Recent content by Jerald7

Problem Solved. I formatted the SSD, then ran "Partition Wizard" to create the boot partition on the SSD. After that, the laptop successfully ran the Recovery Disks, reinstalled Windows, and returned the laptop to it's original state. The new SSD is working just fine. I did not realize that...

In the BIOS, the only place I see the hard drive mentioned, is where you do the "Self Test" of the HD. I ran this test, and it passed, so it seems it is seeing the SSD.

Hello, My hard drive crashed in an HP laptop running Windows Vista. I am replacing the HD with an SSD as the main (and only) drive. I do not have the Vista installation disks, but do have the Vista Recovery Disks. I installed the SSD, put the Recovery disk in the CD drive, it attempts to boot...