Question Problem upgrading Desktop HDD to SSD (Maybe)

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I say maybe because it could very well be user error. I decided to replace my desktop’s HDD with an SSD. I purchased a 1 TB SSD, a USB 3 to Sata cable, and I used Minitool Partition Wizard to clone my HDD. I cloned the entire drive, not just the operating system. It took about 2 hours to clone it. After my machine rebooted, I went to file explorer and I could see the SSD (still connected by USB) and it’s partitions. My old HDD was C-G. I know see that I have that as well as H-N. I wanted to see if everything copied over correctly, but when I try to open “H”….where the cloned operating system is, Windows tells me “You currently don’t have permission to access this folder. Click Continue to permanently get access to this folder”. When I click on “Continue”, it tell me “You have been denied permission to access this folder, To gain access to this folder you need to use the security tab”. “Security tab” is a blue link in that warning…when I click on it, it opens up that folder’s properties, but the security tab is missing. So I read up a little bit on what to do when you can’t see the security tab in a folder’s properties, So I read about going into registry editor and finding HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Currentversion\Policies\Explorer
Of cours, when I get there, I don’t have “NoSecurityTab” available for me to change the value.
So then I read that I could bring up the command prompt and enable security tab by entering the command: REG add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer /v Nosecuritytab /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
So I tried that and got the ERROR: Access is denied.

So I’m not sure what the problem is. The first thing I will say is that I haven’t taken out my old HDD and put the SSD in it’s place. I still have the old HDD in the computer. I don’t know if things will work just fine if I take out the HDD and connect the SSD in it’s place using the same SATA connection. Theoretically I assume it will just work because it’s a clone in the same place. As far as why I can’t have access to “H” I don’t know. I can open up I, J, K, L, M, and N which were created on the SSD when it cloned the HDD. It’s just “H” that I can’t get into. I am the only user on my machine and Windows and I am an administrator.
I’m just stumped. Maybe I just have to swap them out and it would work fine? But then won’t I have the problem again when I put the HDD back in there for extra storage? Hopefully there is enough info here for someone to point me in the right direction. Any help is appreciated.
 
Multiple bad moves there.
There was absolutely no reason to go messing around in the registry.



If you remove the new SSD and return the system back to original configuration, does the system boot up?
If so, redo this clone.

Exactly like this -
(when it is finished, resist the temptation to look in the SSD to see if everything is there. Barring an error message, it is all there.)


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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 all partitions on it.
This will probably require the commandline diskpart function, and the clean command.

Ask questions if anything is unclear.
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Multiple bad moves there.
There was absolutely no reason to go messing around in the registry.



If you remove the new SSD and return the system back to original configuration, does the system boot up?
If so, redo this clone.
Ok thanks! I will give this a shot. I didn't actually change anything in the registry though, and the system boots up just fine from the old HDD, it's like it doesn't even know there's a cloned drive attached via USB. The old HDD is 500 GG and the new SSD is 1TB
 
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Okay, before doing the above, I turned the PC off, swapped out the HDD for the SSD and booted up. It started up just fine. Restarted it a few times and it works just fine and I can't even tell I swapped out the drives if not for the fact that windows loads up in about 15 seconds!!!! what a difference!
 
Okay, before doing the above, I turned the PC off, swapped out the HDD for the SSD and booted up. It started up just fine. Restarted it a few times and it works just fine and I can't even tell I swapped out the drives if not for the fact that windows loads up in about 15 seconds!!!! what a difference!
You got lucky.
Messing with the Registry in the middle of a cloning operation often results in tears.