Ssd boot?

[PSCO2007]

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

 

[essenbe]

It appears that the system reserved partition (which the system boots from) is still on the first hard drive, there is not one on the SSD. That means that the SSD is not bootable unless the system boot files are included in the partition. If you used Acronis to copy the first hard drive to the SSD, I doubt that is the case. However, that does not mean it should not show in bios. All drives should show. I would recommend doing a clean install. Connect the SSD to port 0, set the bios to AHCI, and disconnect all other drives and do a clean install. Failing that, Paragon migrate, will transfer the OS to the SSD, format the drive and align it. It is $19.95, but well worth it. Or follow this tutorial to transfer the OS. http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/149969-ssd-install-transfer-operating-system.html

 

[PSCO2007]

ssd

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

 

[kbrady1979]

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.

 

[ignatzatsonic]

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?

 

[PSCO2007]

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.

 

[ignatzatsonic]

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.

 

[PSCO2007]

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.

 

[kbrady1979]

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

 

[PSCO2007]

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.

 

[kbrady1979]

Did the BIOS ever recognize the SSD?

 

[PSCO2007]

Did the BIOS ever recognize the SSD?

No, unfortunately.

 

[kbrady1979]

I am quickly running out of ideas...

 

[PSCO2007]

I am quickly running out of ideas...

Me too!

Sorry to have taken all your time- though it is greatly appreciated.

I'll call Acronis tomorrow - I'm sure they can tell me what I did wrong or how to correct it.

If not, I'll buy that program that was suggested in a previous post.
It's worth it to me to not have to reinstall everything.

 

[kbrady1979]

I am quickly running out of ideas...

Me too!

Sorry to have taken all your time- though it is greatly appreciated.

I'll call Acronis tomorrow - I'm sure they can tell me what I did wrong or how to correct it.

If not, I'll buy that program that was suggested in a previous post.
It's worth it to me to not have to reinstall everything.

It's no problem at all man, I'm just sorry I couldn't fix your problem. I promise when you are up and running you will love that SSD! The problems you are having will pay off in the end. If I knew more about that software, maybe I could help you figure it out.........every time I have installed an SSD it has been a fresh install.

If you need any other help, just PM me, we'll work through it.

 

[PSCO2007]

I am quickly running out of ideas...

Me too!

Sorry to have taken all your time- though it is greatly appreciated.

I'll call Acronis tomorrow - I'm sure they can tell me what I did wrong or how to correct it.

If not, I'll buy that program that was suggested in a previous post.
It's worth it to me to not have to reinstall everything.

It's no problem at all man, I'm just sorry I couldn't fix your problem. I promise when you are up and running you will love that SSD! The problems you are having will pay off in the end. If I knew more about that software, maybe I could help you figure it out.........every time I have installed an SSD it has been a fresh install.

If you need any other help, just PM me, we'll work through it.

I'll let you know what Acronis did to help - or not!!

 

[PSCO2007]

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?

Your message from email does not appear in this forum (Have you tried various ports for the SSD? And a different set of cables?)

Don't know why - anyway, I tried different ports , but I don't have any other cables - don't think it matters anyway, since they are perfectly fine on the other HDDs

 

[jeepmann4x4]

You need to "clone" your HDD to ssd. Not "recovery ". That is why you do not see the system reserved and why it did not "copy" it and also why it will not boot from ssd.

The $20 program talked about above does a great job. It was made just for that. Its a one trick pony.

Arconis will do the samething though... I never used Arconis to do it, so can't say how well it does at it.

If you want to try it ....wipe the ssd and "clone" the HDD over to the SSD.

 

[PSCO2007]

You need to "clone" your HDD to ssd. Not "recovery ". That is why you do not see the system reserved and why it did not "copy" it and also why it will not boot from ssd.

The $20 program talked about above does a great job. It was made just for that. Its a one trick pony.

Arconis will do the samething though... I never used Arconis to do it, so can't say how well it does at it.

If you want to try it ....wipe the ssd and "clone" the HDD over to the SSD.

I'll give that a shot, but in the past when I used that option (Clone) from a clean backup, it would not boot.

I did have success with the recovery option, though.

 

[essenbe]

The only issue with cloning is alignment on the SSD. Sometimes it works, other times not. Paragon does that for you.