Urgent! I installed windows on a SSD and now the when i boot from the SSD none of my icons, settings or programs show up!

UncleSpoons · Oct 12, 2014

I just finished installing windows on a SSD via recovery disk and now that i booted, everything that i downloaded on my HDD is gone and i`m left with a fresh untouched windows. although my HDD (that has all my programs on it) still shows up, its just no longer the C drive and nothing loads from the HDD. this is obviously because windows 8 is trying to get all the info from a empty SSD and not my HDD, what can i do to change this, aside from booting windows from my HDD?
If it helps at all here is a screen cap of my desktop screen now that all my icons and screen savers are gone. (it only looks like this when i boot from my SSD) http://i.imgur.com/Hdi9Pyy.png

Thank you for your help!

Outlander_04 · Oct 12, 2014

cas you use windows explorer and see the document folders on the old hard drive?

If you can you can re-map documents folders to open them
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-nz/windows/redirect-folder-new-location#1TC=windows-7

But you will have to reinstall all your programs to the new install of windows

USAFRet · Oct 12, 2014

Your original drive was the HDD
You installed the new OS on the SSD
Which is now the C drive.

Yes, that is exactly what will happen. The new OS knows nothing about whatever lives on the HDD, now "D" drive.

UncleSpoons · Oct 12, 2014

Outlander_04 :

Yes i can see all my files, but will remapping them download them on to the SSD or will it simply shortcut to the file, because if that's the case i may run out of room as it is a relatively small drive (250 gigs)

USAFRet · Oct 12, 2014

UncleSpoons :

Your applications should be installed on the SSD. 250GB holds more than you might think. Applications take up relatively little space.
What does suck up space is Music/Video/Games.

Outlander_04 · Oct 12, 2014

UncleSpoons :

The SSD must be large .............

You can simply open the computer file on the old drive , copy EVERYTHING in the folder , and paste it in to the new folder on the SSD .
It will take a while .

Emails you would have to back up , then install the same email program on the SSD and then restore the back up to the new installation

If you re-map the files stay where they are and the links just take you to the old folder

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