HDD to SSD Clone

[devon66h]

Hey there, I just bought a new 500GB Samsung SSD and finished cloning my 1TB HDD onto said SSD. I unplugged my HDD and for some reason my SSD won’t boot Windows. I checked BIOS and it recognizes the SSD. Is there anything that I’m missing? Thanks in advance.

 

[USAFRet]

Hey there, I just bought a new 500GB Samsung SSD and finished cloning my 1TB HDD onto said SSD. I unplugged my HDD and for some reason my SSD won’t boot Windows. I checked BIOS and it recognizes the SSD and it is the only hardware in boot priority. Is there anything that I’m missing? Thanks in advance.

You probably missed the actual boot partition.

Assuming the original drive still works on its own, redo the whole clone operation:

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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