Ssd boot?

I just installed an SSD and used Acronis to put the OS back on.

It doesn't show in BIOS to boot, so I must have done something wrong.

Any advice appreciated.

Thanks,

Paul

Thanks for the info.
I'm still confused as to why the recovery of OS from the Acronis backup did not make the drive bootable, but if I can't get it to work, I'll follow your suggestion.

Thanks,

Paul

A clean install is THE way to go, and the time spent reinstalling the programs you already have shouldn't be a big deal with the SSD.

PSCO2007 said:

Thanks for the info.
I'm still confused as to why the recovery of OS from the Acronis backup did not make the drive bootable

I assume your original hard drive had at least 2 partitions: C and System Reserved.

When you used Acronis to "copy" the original installation, do you know for a fact that you made an image of BOTH of those partitions?

Or did you image C only?

ignatzatsonic said:

PSCO2007 said:

Thanks for the info.
I'm still confused as to why the recovery of OS from the Acronis backup did not make the drive bootable

I assume your original hard drive had at least 2 partitions: C and System Reserved.

When you used Acronis to "copy" the original installation, do you know for a fact that you made an image of BOTH of those partitions?

Or did you image C only?

I copied MBR and main.

PSCO2007 said:

ignatzatsonic said:

PSCO2007 said:

Thanks for the info.
I'm still confused as to why the recovery of OS from the Acronis backup did not make the drive bootable

I assume your original hard drive had at least 2 partitions: C and System Reserved.

When you used Acronis to "copy" the original installation, do you know for a fact that you made an image of BOTH of those partitions?

Or did you image C only?

I copied MBR and main.

I have no idea if that is sufficient. I don't understand Acronis's cryptic ways.

Using Macrium, you would image System Reserved and C. No more. No less. And then restore both.

Your boot files are in System Reserved, so if you image System Reserved, you know you are getting the necessary files.

ignatzatsonic said:

PSCO2007 said:

ignatzatsonic said:

I assume your original hard drive had at least 2 partitions: C and System Reserved.

When you used Acronis to "copy" the original installation, do you know for a fact that you made an image of BOTH of those partitions?

Or did you image C only?

I copied MBR and main.

I have no idea if that is sufficient. I don't understand Acronis's cryptic ways.

Using Macrium, you would image System Reserved and C. No more. No less. And then restore both.

Your boot files are in System Reserved, so if you image System Reserved, you know you are getting the necessary files.

It has always worked in the past when I had to do a restore due to virus or problems.

Did you try just having the SSD connected to see if it would boot from it?

kbrady1979 said:

Did you try just having the SSD connected to see if it would boot from it?

Wouldn't boot.
I'm going to call Acronis tomorrow - see if they can tell me what I did wrong.