PS-6301-08A3 -- Want to install Win7 on SSD to boot, and keep HDD for storage

Rabanov

Hello all! I'm not much of a tech-head, so please be patient with me. Thank you in advance for your time.

 

I am running Win 7 Home Premium on a 1.0 TB HDD, which was pre-installed by Acer. I recently bought a 240 GB SSD, and want to make it my boot drive while storing my media on the HDD. I'd like to do a fresh install of Win 7 on the SSD, but Microsoft won't allow me to download a copy. Here is the error message after it validated my license key:

 

    "The product key you entered appears to be for software pre-installed by the device manufacturer. Please contact the device manufacturer for software recovery options."

 

Is there a way to legally get the same copy of Win7 that I own in order to install it on the SSD?

 

I've read a few articles on cloning/migrating, but I've also heard that cloning technically copies over the unused space as well, so even if I were to delete my media before the cloning process, I won't be able to fit everything onto the SSD. 

 

Does anyone have any advice for me? Thank you all for your help! 

 

 

brummyfan2

Hi,

You could try Minitool Partition Wizard Free to migrate you HDD to SSD, the instructions are in this link and also read the comments section as well for additional information.

https://www.partitionwizard.com/help/migrate-os-to-ssd-hd.html