HP51CS touchscreen laptop NEW SSD install?

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I have this HP HP51CS touch screen laptop with 10 Home @ 22H2, Ver. 19045.3693 (with Win Feature Experience Pack 1000.19053.1000.0). I downloaded the win 10 file onto an 8GB flash drive, & want a clean install onto my SSD. I will be saving the old HDD for the files/programs I need as I come across the need for them (files/pictures & stuff) using a USB transfer from the old HDD to this new SSD after new OS install. I believe the laptop is currently a UEFI (if called that) so isn't the OS serial number already imprinted into the MB? I believe I should be going into BIOS to 'boot' the flash drive, and hopefully going on from there following the prompts. If this is the case (I used to just put a DVD with the OS in the optical drive), but it has been too long and I have never done an upgrade like this.

Anyway, will this be a plug-n-play install including it's activation? If not, is there a simple tutorial geared for this SSD upgrade? I don't want all the trouble of cloning, or moving onto the SSD, of any of the old files/programs. Since my mini-strokes of late it is getting more confusing to read/follow all the complications of doing this with the cloning so I just want to start over with a blank win 10 OS install then add as I see fit (and when I feel like delving into reinstalling software). The 8GB win 10 OS file was downloaded about 5 months ago from MS and at that time was put on the flash drive per the instructions (hence been trying to read up and follow all the steps to get this done). I do have all the HP drivers after install so if MS has generics take over until I can install HP drivers, should I be OK? Might have to get a new user name like oldmega10user as I find it harder to concentrate of late.

So, is there a simplified HDD swap for this touchscreen laptop, without all the confusing steps?

Thank you, in advance, for confirming a simple process?

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The first user you create on the new install will be an administrator and an administrator can access the files on the old hard drive after it is removed. Permissions to access those files will not be a problem.

I would suggest after you make the new Windows 10 USB installation flash drive, that you create a new folder on it called Drivers (or whatever you want). Then export the drivers from the existing Windows installation to it:
Backup and Restore Device Drivers in Windows 10

A lot of people try to do a clean install of Windows 10 and discover they need either IRST drivers to see the new drive to install windows to, or they don't have a network adapter driver in order to connect to the network/internet.

Samuria said:

*1* If you look at activations does it say activated with digital licence if so you skip entering a key during install and it will activate ok when it contact MS.
*2* You need to down a new win10 or you can end up getting 1,00 plus updates

Reply: *1* I haven't tried yet...

Reply:*2* Good idea, top of my list when I get the nerve... Downloading the file and creating the boot flash drive should be easy enough

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NavyLCDR said:

The first user you create on the new install will be an administrator and an administrator can access the files on the old hard drive after it is removed. Permissions to access those files will not be a problem.

I would suggest after you make the new Windows 10 USB installation flash drive, that you create a new folder on it called Drivers (or whatever you want). Then export the drivers from the existing Windows installation to it:
Backup and Restore Device Drivers in Windows 10

A lot of people try to do a clean install of Windows 10 and discover they need either IRST drivers to see the new drive to install windows to, or they don't have a network adapter driver in order to connect to the network/internet.

NavyLCDR, I think I followed you to the point of the last paragraph. This laptop is older and I am not sure what IRST drivers mean to this hardware. Doesn't installing Win10 from a flash drive install windows? After it boots, I have drivers for all the needed hardware from added wifi adapters and other hardware. Is this what you mean?

the irst thing is mostly an issue when installing from booted media on oem machines that have intel 11/12/13 th gen cpu. Probably the same for intel 14th gen which is apparently just a refresh of 13th gen.

One of the 14 gen i5 has more cores than its predecessor, but the others are hardly any different according to hardware unboxed.

mega10user said:

NavyLCDR, I think I followed you to the point of the last paragraph. This laptop is older and I am not sure what IRST drivers mean to this hardware. Doesn't installing Win10 from a flash drive install windows? After it boots, I have drivers for all the needed hardware from added wifi adapters and other hardware. Is this what you mean?

On some newer computers with certain processors you boot from the USB flash drive, go through the menu options until you see the screen where you want to install Windows to and there will be no drives shown. You have the click on the button to load drivers and install the Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver and then the drives to select from will appear. The Windows installation USB flash drive cannot possibly contain drivers for every piece of hardware and if you load Windows and then discover that the driver for the WiFi or Ethernet network adapter is missing, you will need to get it somehow. Driver's exported to the flash drive are the easiest way of getting them.

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I believe I got it! After going to download the LATEST win 10 with their media creation software, I re-made the flash drive installer. I then went in and set the boot in BIOS to USB flash drive. About 97% of the install went super smooth and operated fine. Spent about 15 minutes installing drivers and the only thing left is two drivers that will finish taking care of the flags on device mgr. What a difference with boot and operation (as I am sure everyone who upgraded to SSD's say).


I never got a prompt to validate, how I can know if it is for certain, I'll be checking it out over the next few.


TBD in the next few, I'll keep updating as needed including when completed 100%. Thanks to all for the input (so far)!


Just reminding, after mini strokes, it is harder to do what I used to do a lot. Memory recall and critical thinking goes coocoo (you should see how long it took to compose this. Not enough to keep me down though!


Thanks again, mega10user


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