Cloned IDE to SSD, now system won't boot.

[mscalapa]

Hello,

I made a backup of an 80GB IDE drive using Acronis True Image 2015, restored it to a 125GB SSD, but now the system won't boot. Gets as far as the windows logo screen while booting and then crashes and reboots. It's Windows 7 Pro.

Tried a system startup repair but no luck. I ended up putting the old 80GB IDE back in.

The system runs but it's older, drive probably has 6 months to a year before it fails. Not sure how old the computer is, it's home built, only goes up to 3gb of RAM total. Asus Motherboard.

Promise controller inside. I've tried restoring with and without the MBR record.
I've read in certain places that for SSD it's best to just start fresh and install Windows 7 clean, but there are a lot of programs on the drive and it's being used at a Vet Clinic now.

I was just trying to eek out some extra performance for them since upgrading the RAM is so limited.

Thanks!
Matt

 

[George Mulligan]

What is your SSD model?

Simply cloning the drive will not work, as system addresses are still associated with the original HDD. Instead of "cloning" the drive, you need to perform a "migration" from the HDD to the SSD. Most SSDs come with migration software, and if yours does not, there are some commercially available migration tools available. One is:

https://www.paragon-software.com/technologies/components/migrate-OS-to-SSD/

 

[mscalapa]

Kingston SSDNow V300 Series SV300S37A/120G 2.5" 120GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) was my SSD Drive George.

I looked up their cloning software and a video was on Youtube that showed Acronis HD being used, that's what I already used except it was 2015 and not HD... Do they have some other kind of software?

Thanks,
Matt

 

[JohnnyLucky]

A fresh clean install of the operating system is the preferred method of installation. Cloning or data migration applications work reasonably well. However, as you already learned, glitches sometimes develop. We've had far too many questions in this forum about failed cloning or data migration. There is a second reason for a fresh clean install. Microsoft Windows does not do a very good job of eliminating old, obsolete Windows files and settings. A fresh clean install eliminates the old obsolete files and settings.