- Nov 6, 2013
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I just cloned a drive to an SSD and when I boot from any live CD and choose the "boot from hard drive" option, the clone seems to have worked just fine and Windows 7 boots up in mere seconds.
However, if I just let the computer boot normally with this drive listed as the first boot device, all I get is a blinking cursor on a black screen. I've tried everything that bootrec might be able to do to fix this (fixmbr, fixboot, rebuildbcd) and no help.
What am I missing?
EDIT:
This drive is already the first boot option and the SSD is indeed connected to SATA port 0. The machine is a Dell Inspiron Desktop 546MT, so the mobo should be something like this.
Every partition was cloned from the old drive, including the system reserved partition.
Sorry, but I don't find that helpful. It's like taking your cat to the vet, only to have them suggest you just buy a new cat. Obviously I can do a clean install. The whole point of the thread is to get my current, otherwise fully functioning install to boot without the need to boot to a live cd and selecting the option to boot from the hard drive from there.
However, if I just let the computer boot normally with this drive listed as the first boot device, all I get is a blinking cursor on a black screen. I've tried everything that bootrec might be able to do to fix this (fixmbr, fixboot, rebuildbcd) and no help.
What am I missing?
EDIT:
This drive is already the first boot option and the SSD is indeed connected to SATA port 0. The machine is a Dell Inspiron Desktop 546MT, so the mobo should be something like this.
Every partition was cloned from the old drive, including the system reserved partition.
Sorry, but I don't find that helpful. It's like taking your cat to the vet, only to have them suggest you just buy a new cat. Obviously I can do a clean install. The whole point of the thread is to get my current, otherwise fully functioning install to boot without the need to boot to a live cd and selecting the option to boot from the hard drive from there.
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