I have the notebook Lenovo G50-45 and this has no DVD drive and I will soon buy a new SSD hard drive (on which no operating system is installed) on which I would like to reinstall an operating system because the old too often spin. Is there any way this could work and if so how?
You can install it from a USB stick or connect an external DVD drive and use it to install.
You can also write the operating system image to a USB stick (or other removable disk). For example, With Rufus. Alternatively, the installation of CD / DVD can also be done with an external CD / DVD / BD drive.
This is very easy for Windows 10. You download the "Media Creation Tool" from Microsoft, grab a USB stick and after that it is only possible to click through the tool. This takes, depending on the internet connection, between 2 minutes and 1 hour.
For all other operating systems you grab Rufus (https://rufus.ie/), download an image of your operating system and create a bootable USB stick with the image.
Since I assume that you want to install WIN 10, download the "Media Creation Toll" from Microsoft. This will create your installation USB flash drive with the latest version you need…
Yes, WIN 10 Pro.
Exactly, download it (it's direct from Microsoft so do not worry) and then you select WIN 10 Pro and the USB stick and formatted it and then creates your installation stick, with which you can then install Windows on your notebook. Then you can format the stick normal and continue to use it as normal. (For a later re-installation, download it again, because you always have the latest version directly)
Instead of a Windows DVD, a bootable USB stick can also be created with Windows.
If you have Windows 10, you can use Microsoft's Media Creation Tool. You can download it here for free: https://www.microsoft.com/.../windows10
You run the program and just follow all the steps. In the end, you have a usable USB stick that you can use to install Windows 10.
For Windows 8.1, you can download an ISO file from Microsoft: https://www.microsoft.com/...indows8ISO
For this you need an additional program to create a bootable USB stick. For example, Rufus is suitable for this: https://rufus.ie/
Open the program and right click on the selection button. Now select the ISO file. At the settings you should not have to change anything. You can start the process directly.
If you still have Windows 7, you can download an ISO file here:
Windows 7 Home: https://winfuture.de/...,2662.html
Windows 7 Pro: https://winfuture.de/...,3291.html
Here Rufus would also be used.
