Repurposing a SSD help

[Fodder4U]

Hi all,

First post. I need some help. Here is the situation. I am in the process of building a new rig and today the power supply died on my old rig. All I have left to get for the new rig is win10, an OS drive and a DVDRW. I was going to get a new SSD for the new rig but now I am stuck with no PC at all.

My old rig has a Samsung EVO SSD that was the OS drive. Can I take that out and install into the new rig as the OS drive? I want to wipe it for a fresh install of Windows, if I just install it as is would I get a prompt to reformat before Windows installs? Could I get the steps to do this properly here in this thread?

I am stuck using my phone hence why I didn't do a search.

Thanks for any help.

 

[aquielisunari]

Hi all,

First post. I need some help. Here is the situation. I am in the process of building a new rig and today the power supply died on my old rig. All I have left to get for the new rig is win10, an OS drive and a DVDRW. I was going to get a new SSD for the new rig but now I am stuck with no PC at all.

My old rig has a Samsung EVO SSD that was the OS drive. Can I take that out and install into the new rig as the OS drive? I want to wipe it for a fresh install of Windows, if I just install it as is would I get a prompt to reformat before Windows installs? Could I get the steps to do this properly here in this thread?

I am stuck using my phone hence why I didn't do a search.

Thanks for any help.

Install SSD and USB drive that has Windows on it. Don't have Windows on a USB?

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

http://www.thewindowsclub.com/windows-10-media-creation-tool-create-installation-media-upgrade

You want to delete everything and start new. The USB drive needs to be at least 4GB.

When you power on make sure you go directly to the BIOS. Make sure your USB drive is the first boot device.

F10 to save and exit and reboot. Let it boot from the USB and follow the prompts.

EDIT: The new size requirement is now 8GB. The download will be about 5GB total.

 

[jpe1701]

If you have an installable copy of windows 10 you just set it to boot first then I forget the order of the questions but it will show you the drives attached and it gives you the option to format or delete partitions and where to install Windows.

 

[Fodder4U]

With it being a SSD that has data on it (which I want to delete anyway) is it safe to let Windows install do the reformatting?

 

[aquielisunari]

With it being a SSD that has data on it (which I want to delete anyway) is it safe to let Windows install do the reformatting?

It is. I've used a disk and a USB drive with the tool to install windows. Both worked fine. I installed it to a 120GB SSD.

I did however change the install size. Not sure how I did that in all honesty. I think I may have done it through Disk Management(right click C: and click Shrink Volume) after the install. I have 15GB unallocated so I won't ever fill it up.

 

[jpe1701]

I have also done it several times with my samsung 850 evo m.2 and it worked just fine.

 

[Fodder4U]

Thanks for the replies. When my MB and GPU arrive next week I will do it and update the thread. Just hope that the BIOS and Windows recognize the drive as it is the only one I have for now.