How to use new M.2 SSD as boot drive?

[turianosauruswrex]

Hi guys,

I'm having a bit of trouble upgrading my PC. It came with a standard 1TB HDD installed for the OS and everything else. What I'm trying to do is clone Windows 10 to the SSD and use the old HDD as a storage drive for games. So for I've used Macrium Reflect and successfully cloned my C: Partition onto it. From here I thought it would simply be a case of booting into BIOS, selecting the SSD as the boot drive, then formatting the HDD should the process go well.

However, for some reason when I go into BIOS, the SSD doesn't appear as an option at all in the boot priority list. Any ideas? I'd really appreciate the help, this has had me stumped for a while now.

 

[jay32267]

" and successfully cloned my C: "
I don't think you can JUST clone a partition.
I think you have to clone the entire drive.

 

[SkyNetRising]

Any ideas? I'd really appreciate the help, this has had me stumped for a while now.

Can you show screenshot from Disk Management?

Use solution from this topic. It is tested and works.
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-3717991/cloning-bootable-drive.html

 

[Phillip Corcoran]

The boot configuration data maybe on a partition other than 'C', it could be on a hidden partition named "System Reserved". If you don't include that partition on the SSD it won't be bootable.


Normally when you clone, you should include all partitions which are required for booting in to Windows.

 

[rgd1101]

What is your system spec?

 

[turianosauruswrex]

" and successfully cloned my C: "
I don't think you can JUST clone a partition.
I think you have to clone the entire drive.

no yeah I worded that one a bit poorly, i cloned the whole drive but the other partitions were empty

 

[turianosauruswrex]

The boot configuration data maybe on a partition other than 'C', it could be on a hidden partition named "System Reserved". If you don't include that partition on the SSD it won't be bootable.


Normally when you clone, you should include all partitions which are required for booting in to Windows.

I worded my post a bit poorly, I cloned the whole thing but the C: Partition and the Recovery stuff were the only things on there.

 

[turianosauruswrex]

Any ideas? I'd really appreciate the help, this has had me stumped for a while now.

Can you show screenshot from Disk Management?

Use solution from this topic. It is tested and works.
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-3717991/cloning-bootable-drive.html

Here's what it looks like: https://imgur.com/gallery/Z3HZN1D

I'll have a read of that now, thanks man.

 

[turianosauruswrex]

Any ideas? I'd really appreciate the help, this has had me stumped for a while now.

Can you show screenshot from Disk Management?

Use solution from this topic. It is tested and works.
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-3717991/cloning-bootable-drive.html

Macrium Reflect is giving me this error for some reason, even though there should be enough space: https://imgur.com/gallery/Zo2RAby

 

[turianosauruswrex]

What is your system spec?

Win 10
i5 7400
8GB ram
GTX 1070
Not sure about the mobo as it was a pre-built

 

[SkyNetRising]

Those imgur links are invalid.

 

[turianosauruswrex]

Those imgur links are invalid.

sorry I'm a new user, not really sure of the proper method