I have an old Dell Inspiron N4010 laptop that had a 500GB platter HD (factory), and wanted to replace it with an SSD to give it a little tune up. I got a Crucial 250GB SSD (because I don't really need 500GB of space for what I will use it for and 250 was cheaper). Unfortunately, due to brilliant design of this laptop, you have to take the entire laptop apart including removing the motherboard to replace the HD. I did this and booted up and used the recovery disk I made.
When I try to install, it says not enough space that it needs 500GB to install the factory image. Obviously, it doesn't need that much space, but I guess that is what it is supposed to detect and I can't get it to install past this point.
I tried to go to Microsoft to download a copy of windows 7, but it won't let me because the product key is system specific.
Basically, is there a work around this to get it to install or did I just waste a whole lot of time and some money and now just have to do it all again and get a 500 GB SSD?
I know bootleg versions of Windows 7 are out there, but trying to keep this legal. Thanks.
When I try to install, it says not enough space that it needs 500GB to install the factory image. Obviously, it doesn't need that much space, but I guess that is what it is supposed to detect and I can't get it to install past this point.
I tried to go to Microsoft to download a copy of windows 7, but it won't let me because the product key is system specific.
Basically, is there a work around this to get it to install or did I just waste a whole lot of time and some money and now just have to do it all again and get a 500 GB SSD?
I know bootleg versions of Windows 7 are out there, but trying to keep this legal. Thanks.