restoring backed up files to wiped HDD

fireman-175 · Oct 14, 2015

Hello, I recently installed a SSD on my windows 10/64. I migrated my os from the HDD to the SSD, set it up as the boot drive, etc. It works great. Now, I am wiping my HDD clean and would like to use that for my files, doc, pics, email, etc. I backed them up externally with the windows 10 program, file history.

My question is, do I just go back to the windows file history program and restore them from the external drive to the old drive? Or is there a better procedure? I am guessing my Office suite needs to be reinstalled, but if so, can i put that on the SSD and its documents on the HDD?

I am kind of stumped on this one.

glamdringfh · Oct 14, 2015

Hi fireman 175,

1) Yes, you'll need to re-install Office Suite on your SSD if it is not already there

2) Once Office is installed on the SSD, it will have no problems reading Office files on your old HDD, so you will be fine keeping documents and other media there.

For Windows File History, you should be able to restore them from your external backup to your newly formatted old HDD drive. Here is a tutorial from the Windows website if you need a step-by-step for the process:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/how-use-file-history

dudio · Oct 14, 2015

If Office Suite saves documents to the My Documents folder, then it might be best to redirect Windows (and Office) to where you keep all that (My Documents, My Music, My Pictures, etc). There is a way to do that but you know Google as well as I. I have all My Documents running from my extra drive.

JackNaylorPE · Oct 14, 2015

I would proceed as follows:

1. I assume that D;| is now your HD, if correct then copy the MSOffice folder from say D:\ProgramsFiles\MSOffice off HD to C:\ProgramsFiles so you have D:\ProgramsFiles\MSOffice. This will retain all customizations, files histories etc.

2. Repeat with any other applications you want to keep on SSD.

3. Install each application over itself to set up required registry entries in the new OS.

4. Delete each folder from the HD once done and confirmed that each is working.

fireman-175 · Oct 14, 2015

Yeah, so i got done wiping my HDD and for some unknown reason, it will not boot up with windows from my SSD. Says I need to recover with a disk (none with windows 10 upgrade). So, I tried installing with windows 7/64 disk. It tells me I cannot repair the upgraded windows 10 with that disk. So, I tried to reinstall and see my SSD with its partitions and the HDD cleaned. It won't install on my SSD as it is formated in GPT. Arrrr, so I went into my bios and checked to find out the windows boot manager for my SSD (had a choice of windows boot manager with SSD and SSD alone to boot) is gone and says "windows boot manager drive not present".

So it appears the wipe of the HDD affected something that ran my SSD windows. I tried to install windows 7/64 on my HDD, but it says it needs drivers to do that. I am guessing I have to go to the mfr website for the HDD to get a driver and thumbdrive it onto my PC?

Any idea where I messed up? I thought I was doing so well... guess not.

I also was a fool and forgot to create a system repair/boot disk for windows 10. if that will resolve my issue (hopefully) I have two other PCs that I can create one on if that would work? Your help is greatly appreciated.

RESOLVED. I had to reinstall windows 7 and reformat the other drive, now back to reinstalling 10. Still need to get the first part done though. thanks!

JackNaylorPE · Oct 17, 2015

It sounds like you installed to your SSD while HD was plugged in ... a big no no. It detected the Windows install on the HD and left the boot files for both installs on the HD. So when you wiped the HD, you had no boot files.

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