- Feb 14, 2017
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Hello,
I have run into a huge problem.
I have had this PC for a little over a year now and it has run fantastically. I had an SSD when I got it but never installed Windows on to it so it's always been booting off of my HDD. I wanted to change this, so I used a OS cloning tool to try to move my OS to the SSD. I used this tool, and it took around 2 hours to "complete". After it finished, my computer rebooted and now I am getting this error "Reboot and Select proper Boot device or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device and press a key". So it apparently cloned my OS to my SSD but now I can't get it to boot off of either. I tried unplugging the SSD, and it still won't boot so I think that there's something horribly wrong with my OS now and I can not find a solution.
I went through my BIOS settings and since I unplugged my SSD, the only boot option I can see is the HDD that originally had my OS on it. Thankfully, I backed up all of my important files on to an external hard drive so that's ok but I really hope that I can get my HDD running again, because I really don't want to wipe it.
Another issue I have with this is that I bought Windows 7 for my PC, and at the time I was able to upgrade to Windows 10 for free so I did. Now, I am unable to find my Windows 7 installation disc and I am unable to upgrade to Windows 10 for free anymore either.
So I really don't know what to do. I think of myself as a semi-advanced PC user but I have no idea how to fix this problem. If anyone can help me it would be greatly appreciated!
For anyone that would find this useful, the program that I used was EaseUS Todo Backup. I watched a couple videos and looked at reviews and it looked safe.
I have run into a huge problem.
I have had this PC for a little over a year now and it has run fantastically. I had an SSD when I got it but never installed Windows on to it so it's always been booting off of my HDD. I wanted to change this, so I used a OS cloning tool to try to move my OS to the SSD. I used this tool, and it took around 2 hours to "complete". After it finished, my computer rebooted and now I am getting this error "Reboot and Select proper Boot device or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device and press a key". So it apparently cloned my OS to my SSD but now I can't get it to boot off of either. I tried unplugging the SSD, and it still won't boot so I think that there's something horribly wrong with my OS now and I can not find a solution.
I went through my BIOS settings and since I unplugged my SSD, the only boot option I can see is the HDD that originally had my OS on it. Thankfully, I backed up all of my important files on to an external hard drive so that's ok but I really hope that I can get my HDD running again, because I really don't want to wipe it.
Another issue I have with this is that I bought Windows 7 for my PC, and at the time I was able to upgrade to Windows 10 for free so I did. Now, I am unable to find my Windows 7 installation disc and I am unable to upgrade to Windows 10 for free anymore either.
So I really don't know what to do. I think of myself as a semi-advanced PC user but I have no idea how to fix this problem. If anyone can help me it would be greatly appreciated!
For anyone that would find this useful, the program that I used was EaseUS Todo Backup. I watched a couple videos and looked at reviews and it looked safe.
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