Hey guys.
I am unable to install Windows 7 Home Premium on my new Samsung SSD 840 EVO.
What I do: I remove my old SSD and replace it with the new, insert the Windows CD, set boot order to 1. CD, 2. the SSD.
What happens: I go past BIOS just fine, but then find myself stuck at a screen telling me there's no bootable device/media.
I have tested my CD driver. It plays movies just fine, and I've used the Windows 7 CD in the past and it works on my old SSD. I even burnt another one, but no progress.
Random Sidenotes:
- My computer randomly fails to recognize and detect my old SSD on startup. It will typically fail to detect it, but when it does detect it it boots just fine.
- With my old SSD, my computer is unable to shut down normally. It will stall at shutting down, before going BSOD minutes later. It has changed to black screen lately, but the BSOD beep still comes as the comp is still running. I've theorized that this is due to old driver files still on the old SSD which was sysprepped from a previous system.
My mobo is a MPower 87Z. My BIOS is 1.0.
I am unable to install Windows 7 Home Premium on my new Samsung SSD 840 EVO.
What I do: I remove my old SSD and replace it with the new, insert the Windows CD, set boot order to 1. CD, 2. the SSD.
What happens: I go past BIOS just fine, but then find myself stuck at a screen telling me there's no bootable device/media.
I have tested my CD driver. It plays movies just fine, and I've used the Windows 7 CD in the past and it works on my old SSD. I even burnt another one, but no progress.
Random Sidenotes:
- My computer randomly fails to recognize and detect my old SSD on startup. It will typically fail to detect it, but when it does detect it it boots just fine.
- With my old SSD, my computer is unable to shut down normally. It will stall at shutting down, before going BSOD minutes later. It has changed to black screen lately, but the BSOD beep still comes as the comp is still running. I've theorized that this is due to old driver files still on the old SSD which was sysprepped from a previous system.
My mobo is a MPower 87Z. My BIOS is 1.0.