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    [SOLVED] SSD clone boot issues. Help needed. Thanks in advance.

    Done!!! You are my hero. Thanks a bunch. I have no idea how I built this PC without the help of people on this site. Really appreciate your wisdom and time. C
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    [SOLVED] SSD clone boot issues. Help needed. Thanks in advance.

    one more question USA. So, old HDD in, Booted up in the right order, all on SSD. Wonderful. Then I wiped the HDD using commandline diskpart function, and the clean command. I then initialized HDD in disk management. SO far so good. HDD now with 931 GB of unallocated space. Wonderful. But...
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    [SOLVED] SSD clone boot issues. Help needed. Thanks in advance.

    I see. Thank you so much for your help. I really appreciate it. I'm gonna try plug in the old C drive now then. hopefully, won't have the same issue as last time and I can wipe the old drive
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    [SOLVED] SSD clone boot issues. Help needed. Thanks in advance.

    also the SSD is now called the C drive, what will the old HDD which was C drive revert too? Forgive my ignorance C
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    [SOLVED] SSD clone boot issues. Help needed. Thanks in advance.

    So, I've followed your instructions, booted up from the SSD nicely, widows is on, perfect. Made sure the order was windows boot then SSD... (widows boot had the SSD attached anyhow so that's a change. Now... If I attach the old HDD which the SSD is cloned from, will windows revert back to...
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    [SOLVED] SSD clone boot issues. Help needed. Thanks in advance.

    awesome. thank you very much. Ill put on this post how it goes. I appreciate your time. C
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    [SOLVED] SSD clone boot issues. Help needed. Thanks in advance.

    Thank you very much for this USA. Can I ask one thing, how much would you say is significantly less size from the SDD? so the SDD is 240 (goes down to 225 for some reason), my HDD was like 200 GB. I will attempt these steps in the morning. I really appreciate all the help. C
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    [SOLVED] SSD clone boot issues. Help needed. Thanks in advance.

    also, the SSD is still cloned with all the files. The little windows symbol is now back over the HDD though. :'( When first re-booted it was on the SSD.
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    macrium reflect. Worked like a charm when the HDD wasn't in after I rebooted after the cloning. All copied over, booted up nicely. plugged HDD back in and windows went straight back over to the HDD. when you say ' back to original config' are you just telling me to take out the SSD and...
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    [SOLVED] SSD clone boot issues. Help needed. Thanks in advance.

    so windows boot manager, then SSD ? should this get it to go onto the SSD? I believe the CDDVD is third in line... for some reason. and the HDD isn't even on the list, yet it has windows on it... Thanks again for your time also when HDD isn't plugged in, the widows boot manager does not show up.
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    [SOLVED] SSD clone boot issues. Help needed. Thanks in advance.

    I wasn't using the classy NVME drive just like on of the standard drives. SO what I can see in the bios now is, boot option 1 is the SSD, number two is CDD (cd drive?) three is windows boot manager. but is this the boot order, and if not, where do I find this? Thanks a bunch C
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    [SOLVED] SSD clone boot issues. Help needed. Thanks in advance.

    Hey USA, so yes, when I had my HDD drive disconnected the first time, it booted from the SSD, no bios, nothing, just straight to the old windows home page. I have another HDD but that's just got games and the such on it. When HDD plugged in, (thought I could wipe it, use it for storage) it...
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    [SOLVED] SSD clone boot issues. Help needed. Thanks in advance.

    I am never 100% sir. The bios in general confuse me, and Gugabytes is different from all that I saw on the guides. i selected for boot option one the SSD, I know that much, and when I went to hard drives, I made SSD the top priority...
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    [SOLVED] SSD clone boot issues. Help needed. Thanks in advance.

    Hello, So I need some wisdom, and I have found saviours here before. So I cloned my HDD to an SSD drive so I could have a faster boot time with windows. Used this guide to the T: View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7H7D1HcfY9o SO! Problem is, I do as they say, re-boot the PC unplugging...