Question "Reboot and select proper boot device" after cloning SSD?

[Distanzes]

I recently got a new SSD but after cloning my older SSD to my newer one using Macrium, I get the "Reboot and select proper boot device" error when booting up? And I know there's no way any of the files are corrupted because my "older" SSD is only 3 days old and everything worked without errors after cloning it from my HDD. I think the only difference is that I was playing games while the cloning process was happening compared to letting my PC idle while the other clone was happening.

 

[SkyNetRising]

Can you show screenshot from Disk Management?

Note - for first boot from cloned drive old drive has to be physically disconnected.

 

[USAFRet]

Details on all the hardware.
Make/model/size of everything.

"I was playing games while the cloning process was happening "
Why would you do this...?

 

[Distanzes]

Can you show screenshot from Disk Management?

Note - for first boot from cloned drive old drive has to be physically disconnected.

https://imgur.com/a/r6lijjF

View: https://imgur.com/a/r6lijjF


This is with both the SSD's connected

 

[Distanzes]

Details on all the hardware.
Make/model/size of everything.

"I was playing games while the cloning process was happening "
Why would you do this...?

I was cloning from a Samsung Qvo 1TB to a MX500 1TB. I'm not really sure, I searched online and it said it shouldnt matter if your playing games while cloning.

 

[USAFRet]

Power OFF
Disconnect the old drive. The QVO?
Power UP

Does it seem to boot correctly?

 

[Distanzes]

Power OFF
Disconnect the old drive. The QVO?
Power UP

Does it seem to boot correctly?

Yeah I disconnected the QVO before booting. Although one thing I forgot to mention, on the QVO I changed the bios from IDE to AHCI.

 

[USAFRet]

Yeah I disconnected the QVO before booting. Although one thing I forgot to mention, on the QVO I changed the bios from IDE to AHCI.

OK...you can't just change the IDE to AHCI. There are Registry edits that would have needed to be done.
Preferably before any of this cloning.

 

[USAFRet]

Can you give us a rundown of ALL the steps you did, in order.
Starting from the original QVO, in its original state...

 

[Distanzes]

Can you give us a rundown of ALL the steps you did, in order.
Starting from the original QVO, in its original state...

So I bought my QVO, then cloned my HDD to to my QVO without any issues, found that my PC was freezing every 30 minutes and used this video to change it from IDE to ACHI

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkRhS5yEnj0&t=288s
(using method 1 in the video), then the freezing stopped, then I decided that I would return my QVO and get an MX500, but after cloning it that's when I received the error.

 

[USAFRet]

Wait....it was 100% working on the 860 QVO?
After this IDE-ACHI change?

OK, no problem.

So now, problems after cloning from the 860 QVO to the MX500?

 

[Distanzes]

Wait....it was 100% working on the 860 QVO?
After this IDE-ACHI change?

OK, no problem.

So now, problems after cloning from the 860 QVO to the MX500?

Yeah, it even solved my PC freezing issue. But honestly, tonight I might just try cloning it again without touching my PC and hopefully it works, otherwise i'm not sure what I could do.

 

[USAFRet]

If you decide to try it again, this:

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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

If you are going from a smaller drive to a larger, by default, the target partition size will be the same as the Source. You probably don't want that
You can manipulate the size of the partitions on the target (larger)drive
Click on "Cloned Partition Properties", and you can specifiy the resulting partition size, to even include the whole thing

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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[SkyNetRising]

https://imgur.com/a/r6lijjF

View: https://imgur.com/a/r6lijjF
This is with both the SSD's connected

To make cloned drive bootable, right-click on partition D: and "Mark partition as active".

 

[Distanzes]

To make cloned drive bootable, right-click on partition D: and "Mark partition as active".

Tried it, and while booting it gets stuck with a blinking white dot on the top left corner.

 

[SkyNetRising]

Does D: drive show as active in Disk Management?
Did you disconnect clone source drive, when trying to boot from cloned drive for the first time?

 

[Distanzes]

If you decide to try it again, this:

-----------------------------
Specific steps for a successful clone operation:
-----------------------------
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

If you are going from a smaller drive to a larger, by default, the target partition size will be the same as the Source. You probably don't want that
You can manipulate the size of the partitions on the target (larger)drive
Click on "Cloned Partition Properties", and you can specifiy the resulting partition size, to even include the whole thing

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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Ok so now I have a new issue... I decided to just clone from my original HDD because it worked for the QVO, and 1 minute into cloning to the MX500 I get an error that the destination disk is gone. When I checked my disk management, my MX500 is gone even though it's still plugged in. Man this is really making me want to just keep my QVO and return my MX500...