Can't install windows 10 on ssd

Kensei2605 said:
Downloading the windows iso and rufus installed will post outcome.
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Disconnect any other drives and start the installer with only the SSD attached. When you get to the partitioning tool do the following.

Shift + f10
diskpart
select disk 0
clean
exit
exit
refresh

Try to continue the installation.
 
What brand flash. Theres an issue with kingstons and usb installation
 
By any chance do you have grub installed or did you have it installed before the wipe? If so I would advise you to fix your mbr boot partion in the recovery cmd and try again. Sometimes grub will lock a disk after trying to do a complete solo OS partition.
 
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PostManPat said:
By any chance do you have grub installed or did you have it installed before the wipe? If so I would advise you to fix your mbr boot partion in the recovery cmd and try again. Sometimes grub will lock a disk after trying to do a complete solo OS partition.
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Grub ? New ssd 1st time use.
 
Ok success !!! It was right in front of me the whole time but hey thats how you learn. The uefi was the key but for me personally it was not about how the bootable usb was created as the standard media creation tool usb is working. It was in my bios probably depends if you have an uefi or bios. As per pic I chose usb where as I had to choose uefi. Drive partitioned now and installing as per other pic. :)Thank you for all the ideas.
 

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Ja. Unfortunately that made no difference for me. Whether I booted UEFI or not. I've tried every option in the BIOS, both USB and external ROM drive.
 
Kensei2605 said:
Did you try rufus although that also did not help me.
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The guys at Matrix were able to use it to put their own copy of Win8 on. But for some reason they couldn't use my recovery disc. So now I have an unlicensed copy on the laptop.
 
I had the same problem and posted 2 threads here with no responses so I sorted myself out with a simple method. I am now a happy chappy with the latest Win 10 on my SSD. Albeit a mere 32GB.
 
Oopsie said:
I had the same problem and posted 2 threads here with no responses so I sorted myself out with a simple method. I am now a happy chappy with the latest Win 10 on my SSD. Albeit a mere 32GB.
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Maybe you can post your method here as lazy lion is yet to find out why his setup is not working.
 
I found that setting the first boot option to USB/DVD in the BIOS (not the override) enabled me to install to new drive.
 
Some of the Windows 10 installation issues boil down to hardware compatibility. Some SSDs, for example, aren't 100% compatible with some UEFI implementations. Ditto for flash drives and certain versions of Windows installers (this was a major source of headaches for the early X79 and X99 motherboards). Rufus helps with making sure that the image is bootable, but if you can't see the SSD drive in the partition window, then there's an issue with either the drive, or the UEFI BIOS.

Some of the things you can try include:

1) Setting the UEFI restriction to "Legacy" or turning it off.
2) Ensuring that the drive is set to AHCI mode. RAID can also work, and will also pass along TRIM commands.
3) Plugging the drive into a SATA port connected to the chipset, or
4) Plugging the drive into a SATA port connected to the third-party controller.
5) Try a different DVD drive or flash drive.
6) Updating the motherboard's BIOS if there's a new version available.
7) Plugging the SSD into another PC and updating the firmware.
8) Installing Windows from one of those "All in One" discs.
9) Install your copy of Windows to the drive from another PC, but don't activate it, install any drivers, or put in a product key (see here).

#9 is the second-to-last resort, since it typically works, but may produce errors since the UEFI implementation may not be the best, or may differ from board to board. If you use an older, non-UEFI system to install Windows to the drive, say a LGA755 platform, you'll have to switch to using the legacy BIOS mode as well.

As a last resort, change the drive and/or motherboard.
 
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