Solved Boot Mgr error when installing and transfering OS to new SSD

[superyutz]

Trying to transfer my OS to the new SSD I just got. Used Norton Ghost to copy my old HDD to new SSD. The software says Success but when I try to reboot on new drive I get "Boot Mgr missing" error. I used my Windows 7 install disk to try to fix the startup problem. No luck, so I'm here. Thanks in advance for any help....SY

 

[Golden]

Try this:

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/104341-bootmgr-missing-fix.html

 

[TVeblen]

Flying Spaghetti Monster!

 

[TVeblen]

Make sure that both hard drives are using the same file system as the Spinner. Either MBR or GPT.
Did you initialize the SSD before cloning?

 

[superyutz]

Golden, tried all that Windows stuff, that's why I'm here. TVeblen, I'm using MBR, and the spinner is the same file system. Yes, the ssd is initialized to the NTFS file system and partitioned.
It seems the cloning software I'm using doesn't copy one drive to the other, but merges the two into one, only bootable by the original disk.
What am I doing wrong....This procedure is done every day to replace HDD's......Why is it such a mystery???
And nothing I've tried seems to work..
Just copy one drive to another......Come on..........Help!

 

[TVeblen]

, only bootable by the original disk.

This would indicate that there is not an ACTIVE partition on the SSD.
The system looks for the first ACTIVE partition for the boot files. If the SSD truly has all of the files from C: (and System Reserved partition if you use that on the spinner) and won't boot, but the old spinner does, then that is what I would suspect.

Good cloning software should handle this chore automatically. You might need to do it manually with Norton software.

If you can post a screenshot of your Disk Management window with both drives installed we might see the problem.

 

[superyutz]

Well, I've used Norton Ghost software and I'm way beyond doing anything manually. Maybe you can suggest a good software suite that WILL do this automatically. Thanks, TVeblen and all for your help..........SY

 

[superyutz]

Oh, I'm going to keep trying things..........the partition was set to active by Ghost .......no luck......):

 

[superyutz]

Is my BIOS a suspect?

 

[Golden]

Please follow this:

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/274797-disk-management-post-screen-capture-image.html

 

[superyutz]

I got it! I downloaded Macrium Reflect from Cnet. It's free. I used the Clone disk app and it worked perfectly I'm now enjoying fast response times.....It's great
Thanks to all for the help and the forum....................SY

 

[TVeblen]

Excellent! And thanks for letting us know that Macrium does the job easily.

 

[essenbe]

You may want to check that the alignment is correct. http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/113967-ssd-alignment.html

 

[superyutz]

Thanks essenbe, I checked and alignment is good!....................Have a good Sunday......Sy