Asus K75V SSD install issue

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Hi,

Im using an Asus K75V laptop
I ordered the following SSD: Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB .
I adjusted my bios settings to let my laptop boot from the cdrom.
Afterwards I cloned my C partition to the SSD drive.
Installed the SSD drive to the 2nd hard drive slot.

Now it sees my extra hard drive in Windows 8 but it seems like Windows is still booting from the normal hard drive? What does this mean?
Eventhough I adjusted the Bios settings to boot from the SSD, yet it refuses to do so and I still see that the normal HD is the primary boot.
Also Windows is not functioning propery. It needs to be activated again, but when I try this it refuses to do so..?

Are there also jumpers which need to be adjusted on the ssd drive?
SHould I just do a clean install of Windows again on the SSD?

What am I missing here..?


Thanks for your feedback

Victor

 

[2Be_or_Not2Be]

You likely just need to switch out the HDD with your new SSD. Put the HDD into the optional 2nd bay if you wish. If the laptop still doesn't recognize the SSD as bootable, then likely that is a result of the copy. You can either re-image the whole drive (not just the C: partition), or you can do a Start-up Repair with Windows to see if it can find & set the drive as being bootable. That involves booting from your Windows CD-ROM, and then going into the Repair options.

That being said, it's never a bad idea to do a fresh install of Windows when you have a SSD. That usually means Windows will properly recognize the SSD, and it will make a few different settings based upon that. Also, if you don't actually need the old HDD, then you're better off speed-wise to keep everything on your SSD. Put the old HDD into an external USB 2.5" hard drive enclosure, and you can still access it as needed.

 

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Thanks for your feedback. However I bought the laptop without any Windows software on CD-ROM.
The install files are on the primary hard drive.
Also my primary drive is too big ( to be cloned to the SSD which is only 120Gb.

What Im going to try is do a fresh Windows install on my old hard drive.
Clone the C: partition again on the SSD.
Dismount the old drive
And hopefully it will work...

 

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Following has been done:

- Disconnected the old primary hard drive
- Connected the SSD drive on the main SATA connection
- Windows 8 does not start up anymore. The only option I get is to initiate a factory reset. But when I choose this option, an error follows that the boot files are not reachable.
- Reconnected the old drive. Windows has been restored back to Windows 8. However, lots of functions do not work properly anymore. Also I'm still not able to activate Windows 8
- Attempted to perform a factory reset on my old hard drive. This was also not possible anymore(?) The installation partition could not be found....

- I checked the Bios:
- Boot section
- Select Filesystem Shows the following:

ST500L012 HN-M500MBB \HD(Part1,Sigf4906c41-c27a-42d7-aa92 <= (Old Hard drive)
ST500L012 HN-M500MBB \HD(Part2,Sige564c2a8-81fb-4f65-bb52
'' '' \HD(Part4.........
'' '' \HD(Part5.........
'' '' \HD(Part6.........
'' '' \HD(Part7........
'' '' \HD(Part8........
KINGSTON SV300S37A120G \HD(Part2,Sig0b40a5d8-ec9f-4799-bea5 <=(New SSD drive)
KINGSTON SV300S37A120G \HD(Part3,
'' '' \HD(Part4.........
'' '' \HD(Part5........
'' '' \HD(Part6..........
'' '' \HD(Part7.................
'' '' \HD(Part8................

What my concern is, is that the Kingston software messed up my boot partition.
I already called the Asus servicedesk. Firstly they advised me to download their recovery software. This only brings me back to Windows recovery. Then again an error follows that the boot files are not accessable anymore.

Then they advised me to order a Windows 8 OEM version CDRom which will cost me 50 bucks...

Is there a way to restore the partitions back to default....?

 

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Problem was resolved after I removed the old hard harddrive.
Downloaded Windows 8.1 from their website.
Booted the laptop from a USB stick
Reinstalled Windows on the SSD

Works like it never been worked before....
Windows now only takes 3 seconds to startup!

 

[2Be_or_Not2Be]

SSDs - one of the few "upgrades" that really make you notice the upgrade!