

 

I've just build a new rig, and im gonna move my ssd from the old rig, to the new one.

But when i try to remove Windows 7 ( I'm removing the OS from the old rig, well i try to) then i cant remove it.

 

What can i do about it ? Do i need to move the ssd to the new rig, or remove the OS in the bios or something ?

I AM REALLY LOST PLS HELP ''CRYING''

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You should just be able to format the SSD or just upgrade to windows 8.1

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Extract the windows key. Also why change from 7 to 8 if windows 10 is coming in a few months ??

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Extract the windows key. Also why change from 7 to 8 if windows 10 is coming in a few months ??

Release doesn't mean it will be bug-free.

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You should just be able to format the SSD or just upgrade to windows 8.1

Isin't the singature no longer than 3 lines ?? :P

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Release doesn't mean it will be bug-free.

Have you even tryed it ? Its not that bad. Much better than windows 8

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Isin't the singature no longer than 3 lines ?? :P

To be fair it's like 5 on my screen, not quite as horrible as it does on your's. :P

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You should just be able to format the SSD or just upgrade to windows 8.1

 

 

Extract the windows key. Also why change from 7 to 8 if windows 10 is coming in a few months ??

Windows 7 is a pirate version installed by the pc man building the rig a few years ago. 

^^This is the old rig with the SSD in it btw.

 

Im going to reuse my SSD from the old rig, and put it into the new rig, but when i try to formatting the SSD i just cant :( A error pops up saying something like '' U cant formatting this because it is in use)

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Windows 7 is a pirate version installed by the pc man building the rig a few years ago. 

^^This is the old rig with the SSD in it btw.

 

Im going to reuse my SSD from the old rig, and put it into the new rig, but when i try to formatting the SSD i just cant :( A error pops up saying something like '' U cant formatting this because it is in use)

Ah, you need to boot from a USB to format it because you're trying to format it from windows and it cant delete itself when its being used. So yeah, get a windows 8.1 usb and boot from that then you can install it. Alternatley get a Linux distro and use gparted to format the SSD

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Ah, you need to boot from a USB to format it because you're trying to format it from windows and it cant delete itself when its being used. So yeah, get a windows 8.1 usb and boot from that then you can install it. Alternatley get a Linux distro and use gparted to format the SSD

Well i allready have the CD with Windows 8.1... 

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Well i allready have the CD with Windows 8.1...

Shove ssd in new pc,

Boot in new pc from windows 8.1 cd

While installing win8 you will be able to format the drives and make partitons.. Do that

Done

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Well i allready have the CD with Windows 8.1...

 This

 

Shove ssd in new pc,

Boot in new pc from windows 8.1 cd

While installing win8 you will be able to format the drives and make partitons.. Do that

Done

Steve

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