Installing SSD help

[JeehoonOh]

Hey guys I bought a Samsung 850 Evo and cloned the data from my boot drive to it using the migration software that came with the CD.

So after successfully cloning, this is what it looks like:
http://i.imgur.com/efYCdBV.png

Disk 1 is the original boot drive while the Disk 2 is the new Samsung SSD. As you can see it says that the drive is offline and it doesn't show up in "My Computer". Also it said after completing the transfer to shutdown my pc and install the SSD (Paraphrasing). By this, do they mean to connect the SSD to my mobo (Since I used a docking station for the transfer), and then to go to my bios and change the new SSD to the boot drive?

I also get this message whenvever I start my pc and the SSD is connected through the dock station:
http://imgur.com/TM3EY5n
Thanks!

 

[bailojustin]

Please open command prompt as admin
type Diskpart
type List Disk
type Select disk "x" X being your SSD
type Online
{If this is your boot drive then you are also going to want to type "Active" after online, ONLY if its your boot drive.
type Exit

Your disk is now online, enjoy.

 

[ModMonster]

Disk 2 is offline, go back into Disk Manager and right click on it to make it online. And in BIOs, make the SSD the main boot priority. You will also need to backup any data on HDD and wipe it to remove Windows from it. After all goes well, you should go into File Explorer to change the location of Downloads, Music, Videos, Pictures, etc, to be saved to your HDD so preserve data.

 

[geofelt]

Remove your original "C" drive and replace The ssd on the same sata port.
There will be no need to change anything in the bios.
You should be able to boot properly.
After that, you can reattach your old hard drive and do what you will with it.
If you need nothing on it, you can just reformat it for storage use.

 

[JeehoonOh]

Disk 2 is offline, go back into Disk Manager and right click on it to make it online. And in BIOs, make the SSD the main boot priority. You will also need to backup any data on HDD and wipe it to remove Windows from it. After all goes well, you should go into File Explorer to change the location of Downloads, Music, Videos, Pictures, etc, to be saved to your HDD so preserve data.

I already cloned all the data and information from my current Local C drive (Which also has the OS installed) into my new SSD so I just need to remove the data from that drive now correct? How exactly would I execute this btw? (Also the current boot drive is also an SSD, not an HDD but I don't know if that affects anything).

 

[JeehoonOh]

Remove your original "C" drive and replace The ssd on the same sata port.
There will be no need to change anything in the bios.
You should be able to boot properly.
After that, you can reattach your old hard drive and do what you will with it.
If you need nothing on it, you can just reformat it for storage use.

Oh really? That's really awesome and convenient then! Also I would first need to delete the OS in my now, old boot drive so that my pc wouldn't get confused when it sees 2 disk drives that have OS installed though right? Or does that not matter? Either way I probably will still reformat the old SSD so I can use it for storage space like you said.

 

[bailojustin]

read what I wrote.. You have to bring the disk online, and using the few steps I told you make it active, which means its designated as the boot primary. otherwise it will not turn on because It has no clue where to look for boot... you have to activate it in order for it to understand its the active boot. if you have 2 os you can activate both, but with one OS just activate the SSD you want to boot.

 

[JeehoonOh]

read what I wrote.. You have to bring the disk online, and using the few steps I told you make it active, which means its designated as the boot primary. otherwise it will not turn on because It has no clue where to look for boot... you have to activate it in order for it to understand its the active boot. if you have 2 os you can activate both, but with one OS just activate the SSD you want to boot.

Oh sorry I overlooked your answer by mistake. I just had one question where you said to write Select Disk "x". Because if you look at my first screenshot, there is currently no letter attached to that SSD. How would I be able to identify the SSD, or assign a letter to an already partitioned and cloned disk?

Btw thank you guys for the quick replies, really appreciate it.

 

[bailojustin]

the disks will be listed numerically 1-10 drive letters do not matter when it comes to that, just identify the ssd then say select disk 1 if 1 is ssd, after you type online
type active
type Assign letter= "Drive letter of your choice, typically C if its going to be your boot"

Do this will all other harddrives unplugged.

Should look like
Diskpart
List Disk
Select Disk 1
Online
active
Assign letter=C

 

[JeehoonOh]

the disks will be listed numerically 1-10 drive letters do not matter when it comes to that, just identify the ssd then say select disk 1 if 1 is ssd, after you type online
type active
type Assign letter= "Drive letter of your choice, typically C if its going to be your boot"

Do this will all other harddrives unplugged.

Should look like
Diskpart
List Disk
Select Disk 1
Online
active
Assign letter=C

Thank you! I will definitely try all these methods out this week.
When you mentioned to unplug all other harddrives, is this necessary, or can I just unplug my current boot drive which is where I will now put in my new SSD (Since that is the C drive I will be replacing).

 

[bailojustin]

Just unplug the drive that has the current boot on it, should be your c replace that one, You can even turn on hot ports to sata 2,3,4,5 this will enable you to once the computers booted up on your new ssd to plug your HDD back in without even having to turn it off, like a plug and play device. Then using Disk Management you are able to remove the boot partition off the previous harddrive by opening it and right clicking.