I cloned my HDD to my SSD but it won't boot

darkfish · Oct 1, 2018

I cloned the partition on my HDD with the OS on my SSD. I used macrium reflect however after I complete the clone and reboot with my SSD only, it says "reboot and select proper boot drive" as if it's not detecting my SSD. I checked it in BIOS and the SSD is definitely there.

here's my system info:

Ryzen 5 1600
16GB RAM (2x8) Crucial Ballistix 2400Mhz
Radeon RX580 4Gb
Toshiba HDD 500Gb - Old drive
WD Green m.2 SSD 240 Gb - new drive

P.S. my old HDD is divided into 2 partitions. 1 is 100gb for OS and other essential apps and the other one is like a storage for media. I cloned all the partition excluding the one for media files which is about 300gb. So all in all I only cloned around 105Gb.

Thanks in advance

bmockeg · Oct 1, 2018

I would do a fresh install of Windows on the SSD and copy any files you need after. Cloning a HHD to SSD is not ideal.

13thmonkey · Oct 1, 2018

bmockeg :

Why not?

It sounds to me like you only cloned the windows partition and not the system partition that tells the system where windows is.

tracyfearson · Oct 1, 2018

Does your computer have a uefi bios? I had a dell that I was cloning and it was a royal pain due to the way they have their uefi setup. I did eventually get it done.

darkfish · Oct 1, 2018

tracyfearson :

I'm using a b350 motherboard, I guess it has UEFI.

how did you manage to get yours working?

darkfish · Oct 1, 2018

13thmonkey :

I repeat the process of cloning and included the system file, it's now booting from my SSD but it's way more slower than my HDD.

13thmonkey · Oct 1, 2018

is that with the hdd plugged in or not?

darkfish · Oct 1, 2018

13thmonkey :

I tried both with and without my old HDD and the result are the same

13thmonkey · Oct 1, 2018

gut feel is that the hdd is in legacy mode and not ahci, although i'm surprised it boot at all. Check in bios under the hdd and see which version is it working under and do not change anything. let me know which.

USAFRet · Oct 1, 2018

These steps, exactly:

Specific steps for a successful clone operation:
-----------------------------
Verify the actual used space on the current drive is significantly below the size of the new SSD
Download and install Macrium Reflect (or Samsung Data Migration, if a Samsung SSD)
Power off
Disconnect ALL drives except the current C and the new SSD
Power up
Run the Macrium Reflect (or Samsung Data Migration)
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
This is to allow the system to try to boot from ONLY the 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 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 drive and wipe as necessary.
Delete the 450MB Recovery Partition, here:
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/4f1b84ac-b193-40e3-943a-f45d52e23685/cant-delete-extra-healthy-recovery-partitions-and-healthy-efi-system-partition?forum=w8itproinstall
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darkfish · Oct 1, 2018

13thmonkey :

I'm not really sure what to look for but this is a screenshot of my BIOS

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darkfish · Oct 1, 2018

USAFRet :

These steps, exactly:

Specific steps for a successful clone operation:
-----------------------------
Verify the actual used space on the current drive is significantly below the size of the new SSD
Download and install Macrium Reflect (or Samsung Data Migration, if a Samsung SSD)
Power off
Disconnect ALL drives except the current C and the new SSD
Power up
Run the Macrium Reflect (or Samsung Data Migration)
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
This is to allow the system to try to boot from ONLY the 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 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 drive and wipe as necessary.
Delete the 450MB Recovery Partition, here:
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/4f1b84ac-b193-40e3-943a-f45d52e23685/cant-delete-extra-healthy-recovery-partitions-and-healthy-efi-system-partition?forum=w8itproinstall
-----------------------------

This is exactly what I did, it's booting now but way too slow

13thmonkey · Oct 2, 2018

Which is why I'm thinking that the original intall was on a legacy / ide basis and this is not ideal for SSD's, that it is an older hdd makes this more likely. But it could be a uefi issue.

I'm at work at the moment, I'll come back with instructions to change it later. It can be done on the cloned version.

darkfish · Oct 2, 2018

13thmonkey :

I think I was able to fix it now, I remember disabling fastboot option in windows 10 with my old HDD. I tried to enable it and it's now boot fast. around 15-20 sec. Thank you 13thmonkey! I appreciate you helping me. I wouldn't be able to boot it without your help.

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