What software to use with SSD clone and for backup too? Many Choices!!

Just mark E (system reserved) inactive. Does it boot (even without dvd in tray)? That's what I asked! If you don't answer, I can't give you further instructions. If it does boot, post screenshot.

I first wanna have prove. Afterwards we just gonna delete old C and system reserved.

I ( and you) want it to boot even without old HDD!! so if old HDD fails...it still can boot.

"system reserved" is just for bootmenu and bootmgr. But it can also be merged to OS (as we did a long time a go succesfully).

LeftC said:

It booted up just fine yesterday after I did the "startup repair" 3 times on each OS drive. After that, it started up fine w/o DVD and I was able to post those two reports yesterday.

This morning it started up fine w/o DVD. After I marked the E (system reserved) inactive this morning, it wouldn't boot up at all. I either got the message that "operation system was not found" or the cursor just blinked in the upper left corner. These were with a black screen with white letters or symbols. I had to do "startup repair" 3 times on each OS drive again to get it going again.

If it does boot, post screenshot.

I'm not sure what you want here. What should I show?

Boot to SSD when system reserved and old C are BOTH inactive. Post disk management then

So you can't boot from SSD (make it active) when system reserved and old C are inactive?
Try it with and without dvd inserted.

Are you 100% sure, it doesn't work? If so, we keep system reserved on old harddisk. Of course mark it active.

1. Boot into SSD.
2. delete the 911GB partition on old disk. Do it in disk managemet. Just right richt on it and do "delete volume".

old C has been cloned and is available on SSD anyway.
Still booted to SSD. Do in elevated command prompt:

Code:

bcdedit/store  c:\boot\bcd  /enum  all

All lines with device, osdevice, filedevice, ramdiskdevice refer to C or BOOT? Post results

Boot from win7 DVD.->command prompt:

Code:

diskpart
list  vol
exit

Write down drive letters of system reserved and SSD. they are C and D... correct?

Code:

attrib  -h  -s  c:\boot\bcd
attrib  -h  -s  d:\boot\bcd
del   c:\boot\bcd
del   d:\boot\bcd

Now boot menu is gone on system reserved. And on SSD as well (although not used at all).

Now do a startup repair 3 times (from dvd) with reboots in between. this is easier then fixing a totally messed boot menu.

Now boot normally and post output of

Code:

bcdedit/enum all

boot from win7 dvd->command prompt. I assume C=system reserved and D=SSD now(?)

Code:

diskpart
list vol
sel vol D (the SSD)
inactive
sel vol C  (system reserved)
active
exit

I only want system reserved to be active!
Try to boot. If not booting.... startup repair 3 times.
Post results.

Also do this http://pcsupport.about.com/od/window...-windows-7.htm
and in elevated command prompt

Code:

fsutil behavior query DisableDeleteNotify

Is its value 0?

System Protection - Turn On or Off be sure the settings on SSD are like


Max usage 10GB is enough. Disable system protection on any ghost disks in the list