3 days of trying. Cant solve windows 7 reinstall on ssd

Zubati · Oct 15, 2014

Ok i think point form would be faster:

Trying to reinstall windows on ssd

Enter setup accidently hit format on the 100mb partition

After a min it says it cannot do this and now windows setup will not list any partitions

Restart and now get missing bootmgr

Tried windows recovery

Tried diskpart - there are no fixed disks to show

Its a ocz vertex 2 100gb ssd. Prior to deleting that wrong partition it loaded windows fine. I wanted to do erase everything off the drive and start fresh. Help I am stuck!

ronintexas · Oct 15, 2014

The 100MB Partition has your system files - including the boot manager....The best bet is to remove all partitions (manual configuration) and allow Windows to recreate the partitions and install the OS.

If you have any hard drives - unplug them for the OS install so that the SSD contains all of the Windows install.

johnnyq1233 · Oct 16, 2014

Did your SSD come with a utility disk? If not go to the OCZ site and see if you can grab a utility to reformat that drive.
Also if your system is not a newer bios that 100 MB partition might be a needed tool for your motherboard to recognize and work with that drive.
SSD drives are still on the newer side and don't always play nice with older hardware.

Zubati · Oct 16, 2014

All I have is the ssd plugged in which contains the windows install. At this point I cant't get into windows at all just to the missing bootmgr or windows setup.

When I geto windows setup to install no drives are found anymore so removing all partitions and making a new one isn't an option.

The bios sees my ssd. Laptop is a asus g73jh. I will have to check if I have a utility disk for the ssd but can't for another week any other ideas? Thanks guys

ronintexas · Oct 16, 2014

You need to remove all partitions on the drive, and start from scratch. With the UFI BIOS, the partition you formatted is the main communication link to the system....because it was formatted - all partitions need to be removed. If diskpart won't work - you may need to use a utility like this:

http://www.partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.html

They have instruction on the site on how to create a bootable flash drive and/or DVD.

Zubati · Oct 23, 2014

ronintexas :

Ok finally tackling this again. So once I create the bootable flash drive that will allow me to open up partition wizard to remove all partitions then be able to boot up the ssd to install windows right?

ronintexas · Oct 23, 2014

Correct

Zubati · Oct 23, 2014

Ok ive have deleted the partitions on the ssd. Everything seems good to go but when I try to install windows again the ssd is not listed. Its a ocz vertex 2 and I tried putting on the drivers and firmware on my usb stick from ocz website to load driver from windows setup but it just says that there is no signed driver after it scans the usb. Once again I am stuck.

ronintexas · Oct 23, 2014

Is the SSD listed in BIOS? When Windows asks for a driver disk, it isn't recognizing the SSD as having any free space or partitions that it can install on.

hang-the-9 · Oct 23, 2014

Is this a laptop or a desktop? If it's a desktop, check and make sure the SSD is in the lowest SATA port on the motherboard. Some motherboards have two SATA controllers, the standard chipset one and a third party one to enable more SATA ports than the stock chipset offers. If you have the drive in a SATA port controlled by that secondary SATA controller, the Windows setup will likely not detect it without loading a driver first.

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