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How do I install SSD w/o disconnecting stock HDD and get it to boot?
I'm installing a SSD in a Dell laptop using a caddy to mount the SSD in the DVD's location. I am not able to remove the stock HDD or disconnect the HHD's SATA cable.
Using easyBCD, will I be able to move the "System" files in the Recovery partition to the C partition on the HDD? In the Disk Management snip above, Disk 0 is the HDD and Disk 1 is the SSD>
After this, should the C partition be the only active partition then? Shouldn't easyBCD mark it active or do I change it using an elevated command prompt?
When I migrate the C partition to the SSD using Paragon's Migrate OS to SSD, do I then mark the HDD inactive or do I do this before migrating? I'm confused?
The HDD is a fresh install back to the laptop's original state. The 102 MB partition's information has been deleted and not recovered. It was a Fat 16 partition originally. The recovery partition has not been tampered with, I believe.
I've been trying to do this for a while using different cloning/migration tools, but I keep having boot problems mainly caused by the fact the I can't remove or disconnect the stock HDD. Can you help me get around this problem?
EDIT: There is also a problem in BIOS with the SSD showing up too. In the main BIOS screen, both the HHD and SSD are shown. But in the boot order screen in BIOS, the SSD isn't listed. The HHD and all the other selections are shown. The SSD is mounted where the DVD usually goes using a caddy.
Last edited by LeftC; 03 May 2013 at 23:57.