[SOLVED] Cloned drive wont boot

[hockey3761]

My intention was to clone the drive that has windows and put it into a new larger drive and use that drive to boot windows.

I have windows currently on my C drive, an SSD that is 120 gbs. I purchased a 500gb SSD that I intend to move windows and all other C drive content to. I used Macrium to clone my C drive and put it onto the new 500gb drive. I had what looked like three partitions. One that was the majority of the original C drive. The second was about 500mbs, give or take. The third was unused space. I combined the entire drive so I could take advantage of the extra space on the new drive.

I removed my old SSD but kept the new one and some other misc drives connected to the computer. When I restart the computer, I go to the BIOS and make sure that the new drive is first in the boot order. However, the system will not boot. It tries but then sends me back to the BIOS screen.

I am not sure what I am doing wrong, but I want this new larger SSD be the boot drive for windows.

Appreciate any help, let me know if the images are enough, thanks!

 

[USAFRet]

Return the system back to original working config, and show us a screencap of your Disk Management window.

Additionally...

What specific make/model drives are these, and what motherboard?

 

[hockey3761]

When you see return it back to its original working config, do you want me to empty the new drive, the drive I just connected to be my new boot drive? Currently I have the new clone drive connected but I am booting with my old C drive, the drive I wish to replace with the new boot drive, which is my D drive in the image below.

Below is an image of the disc management window. The original boot drive, Drive C, is a PNY CS 900 120 GB. The new drive is Samsung 870 EVO 500gb. My motherboard is Z390 Aorus Pro Wifi.

 

[USAFRet]

OK...

Delete all the partitions on Disk 1.
Physically disconnect ALL drives except the old drive and new SSD.

Then.....

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Specific steps for a successful clone operation:
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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)
If you are cloning from a SATA drive to PCIe/NVMe, install the relevant driver for this new NVMe/PCIe drive.
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

If you are going from a smaller drive to a larger, by default, the target partition size will be the same as the Source. You probably don't want that
You can manipulate the size of the partitions on the target (larger)drive
Click on "Cloned Partition Properties", and you can specifiy the resulting partition size, to even include the whole thing

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 all partitions on it.
This will probably require the commandline diskpart function, and the clean command.

Ask questions if anything is unclear.
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