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Migrating to SSD - drive letters?
Hey guys, I signed up here because I'm at my wit's end with the SSD I bought.
I used EaseUS Todo to clone my system partition to the SSD. Except that it's more like a copy rather than a clone, it gets its own drive letter. So the SSD System ended up being B: and I couldn't figure out how to change it into C: because Windows doesn't let you change the letter of the current System partition.
So I had the idea to clone the System again, boot from the second copy, and change the drive letters there. That worked, I now had one System C:, one E: and renamed the original HD System to X:. Plan was to delete E:, hide X: and just boot from C:.
I used EasyBCD to fix the boot options so the boot sector is on the new C: drive. It looks like this:
(I made two entries for C: to test the difference between C: and BOOT: but there seems to be none)
Except when I reboot from C: it doesn't keep the drive letters. C: is renamed to E: and the old HD system is back to being C: and if I unplug the HD the boot process breaks (because it doesn't find all the stuff it needs on C:)
When I boot from the second SSD system partition E: it loads the drive letters like I assigned them so I boot from E: and have the other SSD system on C: so it finds all the required files. Doing this I can unplug the HD without issue but obviously I don't want to keep two instances of the OS on the SSD.
Ultimately I want to get rid of the second system copy on the SSD and just boot from C:, maybe keep the original System on the HD partition as a backup, hidden from view.
Feels like I'm just missing a minor detail to fix this but I just can't figure it out. Your help is appreciated!