AMD Drivers will not Install on New SSD

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Evan Shaffer

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Alright, so I'm trying to install my AMD graphics drivers on this new SSD. I have Windows installed on this drive and the old WD 500GB HDD. The drivers are currently installed on the HDD, but I would like them to be installed on this SSD drive. The SDD is marked as A: and the HDD is C:, but heard that AMD doesn't like being on drives marked A:. Is there any way around this, or do I have to format the old drive, mark it as something else, and rename the SSD?
 
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That is better than I thought you might have done. But the fact that the HDD was still connected might be an issue. And the fact that it is a boot drive while installing to the SSD. Why not try again following this method.
Using your HDD w/Win7 installed, Download the version of Win7 from here that you have a product key for: http://www.mydigitallife.info/official-windows-7-sp1-iso-from-digital-river/
It will be in the form of an .ISO file for burning to DVD. If you have no optical drive and have to use a flash drive, download this little pgm. http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/windows-usb-dvd-download-tool

Then simply run the tool and have it make the bootable flash drive w/Win from the .ISO file. Very easy to do. You...
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I believe that I installed Windows onto the SSD using a digital copy of Windows on the HDD. Would that cause a problem?

And would simply changing drive letters actually work? Wouldn't that mess up some programs that use that drive letter?
 
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I have a digital version of Windows 7 on the HDD that I ran setup and installed onto the SSD. I had to do that since I had trouble creating a bootable flashdrive to install Windows onto the SSD that way. So, setup was able to install onto the SSD and it took over from there. So I essentially used the HDD to install Windows onto the SSD because I didn't have a boot disk and creating a bootable flash drive was troublesome.
 
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That is better than I thought you might have done. But the fact that the HDD was still connected might be an issue. And the fact that it is a boot drive while installing to the SSD. Why not try again following this method.
Using your HDD w/Win7 installed, Download the version of Win7 from here that you have a product key for: http://www.mydigitallife.info/official-windows-7-sp1-iso-from-digital-river/
It will be in the form of an .ISO file for burning to DVD. If you have no optical drive and have to use a flash drive, download this little pgm. http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/windows-usb-dvd-download-tool

Then simply run the tool and have it make the bootable flash drive w/Win from the .ISO file. Very easy to do. You should be able to boot to the flash drive if your BIOS allows and do a fresh install to the SSD... with the HDD unplugged.
Here is a small tutorial: http://arstechnica.com/business/2009/12/the-usb-flash-drive/

When you get Win7 installed to the SSD, you may want to tweak it for best results: http://www.computing.net/howtos/show/solid-state-drive-ssd-tweaks-for-windows-7/552.html
 
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Hmm, I suppose I should have done this as soon as the problem arose. I've been using the SSD for some time now and have some programs on it. I currently have the AMD drivers installed on the HDD while running the OS on the SSD. Is there a way to reintall a fresh version, and reload everything that was on this version of Windows since it's the same drive?

And also, thanks for that tweaking guide for SSDs. Very helpful.
 
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No way that I would feel comfortable doing myself. Best to bite the bullet and start over if you want a clean trouble-free installation.
Speaking of which, here is a nice guide to go by: http://www.overclock.net/t/1156654/seans-windows-7-install-optimization-guide-for-ssds-hdds
Most of those same tweaks are in this guide.
 
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Alright, thanks for the help. The drivers seem to be running fine so far on the other drive, I just get occasional crashes. I won't mess with it for now unless it really starts giving me problems. I'll inevitably have to reinstall Windows on this drive anyway, so I'll remember this when I do.
 
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