Migrate Windows from HDD to SSD without removing HDD?

whiteley.rod

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Migrating OS from old HDD to SSD Satellite L755
I've just installed a 1TB Samsung Evo SSD into my old Toshiba satellite L755 by placing it in the DVD slot using a caddy (ie replacing the DVD).
The original HDD was split into 2 partitions, one with C: (windows), & the other D: with data & files.
I cloned all the data from C: using the Samsung data migration tool, and I can explore the cloned partition (F:) just fine, so now I want to forget about the old C: drive & boot from the new SSD, but in the BIOS (Insyde 2.70) I have no option to choose a different partition – only ODD, FDD, USB, & LAN. I've tried ODD (which I assume is the old bus for the Optical, ie DVD, drive) but the laptop is still running ridiculously slowly.
How can I remove C: or otherwise force the OS to run from the new F: partition?
Can I simply change my Windows and System directories to point to the new SSD somehow without physically removing the old HDD?
 
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Hey - I have got this sorted it seems from some help on another forum. It was suggested to remove the HDD and simply replace it with the SSD once I had copied the data across, but I wanted to keep the old HDD in the system in part as a failsafe, and also as it was split to 2 partitions, one with the OS, and one with a bunch of data on it.
It the end PartitionWizard (free) migrated the OS partition, then I physically was able to swap the SSD & HDD, and everything booted fine without resorting to the BIOS.
Here's a link to the software I used:

https://www.partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.html

There does seem to be some nagging adverts offering an upgrade, but I guess I can either uninstall or pay for it if I use it again

Hope...

whiteley.rod

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Dec 22, 2017
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Hey - I have got this sorted it seems from some help on another forum. It was suggested to remove the HDD and simply replace it with the SSD once I had copied the data across, but I wanted to keep the old HDD in the system in part as a failsafe, and also as it was split to 2 partitions, one with the OS, and one with a bunch of data on it.
It the end PartitionWizard (free) migrated the OS partition, then I physically was able to swap the SSD & HDD, and everything booted fine without resorting to the BIOS.
Here's a link to the software I used:

https://www.partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.html

There does seem to be some nagging adverts offering an upgrade, but I guess I can either uninstall or pay for it if I use it again

Hope this helps someone else

 
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