My ASUS K45VM harddisk failed after 2 years and I decided to changed it to a Samsung 850 EVO 250GB 2.5-Inch SATA III Internal SSD. 

Speed is the main reason why I chose an internal SSD.  Windows startup only requires 10 seconds and wait time for software to process whenever I click something was greatly reduce.  If you are sick of windows slowness and had exhausted all other methods of improving your computer speed. then SSD is for you.  Furthermore, the price now is not that expensive as compare when it was initially launch.

You need an external harddisk enclosure and your Windows 7 installation ISO software in order to format your SSD harddisk.

When you first plug-in the internal SSD, it WILL NOT shows as any Drive Letter.  If you go to Devices and Printers, it will appear as a GENERIC device.  You need to use the DISKPART command to QUICK FORMAT and then ACTIVE it to make it appear as a DRIVE letter.

You can download a free legit copy of the Windows 7 installation ISO at this link.  This ISO is the legit 30 trial copy the Windows 7 and you need your legit license number found at the bottom of your laptop.

http://getintopc.com/softwares/operating-systems/windows-7-ultimate-free-download-iso-32-and-64-bit/

I use the DOS DISKPART command to format the new internal SSD from another Windows 7 system.

Open the command prompt with Admin rights. Type cmd in Start menu search box and hit Shift+Ctrl+Enter or clikc Program -> Accessories -> Command Prompt (Right your mouse and click Run as Administrator)

Once you enter the Commad Prompt, type:

DISKPART

this loads the diskpart application we need to proceed

Then type

LIST DISK

My Samsung 850 EVO 250GB GB SSD drive is listed as DISK 2

so I have to type

SELECT DISK 2 (your SSD Drive may have a different number, don’t follow exactly this text it depends on your SSD drive)

You will get a successful response “Disk 2 is now the selected disk”

Next we want to clean the SSD drive

Type:

CLEAN

you will get a successful response ‘DiskPart succeeded in cleaning the disk”.

After the drive is cleaned follow the list in the image above (detailed below in list order) – you can also note the successful text responses from the OS as you enter each command.

SELECT DISK 2 (or what number your SSD drive has)

CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY

SELECT PARTITION 1

ACTIVE

FORMAT FS=NTFS QUICK

Formatting can take a little time and you will see a percentage readout until it is finished.

Next type:

ASSIGN

EXIT (DISK PART will exit)

Type D: CD BOOT (substitute the “D” if necessary with the letter of your Windows 7 DVD drive)

then key

CD BOOT

then

BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 E: (substitute the “E” if necessary with the letter of your now ready SSD drive) – we are telling the system to create a boot sector file on the SSD drive.

Now you can exit the command prompt and copy all the files on the Windows 7 DVD to the SSD drive.

Once this step is finished you’ll be ready to boot from this drive, all you need to do is configure your motherboard bios setup to boot first from USB rather than hard drive or optical drive. If you don’t know how to do this, refer to your specific motherboard manual or search the internet.

Now, Windows 7 installation should take between 40% and 60% of the time it does from the DVD disc.

DOWNLOAD WINDOWS ISO (If you do not have the DVD disc)

Then I extract the Windows 7 ISO into the other Windows 7 system and make the new SSD harddisk bootable.  After that, I copy all the files into the SSD C: DRIVE (do take note of the installation files and folder so that you can delete them after the installation) and put my new SSD into my own Windows 7 system.

Once bootup, Windows 7 prompt me to do the installation.

Notes: If you have copy your Windows 7 ISO files into C: DRIVE, after installation, you can delete those Windows 7 ISO files.

Once the Windows 7 installation was done, I download all my Windows 7 64 bit drivers for my ASUS laptop at this link:

http://www.asus.com/sg/Notebooks_Ultrabooks/K45VM/HelpDesk_Download/

Chipset
Intel INF Update Driver

VGA
nVidia Graphics Driver

LAN
Realtek LAN Driver

USB
Intel USB3.0 Driver

Wireless
Atheros Wireless Lan Driver and Application

Others
Intel Management Engine Interface

With all above ASUS drivers loaded, my Device Manager now shows zero conflicts.

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