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Can't do clean install of Windows 10 on new ssd and also hdd issues...
Hello! I'm a computer noob and I just installed a new 500 gb ssd into my laptop that still had my hdd in it. I tried to clean install the Windows 10 on the new ssd with my 1tb hdd in it still so now it will not boot without the hdd. After researching around and reading posts and tips for people with my same issue, I tried taking out the hdd and installing the Windows with just ssd and during the first phase of Windows installation it says that it cannot install into the ssd because it can't make partitions. So...how do I fix this? Someone called what I did a nightmare situation...please someone wake me up from this nightmare.
Summary:
Original laptop:
-Dell Inspiron 15 5570
-1TB hdd
-Windows 10
What I want:
-to have my new ssd as the only boot and use hdd as storage
What I did:
-Installed Samsung 970 EVO 500 gb ssd
-Changed the ssd to AHCI
-tried to clean install Windows 10 through usb with the media tool
-install worked but since my original hdd was still in there and I didn't do anything to it, it seems to be using the boot files left there
-So I took out hdd and tried to reinstall Windows 10 on just the ssd
-Windows Installation said it couldn't install because ssd could not be partitioned