cloned ssd not showing up in bios

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hello, new to posting but long time user of this forum.

i had a 128gb ssd and wanted to change for a 240gb. i have cloned it, and it appears in windows, and everything seems fine. in the bios settings i can select boot option, and successfully boot from and drive (including my backup disk drive).

however when i go into the bios settings to change the boot priority, only the 128gb ssd appears, so i cant boot from the new ssd automatically.

any ideas would be appreciated, i have tried unplugging each of the ssd and swapping them around but the 128gb is still the only one to appear, no matter where it is plugged in.

i am fairly new to this so am stuck for ideas. thanks in advance!

im fairly new to this so im stuck for ideas. thanks in advance!
 
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Saga Lout
There's an important factor in cloning that not all the software warns you about. You have to remove the old disk as soon as the process is finished then restart the machine. If the old disk remains in situ there are two disks, both claiming to be C:\.

You say "only the 128gb ssd appears, so i can boot from the new ssd automatically." which confuses this old man. What happens when you put the 240GB disk in on its own?
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There's an important factor in cloning that not all the software warns you about. You have to remove the old disk as soon as the process is finished then restart the machine. If the old disk remains in situ there are two disks, both claiming to be C:\.

You say "only the 128gb ssd appears, so i can boot from the new ssd automatically." which confuses this old man. What happens when you put the 240GB disk in on its own?
 
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thanks for your reply!

sorry that was a type-o, edited now.

when i disconnect the old ssd everything works fine, is it just a matter of deleting/formatting the old ssd now?
 
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Unless you need it elsewhere, I would recommend deleting all the system stuff of it and retain your personal files as a backup. You'll then have plenty of space for future backups and other strorage.

Or you could buy a cheap old laptop, install the SSD and put a Linux system on it and still use some of the space for backups. Linux Mint will use all of 8GB.
 
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sorted! thanks for your help!
 
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