No you dont get it, the PC turns on normally from the HDD, but not from the SSD which had the botched clone, the data can be acessed if booted from hdd , should i just delete everything from the SSD and do the cloning again?
If you remove the SSD, the system boots up and operates as it did before?
It seems so.
Assuming that is the case, redo the clone operation.
The questions I asked initially are relevant to the whole cloning operation. Sizes, consumed space, etc...
Given a 500GB SSD, your actual consumed space needs to be below 400GB.
If that is the case...
Before you hit the GO button to clone, Macrium will give you the option to DELETE all existing partitions on the target drive. Do that, and then proceed.
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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)
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 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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