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    New W7 install with replacement SSD

    I've now solved the problem. The BIOS setting needed was Legacy but I think the core problem was in preparing the USB boot device. I should have run Rufus as administrator and I also should have run it on a 64bit machine as it was for installing 64bit Windows. When I made these changes the...
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    New W7 install with replacement SSD

    I've tried this, and switching between Legacy and UEFI doesn't help with booting. With legacy I get Invalid 'System Disk' and 'No Boot devive Found'. With UEFI I get 'No bootable devices found' but also the option to run diagnostics (F5) and the diagnostics shows everything as fine, including...
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    New W7 install with replacement SSD

    I have a Dell E7440 which came with 128GB of SSD and runs W7 Enterprise. I want to do a new install of W7 Pro and upgrade the SSD size. I've got a W7 Pro product key and installed a new Samsung 850 EVO SSD with 250GB to replace the old SSD. I've downloaded the W7 Pro 64bit ISO file and made a...