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This is my motherboard

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C7H270-CG-ML

I am planning to get Kingston A2000 which I believe my motherboard is compatible with. Thing is, I want to clone it and I only want to clone just the C drive. Problem is that my Hard drive has both C and D drive and when I'm using AMOEI Backupper, It shows both C and D drive.

Is there a way to just clone only the C Drive? And from this motherboard, how can I make it boot from the M.2 instead of the Harddrive as the options seem confusing.
 
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SkyNetRising
Check BIOS for fast boot option. Make sure, it is disabled.

BTW - how long did you wait on "black screen", when booted from cloned drive?

If nothing works, then redo cloning.
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Execute following from elevated command prompt:
diskpart​
list disk​
select disk 1​
list partition​
select partition 1​
(select 500MB system reserved partition)​
assign letter=H​
exit​
bcdboot J:\windows /s H:​
bootsect /nt60 H: /force​
​
Show screenshot of the result. There should be no errors.

If all is good, then shutdown your pc,
disconnect 2TB drive,
check boot priority in BIOS, set 1TB drive as first in boot priority,
and boot into windows.

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SkyNetRising said:
Execute following from elevated command prompt:
diskpart​
list disk​
select disk 1​
list partition​
select partition 1​
(select 500MB system reserved partition)​
assign letter=H​
exit​
bcdboot J:\windows /s H:​
bootsect /nt60 H: /force​
​
Show screenshot of the result. There should be no errors.

If all is good, then shutdown your pc,
disconnect 2TB drive,
check boot priority in BIOS, set 1TB drive as first in boot priority,
and boot into windows.

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https://imgur.com/StBWITg
View: https://imgur.com/StBWITg

https://imgur.com/LriJVgc
View: https://imgur.com/LriJVgc


It looks like you're right @SkyNetRising...doesn't seem to accept that 500MB system memory...what now?
 
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There's something wrong with command syntax. Word "partition" is not recognized properly.
Do it this way:

diskpart​
list disk​
select disk 1​
list part​
select part 1​
(select 500MB system reserved partition)​
assign letter=H​
exit​
bcdboot J:\windows /s H:​
bootsect /nt60 H: /force​
​
Show result.
 
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SkyNetRising said:
There's something wrong with command syntax. Word "partition" is not recognized properly.
Do it this way:

diskpart​
list disk​
select disk 1​
list part​
select part 1​
(select 500MB system reserved partition)​
assign letter=H​
exit​
bcdboot J:\windows /s H:​
bootsect /nt60 H: /force​
​
Show result.
Click to expand...

https://imgur.com/duRpG1B
View: https://imgur.com/duRpG1B


https://imgur.com/dPFoKwB
View: https://imgur.com/dPFoKwB


Do I have to re-do the cloning again?
 
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It said drive letter H: is not free. Something is already using it. Didn't see in Disk Management screenshot H: letter would be occupied.
Do you have some USB drives or Card reader devices using this drive letter?

Anyway ... Lets try with letter K: then. I hope it's free.

diskpart​
list disk​
select disk 1​
list part​
select part 1​
(select 500MB system reserved partition)​
assign letter=K​
exit​
bcdboot J:\windows /s K:​
bootsect /nt60 K: /force​
​
Show result.
 
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SkyNetRising said:
Looks good.

Then shutdown your pc,
disconnect 2TB drive (disconnect USB drive too),
check boot priority in BIOS, set 1TB drive as first in boot priority,
and boot into windows.
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I shutdown the pc, removed the 2tb drive plus other usb plugs that were not needed and I tried to change it to boot priority to the m.2 drive but it still loads only a black screen with those white circles going round.

Here is some of the pics from the bios

https://imgur.com/Mr09XK3
View: https://imgur.com/Mr09XK3


https://imgur.com/c6M2OJ9
View: https://imgur.com/c6M2OJ9


https://imgur.com/slSmGPx
View: https://imgur.com/slSmGPx


https://imgur.com/AzTp9ta
View: https://imgur.com/AzTp9ta


https://imgur.com/MzYCWC0
View: https://imgur.com/MzYCWC0



Only boot option 1 shows up. If I just leave it like that it will only just load the windows 10 icon and remains of that black screen with nothing changing. And that last option is that I had to reconnect the HDD back to the SDD when it failed to boot Windows 10. What now? @SkyNetRising

Also the secure boot is not enabled. Does that have to be enabled as well?

EDIT: Also, when I removed the HDD, the boot option only shows Kingston by default. And whether I click the Kingston drive or not, it still gets stuck at that black screen and that white ring circle just constantly animates....
 
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SkyNetRising said:
In boot options - leave only Hard disk. Disable all the other boot options.
Secure boot is UEFI feature. Better have it turned off. In legacy mode it's not being used.

What is under Hard Drive BBS priorities? Show screenshot.
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This is the only drive under Hard Drive BBS priorities when the 2 TB one is removed. the only other option is disable.

https://imgur.com/yekFLIB
View: https://imgur.com/yekFLIB


https://imgur.com/rDGnscl
View: https://imgur.com/rDGnscl


And I disabled as you said. Still no lead though...weird that the M.2 drive is displayed under the Hard Drive BBS priorities...

Btw I also tried this method of what my cousin suggested.

https://www.google.com/url?q=https:...258000&usg=AFQjCNGnEuV5G_31asDfOD-BEliwPdyXRw

Under method 4, I accessed this from the update and security and advanced start up and tried this line under the command prompt

  • bootrec.exe /fixboot

Says access is denied but it did everything else. Does this interfere with the other solutions that we're trying to fix?
 
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SkyNetRising said:
Check BIOS for fast boot option. Make sure, it is disabled.

BTW - how long did you wait on "black screen", when booted from cloned drive?

If nothing works, then redo cloning.
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Ok will do. For the black screen timing, I waited for more than 3 minutes...which 2 minutes is the time the hdd actually boots onup win10.

Also do I have to remove that system reserved k drive as well from my pc menu?
 
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WrongRookie said:
Can you give me a step procedure in this so I don't screw up please?
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The middle section of this covers that part...

-----------------------------
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)
If you are cloning from a SATA drive to PCIe/NVMe, install the relevant driver for this new NVMe/PCIe drive.
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 (In your case, leave off the D partition)

If you are going from a smaller drive or partition 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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USAFRet said:
The middle section of this covers that part...

-----------------------------
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)
If you are cloning from a SATA drive to PCIe/NVMe, install the relevant driver for this new NVMe/PCIe drive.
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 (In your case, leave off the D partition)

If you are going from a smaller drive or partition 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 in this case, do I have to remove the volume of the cloned drive inorder to reclone the drive?

And how do I manipulate resultant size without having unallocated space? And how do I remove the system reserved drive from my pc menu if that has to be gone to do reclononing?

Also is it only the used space of the drive that matters and not the total capacity of the drive that has to be shrinker?

@USAFRet

Ok so now what should I do here?

https://imgur.com/ctMGgPv
View: https://imgur.com/ctMGgPv


Also...

USAFRet said:
Swap the SATA cables around so that the new drive is connected to the same SATA port as the old drive
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What do you mean by this? I'm cloning through an M.2 drive that isn't sata but Nvme..and how do I swap the SATA cable so that it connects to the SATA port?
 
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Sorry, that is my standard series of steps...I just posted it to show you the middle section.

IF you're going to redo the clone...

  1. remove the partitions on the target SSD.
  2. Manipulate the size of the C partition to use up all the available space.
  3. It is only the consumed data space, not the physical size of the drive(s)
  4. Don't worry about that swapping cables. But you still must remove the old drive before you boot up the first time with the new drive.
 
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USAFRet said:
  1. remove the partitions on the target SSD.
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By target you mean the cloned drive right? How can this be done?

USAFRet said:
  1. Manipulate the size of the C partition to use up all the available space.
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Yeah so how from Macrium do I do that? The Kingston shows about 931 GB..so you mean that it has to fill the whole thing?

USAFRet said:
  1. It is only the consumed data space, not the physical size of the drive(s)
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Hmm..ok. My cousin said that the volume capacity needs to be the same as the original drive for the cloning to work.

@USAFRet

Would it be possible if we can do the procedure in Discord? I just want to make sure I don't screw up the steps.
 
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  1. You should be able to Delete those partitions right in the Macrium client
  2. In your pic above, you're in the right place. But...you'd be doing this size thing on the C partition, stretching it to the right to consume the rest of the space.
  3. Your cousin is incorrect
 
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USAFRet said:
  1. You should be able to Delete those partitions right in the Macrium client
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So you mean this option?

https://imgur.com/gMo5cEB
View: https://imgur.com/gMo5cEB



USAFRet said:
  1. In your pic above, you're in the right place. But...you'd be doing this size thing on the C partition, stretching it to the right to consume the rest of the space.
Click to expand...

So how do I do this? Also do I have to remove the unallocated space from the C drive as well? If so, then how to do that?
 
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