Computer won't boot into windows from cloned C drive

[TheStagGamer]

Cloned my 120GB SSD C drive onto my new 480GB SSD with Macrium Reflect, but every time I go to boot from it I get this error thrown into my face.

Any ideas?

 

[clutchc]

1st thought is that the boot sector didn't get cloned. Does Macrium Reflect require you to do that manually?

 

[TheStagGamer]

1st thought is that the boot sector didn't get cloned. Does Macrium Reflect require you to do that manually?

I'll do another clone to make sure I get all partitions.

 

[clutchc]

1st thought is that the boot sector didn't get cloned. Does Macrium Reflect require you to do that manually?

I'll do another clone to make sure I get all partitions.

The boot sector may not show up as a partition. But there might be an option to include it. Unfortunately, I'm not familiar with Macruim Reflect. Always used EaseUS in the past.

 

[USAFRet]

If at all possible, redo it.

Thusly:
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 as necessary.
Delete the 450MB Recovery Partition, here:
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/4f1b84ac-b193-40e3-943a-f45d52e23685/cant-delete-extra-healthy-recovery-partitions-and-healthy-efi-system-partition?forum=w8itproinstall
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[sewing1243]

Here's my two cents.

"....it is a tale
told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
signifying nothing."

After spending two days trying to clone my existing HDD in my old Dell XPS 8500 running Windows 10 Pro 64 onto a new Samsung 860 EVO SSD with 3 different software vendor's products I've concluded that if the program doesn't perform the cloning procedure outside of Windows then the chance of failure is high. There are just too many things going on on an active HDD that can make the operation either fail or give you a clone that won't boot the PC.

What I finally did after giving up on letting the cloning function proceed while the Source Drive is running Windows 10 (using Macrium Reflect 7 Free) was I created a Windows PE USB drive with Reflect installed using the utility in Reflect 7 and then booted the PC with the USB drive and then performed the clone operation from there. The total time to complete the process was less than half the best time I ever saw running any program via Windows and the new SSD worked perfectly afterwards.