Question Ok now seriously what do i do

[HelpWhatDoIDo]

so i got a new m.2 SSD and my motherboard only has 1 m.2 slot with an ssd in it already. this ssd has windows on it. i also got a 1tb hdd though and I really want to upgrade from my installed ssd to this newer one i got but how do i literally swap them out and fresh install windows with an usb stick ( i prepared win11 on it) without breaking things?

to make things clear i want to clean install win11 on my new ssd thats all

 

[USAFRet]

so i got a new m.2 SSD and my motherboard only has 1 m.2 slot with an ssd in it already. this ssd has windows on it. i also got a 1tb hdd though and I really want to upgrade from my installed ssd to this newer one i got but how do i literally swap them out and fresh install windows with an usb stick ( i prepared win11 on it) without breaking things?

to make things clear i want to clean install win11 on my new ssd thats all

Assuming the drive is compatible, just create a new Win 11 USB to install with.

Swap the drives, boot from the USB, install.

https://www.microsoft.com/software-download/windows11

This procedure is for Win 10, but almost identical:

How To - Windows 10 clean install tutorial

If you are looking for the Windows 11 Clean install tutorial, you can find that here: Windows 11 Clean install tutorial (Click here) Otherwise, welcome to the Windows 10 Clean install tutorial This tutorial is intended to help you, step by step, to perform a clean install of Windows...

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Have ONLY the SSD connected when you do the install.
Reconnect the HDD later.

 

[HelpWhatDoIDo]

what do you mean with create another win11 usb? i got a usb stick with the win11 boot image whatever you call it to boot the pc from usb but i just recovered my pc from trying that by just swapping and then booting from usb because i had a blackscreen and whatever. so i literally just need to put the win11 boot thing on the usb and then swap and boot from usb thats it?

 

[USAFRet]

what do you mean with create another win11 usb? i got a usb stick with the win11 boot image whatever you call it to boot the pc from usb but i just recovered my pc from trying that by just swapping and then booting from usb because i had a blackscreen and whatever. so i literally just need to put the win11 boot thing on the usb and then swap and boot from usb thats it?

Well, if you already have a known good Win 11 install USB, then use that.
Where did that USB stick come from?

But if booting from that results in a black screen, something is not right.

 

[HelpWhatDoIDo]

Well, if you already have a known good Win 11 install USB, then use that.
Where did that USB stick come from?

But if booting from that results in a black screen, something is not right.

well ok so to clear things up or basically long story short: i just managed to fix this oddly dumb problem of me having an blackscreen all the way through POST until Windows Login screen but i managed to fix that with a Nvidia uefi firmware updater so now i can actually see a logo and reach the bios instead of a Blackscreen. but i dont know if it is still the case when i casually swap out the windows ssd with a new ssd that has nothing on it. does it still give me the option to open boot selection or do i need to do that before swapping drives?

 

[USAFRet]

well ok so to clear things up or basically long story short: i just managed to fix this oddly dumb problem of me having an blackscreen all the way through POST until Windows Login screen but i managed to fix that with a Nvidia uefi firmware updater so now i can actually see a logo and reach the bios instead of a Blackscreen. but i dont know if it is still the case when i casually swap out the windows ssd with a new ssd that has nothing on it. does it still give me the option to open boot selection or do i need to do that before swapping drives?

The BIOS happens long before Windows.

You should be able to access the BIOS even with NO drive or Windows.