Trying to clone 128gb Sandisk SSD to 480gb PNY Optima SSD

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Hey all, I'm struggling to move my data as mentioned in the subject line. I have a usb external 2 drive dock that I'm using and I bought Paragon.

I've run it in both the normal and express modes, choosing "copy hard drive", choosing my current SDD C: drive with OS & program files on it as the source & the new SSD as the target. Paragon shuts down the computer and then boots into a dos-like program to run the clone. Both times I've done it, the operation completes without errors. But then there is no way to exit the program. The ESC & Ctrl-C options listed for interrupting the process do nothing. No other keystroke seems to close the program. I've let it wait for up to 3 hours after completion to no avail. Each time, i've had to hold the power button down for 10 seconds to shut down.

Then I removed the original SSD and placed the new cloned one in its spot. But when it boots, I get a black screen saying:
Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause. To fix (go through windows disc "repair your computer")... Status: 0xc000000e Info: The boot selection failed because a required device is inaccessible"

I don't mind trying another program, but I hate having to pay again for something that might not work. I'd really appreciate any help you can offer!
 
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in the DOS-like program, does Ctrl-Break do anything?

and, silly question, but why did you not use Window's own built-in system image feature to make image, create recovery CD/DVD, and do it that way? it's free and works (though you need a 3rd drive to temporarily hold the image).
 
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I will try Ctrl-Break the next chance I get.

I didn't System Recovery, because if all I wanted to do was recover to factory settings, I would just install a fresh OS on the new drive. I decided on Paragon based on several other forums and recommendations, but I'm willing to try other options. Imaging tends to be incomplete because it doesn't always handle partitions and placements properly, from what I've heard.
 
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typically Window's own built-in system image (1) lets you dictate which drives are actually saved as part of the image, and (2) perfectly recreates the OS image onto a new empty drive into its own partition leaving you space to add in other partitions as you need. it does NOT restore to factory settings - it restores it exactly as you had it when you created the image (which was either today, or 6 months ago). i tend to keep a few images on hand - initial install, after a bunch of apps are installed, and this past week. this way i can restore whichever image i want. uses up space to keep all these images, but portable 1T hard drives are good for that.

typically i tell Win to make a system image of ONLY the System Reserved and C:\ drive and it does just that. of course, my OS is always on a separate drive or partition from anything else like music/movies/docs/etc, and usually that partition is kept small enough (60G~100G) so that i can re-image it on any other drive without a problem. plan ahead and all that.
 
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Sorry I misunderstood your original reply. I'm not very familiar with this windows application, what is it called exactly? I keep direct backups of all my files on a 3TB external as well as C:/ and other iterations through Crashplan. I haven't, however, created images many times in the past except for direct transfer. My files are also kept separately on an internal 1tb hdd in the same laptop partitioned 500/500 so I can run program/user files on one partition for most programs and media files on the other partition. I work with audio and video editing, so I prefer to keep Adobe CS6 and scratch disks on the SSD when possible. That and other programs I've had to move plus continually hitting limits because of scratch disks drove me to upgrade the SSD
 
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It looks like windows disc repair might be the best option, but that many people end up with activation problems after that point. Not sure if I want to deal with all that, but if I don't hear another solution on here, that's probably the route I'll go, or a clean install.
 
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i don't recall where it is in Win7, but in Win8 it's part of the File History section (Control Panel, search for File History). it'll show up in the bottom left, like this:

sysimg1.png


click on that, select where you want to save the image, and then you'll get a window like this (except with more stuff). the two circled are the key OS ones (and are always selected by default cuz they have to be), the others are likely your other drives so don't need to be part of an image.

sysimg2.png
 
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Give a disk-cloning program another shot. Try this Macrium Reflect Free program. It's available at http://www.macrium.com/refectfree.aspx.

While it's not my first choice for a disk-cloning program should a user intend to routinely use a disk-cloning program as a comprehensive systematic backup program, based on some recent experience I've had with this program it seems to do the job if you're solely interested in a one-shot cloning operation such as you seem to be. And it's free.
 
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