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so im have now cloned my HDD to my SSD but everytime i try to boot up using my SSD it wont work. ive changed in the BIOS so the SSD is the boot drive but it doesnt work.. Help?

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so im have now cloned my HDD to my SSD but everytime i try to boot up using my SSD it wont work. ive changed in the BIOS so the SSD is the boot drive but it doesnt work.. Help?

How so does it not work? Does the BIOS say there is no boot device or does Windows does not work?

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do a proper clean install

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How so does it not work? Does the BIOS say there is no boot device or does Windows does not work?

it says please insert boot drive or something like that, 

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do a proper clean install

i cant... i dont have a windows CD or whatever you need...

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it says please insert boot drive or something like that,

And your BIOS does actually see the SSD?

(Maybe you shoukd just do a clean install anyways)

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And your BIOS does actually see the SSD?

(Maybe you shoukd just do a clean install anyways)

in the bios i can find my kingston SSD but it doesnt work, and i cant do a clean install cause then i would need a windows installation disk, right?

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i cant... i dont have a windows CD or whatever you need...

do you seriously not have a USB drive??

that's all you need...

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do you seriously not have a USB drive??

that's all you need...

oh... how do i get windows on it then?

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oh... how do i get windows on it then?

if youre using windows 10 you just make installation media

tutorial here:http://www.howtogeek.com/224342/how-to-clean-install-windows-10/

 

if youre using older than windows 10 you just need to get your key with a keyfinder and download the windows ISO from microsoft

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if youre using windows 10 you just make installation media

tutorial here:http://www.howtogeek.com/224342/how-to-clean-install-windows-10/

 

if youre using older than windows 10 you just need to get your key with a keyfinder and download the windows ISO from microsoft

i have windows 10  but how big USB do i need? i have a 16gb

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i have windows 10  but how big USB do i need? i have a 16gb

4GB at least

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4GB at least

after i downloaded windows to my USB do i just go into bios and boot from it?

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after i downloaded windows to my USB do i just go into bios and boot from it?

did you read the instructions in the link?

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did you read the instructions in the link?

theres quite a lot of text.. i downloaded the windows thing on my usb.

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theres quite a lot of text.. i downloaded the windows thing on my usb.

yes

text is something that you read

no reading = no learning

no learning = you screw up and do stuff wrong

 

if you really dont want to read, just look up tutorials of "how to clean install windows 10" on youtube

maybe visual learning is better for you

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yes

text is something that you read

no reading = no learning

no learning = you screw up and do stuff wrong

 

if you really dont want to read, just look up tutorials of "how to clean install windows 10" on youtube

maybe visual learning is better for you

when the USB finished it said something about if i wanted to install it again i would need a windows key??

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when the USB finished it said something about if i wanted to install it again i would need a windows key??

no, windows 10 will activate itself after installing as long as you havent changed your motherboard

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no, windows 10 will activate itself after installing as long as you havent changed your motherboard

on that website they say so much about different windows and methods and all.. its confusing i dont really know what to do or what to read..

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no, windows 10 will activate itself after installing as long as you havent changed your motherboard

i dont really know what to do or how to do it.

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