Question Need to Install Windows, MBR deleted

[Captain Kirk]

Hi ya,
This is me, yours truly

have a laptop
AV15-51
trying to install windows. I was unable to figure out how too.

practically new right out of the box

got a new HD, but put the previous one back in

any help would be much appreciated

THANKS,

Sincerely Captain Kirk

 

[tecknot]

Aye, aye Captain,

Do you still need help? I will layout some instructions:

1. Open Command Prompt as administrator;
2. Once open, type in "Diskpart";
3. In Diskpart type "list disk"
4. Select the disk you want to format for Windows installation by typing "select disk";
5. Type "clean" - this will delete everything on the selected disk;
6. Next type "convert GPT";
7. Now type "create partition primary (size=X)" The option in parenthesis is not necessary unless you want the partition to be a specific size (in MB);
8. Type "Format FS=NTFS quick (label="Windows X") Another option if you want to name the partition something specific, just replace "Windows X" with the desired name;
9. Finally, type "Assign" and you should get a popup of File Explorer for the new partition.

Please note that all words above in quotation mark are to be entered in Diskpart without the quotation marks and "X" is to be substituted with the desired info. (i.e., "size=X" where X represents the size of the partition).

Let me know if you need anything further and I'll will do my best to give an answer.

Kind regards,

tecknot

 

[Shmee]

Hello, are you trying to get the old drive the laptop came with working, or are you trying to do a fresh install to the new drive?

If you want to install a fresh Windows to the new drive, you need a working Windows install flash drive. If you don't have one, you can make one at any modern Windows computer using the Microsoft media creation tool. Just need a spare flash drive, at least 8GB. The creation tool will download an ISO file, and use it to make the flash drive bootable for installing Windows. Then you can boot from the flash drive and install Windows on your laptop. Let us know if you need help or further questions regarding this.