Use of factory reset disk set on a Travelmate 7750G with SSD that has not yet been formatted

Travelmate7750G

If the disk set will work, I want to replace the HDD on my Travelmate 7750G with an SSD and then use the factory reset disk set that Acer sent me, when it was under warranty, to get Windows 7 working on it the way it did when it left the factory. But will the disk set do that if SSD has not yet been formatted?

Puraw

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/696217/use-of-factory-reset-disk-set-on-a-travelmate-7750g-with-ssd-that-has-not-yet-been-formatted

The new SSD is formatted so that should work. Note that you can no longer upgrade to W10 with a W7 product key: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/09/microsoft-says-you-cant-activate-windows-10-11-with-old-windows-7-8-keys-anymore/
Consider migrating to a newer W11 system, budget laptops are on sale now for <$400. 😉

billsey

Perhaps there's an issue here with terminology. "Formatted" typically refers to having a file system created in a partition on a drive, which isn't there from the factory on most drives. It can also refer to the creation of low level data blocks on a disk, without any file system or partitioning, and that is typically done at the factory. In this case, the factory recovery discs will create and format appropriate partitions on the new drive for you.

Puraw

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/696217/use-of-factory-reset-disk-set-on-a-travelmate-7750g-with-ssd-that-has-not-yet-been-formatted

The new SSD is formatted so that should work. Note that you can no longer upgrade to W10 with a W7 product key: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/09/microsoft-says-you-cant-activate-windows-10-11-with-old-windows-7-8-keys-anymore/
Consider migrating to a newer W11 system, budget laptops are on sale now for <$400. 😉

billsey

Perhaps there's an issue here with terminology. "Formatted" typically refers to having a file system created in a partition on a drive, which isn't there from the factory on most drives. It can also refer to the creation of low level data blocks on a disk, without any file system or partitioning, and that is typically done at the factory. In this case, the factory recovery discs will create and format appropriate partitions on the new drive for you.