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gggchurch

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My venerable rig (Dell Precision 690, 12g ram, 3 HDD - 500g C:, 1TB D: & E: ) is still working very well so I decided to give it a little upgrade. New silent video card and a Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500g to replace WD 500g as boot drive.

Clone the WD to the SSD using the included utility. Remove the old C: and plug in SSD. Machine boots, but now the E: drive is missing. Looking at the properties of C: it is the 1TB WD that was the E: drive. It has the exact volume size and files as the SSD. The SSD is showing up as the L: drive.

Tried to unplug all HD's and just boot from the SSD. System won't boot.

Put the original C: back in and system boots and the E: drive is back with all it's data and the SSD is still L:.

One more thing to make it complex, since I installed a new video card, most of the time I cannot see the boot up screens including the BIOS settings screens. When it did decide to show up There was nothing regarding boot order therein.

So, just a little frustrated and would greatly appreciate any and all suggestions.

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ArtPog

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It's likely something went amiss with the disk-cloning process. I'm assuming you're using the Samsung Data Migration program which has proven to be a reliable d-c program.

Repeat the d-c process, however, following the (apparently successful) d-c operation, disconnect the source drive from the system AS WELL AS ALL OTHER DRIVES THAT ARE CONNECTED IN THE SYSTEM, connect the SSD to the motherboard's first SATA connector (usually designated SATA0 or SATA1) and boot to the SSD. Hopefully you'll get a good boot to the OS.

Assuming the SSD boots & functions without problems reconnect all the other secondary drives. Check Disk Management to confirm that drive letters have been assigned to all the connected secondary drives.
 
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Thank you so much Artpog for your reply. Tried everything you suggested as far as re-cloning, removing and re-booting. It doesn't boot. Put all four drives back and it boots from the original C:. Take out this drive it boots from E: but replaces the volume on E: with the one on the SSD L:.

Kinda stumped...
 
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ArtPog

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I'll assume the system detects the SSD when it's connected as a SECONDARY drive (following the disk-cloning operation) and it appears to you from a quick perusal that the data thereon is consistent with the source drive (as best you can determine).

Have you checked out the SSD's health with Samsung's Magician software?

When you say the SSD "doesn't boot" what precisely occurs during the bootup process?

And the SSD was properly installed to the same motherboard's SATA connector as the HDD that booted without a problem?

Could you change the SATA data cable on the SSD? Or was it the same cable that the HDD boot drive was using without a problem?

I can't understand your statement "Take out this drive it boots from E: but replaces the volume on E: with the one on the SSD L:." Could you clarify this? If you install ONLY that 500 GB HDD that contains the OS in the system it will boot as the C:\ drive, yes? It can't boot from "E:".

If the SSD is installed as a SECONDARY drive after the failed boot it will, of course, bear a drive letter OTHER THAN C:. The drive that boots is the C: drive.

It would probably help if you would include a screenshot of Disk Management with your next response.
 
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Just to add to ArtPogs procedures...do this, in this order:

Disconnect ALL drives except the current C and the new SSD
Power up
Run the cloning tool. Samsung Data Migration, Macrium Reflect, Casper.
Select ALL the partitions on the existing C drive
Click the 'Clone' button
Wait until it is done
When it finishes, power off
Disconnect ALL drives except for the new SSD
Swap the SATA cables around so that the new drive is connected to the same SATA port as the old drive
Power up, and verify the BIOS boot order
If good, continue the power up

It should boot from the new drive, just as like the old drive.
Maybe reboot a time or two, just to make sure.

If it works, and it should, all is good.

Later, reconnect the old HDD and wipe as necessary.
 
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gggchurch

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Thanks again for you answers. The problem seems to be related to the fact that the C: drive (old HDD) will not boot by itself either. With all four drives (3 HDD and 1 SSD) installed the drive that shows up as E: must be present and must be in MB drive port 0 for any booting to take place. It won't boot by itself. With the C: HDD it shows up as E: with it's data. With the SSD it shows up as C: with the data from the SSD and the SSD shows up as L:.

Really odd... What about this WD 1tb HDD makes it demand that port and determine whether the system will boot or not?
 
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