Question Windows 10 can't be installed on Hp laptop

Sep 8, 2020
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Hi everyone
So I have this old Hp laptop (Hp Pavilion dm3-1047cl) that I want to give some new life to, I replaced the original hard drive with an ssd and tried to install windows 10 but when I go to select the drive to install the OS it give me a warning saying "Windows cannot be installed to this disk.This computer's hardware may not support booting to this disk. Ensure the disk's controller is enabled in the computer's BIOS menu" and I can't continue with the install. The fixes that I seen involve changing disk setting in the BIOS, but the BIOS doesn't have said options, the only thing it has the boot order. Is there anyway for me to get to those setting or getting around this problem? Update: The BIOS is InsydeH20 Rev. 3.5. I will leave some pictures for reference.

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P.S. I was able to install windows 10 on the original hard drive and it works fine.
 
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Assuming it's talking IDE to AHCI in the BIOS settings, but without seeing the BIOS, it's impossible to say.

You should be able to install W10 to that system.... Whether it's a good ideal or not is a totally different question.
I updated the post to include the pictures from the BIOS of the computer, and yeah it is the whole IDE to AHCI but can't find it in the setting.