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Solved Replacement hard drive on PC.

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Hi

I take it that we are NOT talking about the HDD that Windows is installed.

Press WIN + R keys on your keyboard.
Type diskmgmt.msc and press enter.

Select the hdd (click on the right plane) and select Format...


To reset W10:

Do you have an OEM system? (ASUS, HP, LENOVO...)
 
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georgeks said:
Hi

I take it that we are NOT talking about the HDD that Windows is installed.

Press WIN + R keys on your keyboard.
Type diskmgmt.msc and press enter.

Select the hdd (click on the right plane) and select Format...


To reset W10:

Do you have an OEM system? (ASUS, HP, LENOVO...)
Click to expand...
I have a medion akoya p4101d is that any help
 
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Have just switched on PC with replaced hard drive and I pressed win + R. what came up was " Active partition not found press any key. Reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device and press a key.
 
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I apologise and am sorry all I know is that the hard drive "It comes in unformatted state". I have asked for more information from the seller but so far has not replied.
 
#12
Reinstall Win 10 Fresh Install

Download the win 10 tool run it to recreate the flash drive – Must be minimum 8GB

https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/software-download/windows10


Watch this video
How To Install Windows 10 From USB - YouTube

In the video at 2:35 Where to install Windows. Highlight each partition and delete.

Then install on the unallocated space.


In the video at 2:54 you will notice it restarts the computer.
When you are doing this and you get to that point Remove the usb stick whilst it is restarting.
Also if you want to setup a local account instead of logging in with a Microsoft account
Turn off your wireless network and or remove the network cable.
This point is 3.32 in the video - Choose I don't have internet.
If you want to log in with a Microsoft account then leave the network as is.



Before doing any install, it is a good idea to go to the support page for your system. Download the drivers you are going to need i.e. chipset, sound, video, wireless, etc. WhilstWin10 has a lot of native drivers, Microsoft drivers are designed for ease of use and are NOT designed for any type of performance. Store these drivers on another usb or you can even just make a folder on your install usb when you are finished making the install usb. Copy the drivers into that folder.

When you are finished with the Windows install, then install your drivers.

  • Chipset or Motherboard
  • Sata or hard drive
  • Video adapter
  • Network interface card (NIC)
  • Audio
  • Touchpad
  • Any other hardware drivers needed for your particular model.
Reboot after installing the drivers
 
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when looking at how to install windows from usb, I dont know what to do when it comes to where do you want to install windows to partitions on replaced hard drive?
 
#18
and even if not a new drive, when installing Windows onto a drive, you want to remove all former partitions and simply let Windows decide how it wants to configure the partitions.

so in short...
  • all your data on the drive you want to reload Windows onto is saved somewhere
  • you have a bootable USB stick with the Windows image on it ready to use
  • the USB stick is listed in BIOS as the first boot device in the boot menu order
  • start the PC with the stick inserted and the reinstall of Windows will commence
post #12 is very nice step by step tutorial.
 
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Have started pc with usb stick , for windows set up , where do you want to install windows , shows drive 0 partition 1 1862.0gb. then says windows must be installed to a partition formated as ntfs?
 
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