Problem booting windows 7 after cloning to ssd

Tylerr · 21 May 2016

DavidE said:

Then you could try a startup repair
Startup Repair

I would create backup images/copies of everything i didn't want to lose on an external drive before making changes.

I already tried using both the macrium disk for boot repairs and the windows 7 repair disk.

the windows one said it found problems and fixed them but nothing changed.

Layback Bear · 21 May 2016

Once you boot into Windows 7 could you complete this tutorial by Golden so we can have a look. Make sure you have your clone drive hooked up.

Disk Management - Post a Screen Capture Image

Tylerr · 21 May 2016

Layback Bear said:

Once you boot into Windows 7 could you complete this tutorial by Golden so we can have a look. Make sure you have your clone drive hooked up.

Disk Management - Post a Screen Capture Image

here

Layback Bear · 21 May 2016

Sorry that is not what I requested. To small for me to read and I don't want to leave the forum to read it.

Have a nice day.

Tylerr · 21 May 2016

Layback Bear said:

Sorry that is not what I requested. To small for me to read and I don't want to leave the forum to read it.

Have a nice day.

leave the forum...? It's a direct image link... i can't help it if this site resizes it.

Just open it in a new tab?

derekimo · 21 May 2016

Here,

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Ranger4 · 21 May 2016

Click on the yellow bar at the top of the Disc Management captured image & it will open in a new tab in full size. See my screen shot.

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derekimo · 21 May 2016

Ranger4 said:

Click on the yellow bar at the top of the Disc Management captured image & it will open in a new tab in full size. See my screen shot.

He knows that, he just doesn't like offsite hosting of pics.

DavidE · 22 May 2016

The C and G partitions are active, there should only be one active partition.
Try disconnecting the G drive and see if a startup repair works.

ICIT2LOL · 22 May 2016

Ii I read your first post correctly read on - I've done this a great many times now and mainly for trying out a dual boot or an upgrade etc etc

What you were advised in the first place ie clean the older drive to be cloned (from the new drive) with DISKPART using just clean or clean all depends on how OCD you are. Then just clone the new drive straight to that cleaned drive.

For an example if it was just Windows 7 OS on the drive to be cloned to ie the older drive then I would just clean - anything I have used for a dual boot or a recent couples of time upgrading to 10 I clean all because then I know the drive is squeaky clean. That is because there has been a lot of members coming back with issues on getting back to 7 (for example) and I have my pet theory (probably wrong) that remnants of what was on the older drive are left over to produce problems on the drive/OS.

You then just create a primary partition using Partition Wizard or however you are used to doing that PW is very quick so I use that and then just clone away using Macrium. The small partition is as far I know normal and at 100MB a drop in the bucket anyway.