[SOLVED] the usual ssd trouble

[nxr202]

hey guys i recently bought and installed an nvme 500 gb ssd (finally) and cloned my old tb hdd to it fine using macrium but i cant set it as my primary drive to boot from? if i hit f11 and enter the boot menu i can boot from it from there and it works fine i just cant set it to do that automatically for some reason. when i go into bios to change boot priority i can see that hard disc is first so i tried to change bbs priority to the ssd and it lets me select it but when i go back and check the boot priority list and hover over the hard disc it still has my tb hdd in parenthesis. thought about just formatting my old drive so it has no choice but to boot from the ssd given it would be the only drive with windows but if its an issue with the cloned windows i dont want to have to fresh install. also not really sure what this means but might be important to mention im using legacy uefi. heres my part list so you can see the ssd if needed : https://pcpartpicker.com/list/gYhNy4

 

[USAFRet]

At the end of the cloning process, the FIRST thing you needed to do was to power OFF, disconnect the old drive, and allow the system to try to power up with ONLY the new drive.

If al ALL possible, just redo the clone thing.
Just like 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)
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

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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[nxr202]

At the end of the cloning process, the FIRST thing you needed to do was to power OFF, disconnect the old drive, and allow the system to try to power up with ONLY the new drive.

If al ALL possible, just redo the clone thing.
Just like 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)
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

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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more than helpful but maybe the issue is that i never installed a driver for this ssd. i was unaware i needed to, but its western digital so should i install the WD dashboard from their website? or will recloning suffice

 

[USAFRet]

more than helpful but maybe the issue is that i never installed a driver for this ssd. i was unaware i needed to, but its western digital so should i install the WD dashboard from their website? or will recloning suffice

You need to find the driver for that drive. and install that before the clone process.

 

[nxr202]

You need to find the driver for that drive. and install that before the clone process.

searched all over and couldnt find a driver for this ssd but maybe one was installed automatically because i went to device manager and checked and it says my driver is up to date.

 

[USAFRet]

searched all over and couldnt find a driver for this ssd but maybe one was installed automatically because i went to device manager and checked and it says my driver is up to date.

Then it should be good.

See the cloning steps above.
Especially the power off part.

 

[nxr202]

Then it should be good.

See the cloning steps above.
Especially the power off part.

ok thanks again this will take prob like 4 or 5 hours but ill lyk how it worked out

 

[nxr202]

Then it should be good.

See the cloning steps above.
Especially the power off part.

ok it worked. it booted from the ssd and i restarted it a few times and checked bios to be sure. am i now good to plug in both hdds and format the original and can i do it while the pc is on so i dont have to worry about it booting from the wrong one again or would that mess something up

 

[USAFRet]

ok it worked. it booted from the ssd and i restarted it a few times and checked bios to be sure. am i now good to plug in both hdds and format the original and can i do it while the pc is on so i dont have to worry about it booting from the wrong one again or would that mess something up

As long as the NEW drive is first in the BIOS boot order, all is good.

 

[nxr202]

As long as the NEW drive is first in the BIOS boot order, all is good.

ok thanks again man really appreciate the help