Cloned SSD but it's booting to E: not C:

[howartp]

Morning.

 

Whilst we're at home with nothing to do (!) i've cloned my Win7 PC from a HDD to SSD.

 

When I change BIOS boot order to boot to SSD, it boots as E: and the registry etc is still referencing the old copy of windows on C:

 

If I unplug the old HDD and boot to SSD, it gives me a temporary profile as it is still booting to E: and just can't find C:

 

I tried using diskmgmt to change C: to G: out of the way, so when I reboot it might pick up the new C:, but nope it still boots E: and can't find C:

 

BCDEDIT is pointing at D: (the hidden boot partition on the SSD) so it's booting the right boot manager.

 

Any suggestions on the right way to get an SSD to see itself as C:, with or without the old HDD connected?

 

Peter

[mavhc]

How did you clone it?

[howartp]

Macrium Reflect

[mavhc]

https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/223188/how-to-restore-the-system-boot-drive-letter-in-windows

[network41]

When imaging PC's (in school) we run diskpart to ensure it sees the SSD as the C: drive

[howartp]

When imaging PC's (in school) we run diskpart to ensure it sees the SSD as the C: drive

 

Before or after clone?

[network41]

Before , don't know if this is relevant to this situation . We use SCCM and just as it picks up the initial image we hit F8 and run Diskpart

[howartp]

https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/223188/how-to-restore-the-system-boot-drive-letter-in-windows

 

Thank you!

 

I had come across that post earlier in my deliberations, before I'd got as far as proving what did boot and didn't boot, and whether I could get back to the original HDD boot if SSD didn't work, etc, etc, et

 

By the time you posted the link, I was comfortable in what was happening, so following the steps in the link made sense and indeed worked.

 

Now to pursuade Windows Update to catch up; i've had it turned off for 4 years on this PC because the PC was terrible. DotNet broke, no Windows Updates, can't install Paint.Net or Splashtop... yes I should wipe it and start again, no I'm not going to - too much stuff on it!

 

Peter

[mavhc]

I'm waiting a few weeks for ubuntu 20.04 to come out and then I'll wipe my laptop that was upgraded from win7 and is now failing to update

[howartp]

I’ve a Win 8>10 machine I bought and built at Christmas 2018 if not 2017 that is still not in daily use as I haven’t got round to transferring anything!

 

Only thing I do is RDP into it so I can Splashtop to work!