Windows 10 upgrade from Windows 7 failed (Samsung Q330)

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    Win10 (upgrade from Win7)
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    genbuk said:
    Hi Geoffers, thanks for your reply, have you changed to SSD before the Win 10 upgrade?

    Any advice with regards to the SSD selection (there seem to be so much choice out there)?

    Thanks,
    I did the SSD upgrade after upgrading to W10, but it doesn't really matter when you do it.

    I didn't do too much searching : Currys seemed pretty competitive, so I bought a 240GB Sandisk Ultra-II (currently on sale for £54.99) in a package including an external USB caddy.

    Best to use Macrium Reflect to create a backup image of your exisiting drive before you do anything, in case something goes tits-up...

    I then downloaded MiniTool Partition Wizard and shrunk the (right hand) partition size on the HDD so that the disk was slightly smaller than the target SSD size (you can increase the partition size after the install to utilize the whole SSD)

    Then, with the SSD in the external USB caddy, run a Macrium Clone to do a sector-by-sector clone to the SSD.

    When complete, swap the drives over & it should all work seamlessly (and boots up in seconds!) - if you shrunk your partition size as described above, just increase it to the max

    I used tutorials like this to make sure I was doing it right How to Upgrade Your Existing Hard Drive in Under an Hour
    Last edited by geoffers; 08 Jan 2016 at 14:00. Reason: typo
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    Windows
       #32

    Samsung Q330 Windows 10 install failure


    Hi all, the following worked for me which I found on another forum. It's really odd why it would cause windows 10 installation to fail when upgrading from Windows 7, I tried so many things but nothing worked until I changed the wifi card. I replaced mine with a Atheros WIFI wireless card AR5B225, there's plenty on ebay at around £5. Installing it looks daunting but it's not, you should have to remove the battery, hard disk and cd-rom drive and then remove the back panel which is around 10 screws. The back panel snaps off and fortunately the wireless card requires no soldering. It's installed like you install memory (RAM), the 2 wires clip in. Once I'd done that I tried reinstalling Windows and it worked first time. Good luck!
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    10 Home x64 (22H2) (10 Pro on 2nd pc)
       #33

    Altaf99Hussain said:
    Hi all, the following worked for me which I found on another forum. It's really odd why it would cause windows 10 installation to fail when upgrading from Windows 7, I tried so many things but nothing worked until I changed the wifi card. I replaced mine with a Atheros WIFI wireless card AR5B225, there's plenty on ebay at around £5. Installing it looks daunting but it's not, you should have to remove the battery, hard disk and cd-rom drive and then remove the back panel which is around 10 screws. The back panel snaps off and fortunately the wireless card requires no soldering. It's installed like you install memory (RAM), the 2 wires clip in. Once I'd done that I tried reinstalling Windows and it worked first time. Good luck!
    Welcome to Ten Forums.

    This thread is five years old, so if the OP hasn't managed the upgrade by now they never will


    But there are still some who are yet to upgrade from Win7, so the tip may well help others.
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