HDD migrated to SSD, not starting.

Seth0458

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Hello! I've had a desktop computer that I've built myself for a few months now. It has a HDD and I've decided to switch it to a SSD to boot off of and use the HDD for storage. (The new SSD is a Samsung SSD 850 EVO) I used the provided Samsung Data Migration program to copy everything to the SSD (keeping the HDD as backup). When I go to boot off the SSD it gives me an error [shown in the 1st picture]. The odd thing about the Samsung program was that it created a driver called "Data" [Second picture]. If anyone knows a better migration program/how to help solve this, it would be much appreciated!

-Seth

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Welcome to the community, Seth0458!

I'd recommend you to take a look at a couple of threads from the community that might help you with third-party suggestions. However, I'd recommend you to start from scratch again and make sure you back up any important data as well before proceeding. Here are the links:
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-1878285/cloning-hard-drive.html
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-1848564/hdd-cloning-software.html
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/277484-32-best-disk-cloning-software

I'd also recommend you to take a look at this tutorial that explains how to migrate the OS without any issues:
http://lifehacker.com/5837543/how-to-migrate-to-a-solid-state-drive-without-reinstalling-windows

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Welcome to the community, Seth0458!

I'd recommend you to take a look at a couple of threads from the community that might help you with third-party suggestions. However, I'd recommend you to start from scratch again and make sure you back up any important data as well before proceeding. Here are the links:
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-1878285/cloning-hard-drive.html
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-1848564/hdd-cloning-software.html
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/277484-32-best-disk-cloning-software

I'd also recommend you to take a look at this tutorial that explains how to migrate the OS without any issues:
http://lifehacker.com/5837543/how-to-migrate-to-a-solid-state-drive-without-reinstalling-windows

Good luck! Hope it helps! :)
SuperSoph_WD
 
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