Moving OS from ide to sata drive

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  1. Posts : 49
    Win 7 pro 32 bit
       #1

    Moving OS from ide to sata drive


    My system has Win7 on an ide drive and one other sata drive as a second drive.

    I have just added a larger sata drive and cloned the OS to it from the ide drive using True Image from Western Digital.

    My problem is the system will not boot from the new sata drive even if I disconnect the ide drive.

    I guessing this a driver issue but how do I fix it?
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  2. Posts : 11,408
    ME/XP/Vista/Win7
       #2

    You could use Paragon Adaptive Restore 3.0 for adjusting Windows for the new hardware.
    Paragon Paragon Adaptive Restore - Overview
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  3. Posts : 49
    Win 7 pro 32 bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    That looks OK but I don't want to spend any money at present!
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  4. Posts : 11,408
    ME/XP/Vista/Win7
       #4

    You can also use Syprep before cloning.
    Windows 7 Installation - Transfer to a New Computer
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  5. Posts : 49
    Win 7 pro 32 bit
    Thread Starter
       #5

    I just want something very simple to use. According to the Drive Image software info it should have done the job
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  6. Posts : 6,285
    Windows 10 Pro X64
       #6

    Did you clone all partition from the IDE drive?

    Try booting the flash drive and running Repair Install, up to 3 times, see if that fixes it.
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  7. Posts : 6,285
    Windows 10 Pro X64
       #7

    Otherwise, put the IDE drive back in and post a screen capture of a full screen Disk Management window.

    To open Disk Management, press Windows key+r, type diskmgmt.msc and press Enter or click GO. Make it full screen.

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    Once you have the image saved, click on the Paperclip Icon next to the Smiley Icon. In the Manage Attachments window, click Browse and navigate to where you saved the image and select it.
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    Click on the Paperclip Icon again and select the image you uploaded. It will be placed in your post.
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  8.    #8

    When you clone or image Win7 to another drive and it won't start, the first thing to try is unplugging all other HDD's and peripherals, confirm that the 100mb System Reserved partition (preferred if you have it) or C is Partition - Mark as Active, then run Startup Repair - Run 3 Separate Times until Win7 boots.

    When you cloned did you select to include Track 0 and make the 100mb (if you have it) or C Active? These are necessary, but can be handled now with the repairs above.
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  9. Posts : 49
    Win 7 pro 32 bit
    Thread Starter
       #9

    Here we go. I've no idea what flash drive would be involved here
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  10. Posts : 10,796
    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bits 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
       #10

    You did clone C to F... correct? They are both primary.. nice. You forgot to mark F "Active". Mark it ACTIVE. After that disconnect C (old IDE disk) and try to boot. Post results.

    Most likely it doesn't boot because it's still pointing to old C. Try startup repair to fix that. Post results.
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