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How to start Windows from SSD
1. First you should make sure that the SSD has been installed successfully.
2. You need to prepare a USB flash drive of 8G or more. (Because the size of the OS
files is more than 7GB)
PS: The SSD and the USB flash drive should be empty because when you fixing the
Windows into the SSD, the files in the laptop may lose.
Note: If you do not have such a USB flash drive, please refer to below link to move OS to
the SSD.
https://www.partitionwizard.com/help/migrate-os-to-ssd-hd.html
3. Then you should format the USB flash drive first. Insert your USB flash drive into a
laptop(Any laptop is OK), find your USB flash drive at “
This PC
”, and right click it, then
you can find “
Format...
” and click it:
4. Choose the “
NTFS
” and set the USB flash drive’s label as “
WINPE
” , then click
“
Start
” button. After formatting finished, click the “
OK
” button, and finally click the
“
Close
” button, then the USB flash drive is ready to use.
PS: You must follow this step strictly, or the SSD will not recognize the USB flash drive.
Don’t change the label “
WINPE
”.
