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Newly cloned SSHD won't open Win7
I had problems formatting my new Seagate SSHD. I finally got it formatted and, I thought, successfully cloned my C drive onto the new drive. I installed the new drive and it appeared to open Win7 OK.
As it opened there was a small popup in the lower left that stated a new driver for the new drive was being installed. Seconds later a popup indicated the computer needed to be restarted to make the update complete.
I restarted and the Starting Windows screen opened, then a BSOD flashed for a split second and the computer began a re-restart. Then Starting Windows, then a flash BSOD and another restart.
My Win7 installation/repair disk was unable to effect a repair. I reinserted the original C disk and had trouble opening it too. I did a System Restore to a restore point last week and all seems OK now. I tried to use System Restore on the new SSHD but the cloning process seems not to copy restore points from the original drive.