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Clone to SSD won't boot, now I have a "hybrid" system
I bought an Intel SSD (160GB) and used Acronis TrueImage to clone my system disk (Win 7 Ultimate x64, WD Caviar) to it. I've done this many times before, without a problem. This time, the PC (Asus P5B-Deluxe, Intel E6700) would not boot from the SSD - just gave me the flashing cursor.
I booted the Windows install DVD and ran the Repair tool. It said it fixed the boot record but when I restarted it still would not boot. When I reran repair, it said it could not find a Windows installation.
I then put back the WD disk and it would not boot from that either. Repair said it could not find anything to fix. I also tried the more detailed repair option, but it just spun for hours.
Eventually I did a new install of Win7 onto another partition, installed EasyBCD and created a configuration to boot from the SSD. That worked - sort of. I expected it to show the SSD as C: and to use that for everything, but what I got was that C: was the old install on the WD disk, the repair had added a new 100MB "System Reserved" partition on the WD drive, but it was booted from the SSD now D: - except that Program Files and the User folder were being referenced from C. I had created a Frankenstein's monster - not what I was aiming for.
Any clues as to how I can unravel this would be welcomed. I want to have the SSD be both the boot and Program Files/User partition.