Moving Os partition to new Ssd help!!

Sweet! Thanks!

New to ssds so I didn't want to make a mistake!

Hey again!

I may have screwed up.

So I gave the minitool a go!
I did a os migration and it all seemed to go smoothly, it booted by itself to the old hdd so I then shut down and rebooted on just the ssd.

It then says starting windows, chkdisk no found then blue screens and restarts!

The things I have done to try and fix this :

I've tried to rebuild bcd. (though I'm unsure about this.
I've tried repairing windows boot.
I've tried combinations of drives in and out to seem if that made a difference.
I've tried rebuilding the mbr.

I found out that when creating the clone from unallocated space, it makes the first partition the active one, which was the system reserve on the ssd so I changed the active drive to the os partition and ran system repair to rebuild the boot in the right place, but still no avail!

I have thought that maybe the drive letters might be interfering maybe?

I assume when you boot off the ssd or hdd the boot partition becomes c: and the others are automatically assigned.

Previously I have the 1tb with the os partition c: and the rest on D: when I start up the ssd, the os is c: but the old os partition will be given D :and the rest would be perhaps e:. This is the last thing I can think of that could be causing it.

Unless there is driver confusion..?


Anyway I'm not sure what to do. I can still boot to Windows and edit the ssd if need be..

Do you have any suggestions??

1. Fair enough, I can do what ever is needed!

2. This is correct, this is currently on the wd black. C: is the os D: is everything else. There are locations of temporary files and eg the desktop location on the D: partition to stop the C:from getting too full. (this could cause some problems booting from the ssd?)

3. The size of the C: is now 108gb where about 70-80 is being used.

4. Presumaby the remainder of your data in the D: partition are programs + other data. This correct, though some relocated is files that build spaces over time.

5. Yes I want the os and programs I frequently use on the ssd. It's a mx300 crucial 525gb so it's plenty big enough.

6. And you plan to clone the current contents of the C: partition to the new SSD. Presumably those contents are the System Reserved partition and the C: partition. Is that right? Anything else?

I just want all the important files that allow the system to boot on the ssd. Or work with the Hdd plugged in too (for all the D: locations)

7. So what do you mean when you state you later plan to "move the remainder of the C: (partition) to D: (partition)" at a "later date". What in the world does that even mean?

Oh I just meant on the 1tb drive to take if any important files of the c: partition on to the D: and then format and add the space to the now storage D: drive. (if I worded that right)

8. Apparently you used the MiniTool Partition Wizard to for the partition-cloning operation. That program is a very fine partition management program in our estimation but it's not one that's ordinarily used for disk-cloning purposes, although I suppose it has some capability for doing so. We've never used it that way.

You had some reason for doing so? You've previously used it for that purpose?

I haven't used it in the past, but I was recommended it and I did some research on it and it seemed like a good and quick way to get the job done.
They have a migrate os option that just clones the os partition, I was hoping it would just work. (then I'd have to optimise the ssd in windows after of course)

9. Thanks for your response! If there's anymore information I can give I'm more than happy to do anything to get this to work!

Thanks for your help

Also, just reinstalling windows on to the ssd is really a last resort. I have the pc set in a specific way and it would take a very long time to reinstall and readjust settings to work correctly. (e.g. In using different audio inputs because the original ones have been damaged)

I appreciate any help!!

2. I have no idea what you mean when you state "There are locations of temporary files and eg the desktop location on the D: partition to stop the C from getting too full. (this could cause some problems booting from the ssd?)". This makes absolutely no sense to me.

Basically, I changed the default destinations of where some system files are to the D: partition to prevent files building up in the C: partition. Previously the C: partition was smaller and I tried to minimise the amount of data that could potentially build up and max out the partition.

But I assume this is irrelevant, I just thought it could interfere or cause problems if the ssd was booting and couldnt find files that are located on the D: partition of the 1tb hdd.

3. All that's important here is that your C boot partition contains no more than 80 GB of data, right. You never mention a System Reserved partition. Is there one? Is it about 100 MB in size or about that size?

I think so? There was never any problems with space or anything. I may have forgot to mention that there was a system reserve partition on both hdds.


I'm going to assume that if you deleted ALL the other data on your 1 TB boot drive, i.e., the D partition and anything else other than the C partition and the SR partition, the system would boot to the OS without any problem. Is this correct? If it's not, then stop right here, capiche?

I assume this is true, but as I mentioned before there is a possibility that there could be things interfering with the boot.

4. You never responded to my question as to the total amount of data in your D partition. I know that partition contains "programs + other data.". That's obvious. That's not what I asked you. That this data apparently contains "relocated...files that build spaces over time" is a completely meaningless statement. Are you having problems with the English language...perhaps you're not a native speaker of English? So what's the total volume of data residing in your D partition?

Can I make my questions more easier to understand?

Basically as I said in number 1(or2). But in different words.

The total size of the partition is 828gb, with 120gb free.

5. Good. So you have a fine Crucial SSD to easily contain the contents of your C (boot) partition (+ the SR partition).

6. There should be no problem in meeting your objective. You will be able to clone the C partition to the Crucial SSD and then install programs that you desire on that new C partition. You will NOT be able to simply move/copy programs from your present D partition over to the newly-cloned C partition. The programs will need to be reinstalled onto the C partition. Capiche?

Yes, I already cloned the C: but ended up getting a discchk not found error and bsod boot loop. I tried many many things as mentioned earlier with no avail.

I am aware that you can't just move programs, but I should be still able to use most of the programs on the D: partition without too much trouble.

Now you will be able (if you wish) to move/copy other non-program folders/files from the D partition to the newly-cloned C partition, e.g. personal files, audio/visual files, other kinds of non-OS material over if that's what you want.

Or you may wish to create a separate partition on the Crucial if that's your desire. It's up to you.

Strange. I did mention that I have already done the cloning but got stuck in a boot loop that I couldn't break. (did I didn't post it? Maybe this is what is causing all the confusion)

7. See 6. above. After the cloning operation, you will be able to use the 1 TB HDD as a secondary drive in your system for any purpose you want.

8. It's best to use a program primarily designed to carry out disk-cloning operations. We use the Casper program. It's a commercial program costing $49.99 but there is a trial version available. If you want I'll walk you through the partition cloning operation after you respond to the above. Or, should you prefer, you can try another program such as the Macrium Reflect program, or EaseUS Todo, or AOMEI Backupper. There are quite a few freely-available ones on the net.

I'm going to try recloning, but if it doesn't work I'll have resort to a clean installation, which will be more than a pain.

Anyway! Thanks for you support.. I just hope I can figure it out..