Windows 8 cloned drive not working

Rik1254 · 24 Apr 2015 at 11:28

I've got a new SSD from a competition win and Im trying to clone my current SSD onto it.

Im using EaseUS free to do the cloning, which has worked for me in the past when I got my first SSD.

When I plug in just the cloned drive, it's not recognised as boot media, any ideas?

ED209 · 24 Apr 2015 at 11:36

Rik1254 said:
I've got a new SSD from a competition win and Im trying to clone my current SSD onto it.

Im using EaseUS free to do the cloning, which has worked for me in the past when I got my first SSD.

When I plug in just the cloned drive, it's not recognised as boot media, any ideas?

do you have any USB hard drives or any CDs in a CD\DVD drive if you have one?

check that the new SSD is set to the first boot device in to bios as It might be trying to boot from something first other than the new SSD

linktoinsanity · 24 Apr 2015 at 11:37

^^Sounds about right. Try that first, failing that maybe give Clonezilla a go...

Rik1254 · 24 Apr 2015 at 11:43

ED209 said:
do you have any USB hard drives or any CDs in a CD\DVD drive if you have one?

check that the new SSD is set to the first boot device in to bios as It might be trying to boot from something first other than the new SSD

Ive got a USB drive available. Nothing else is plugged in, just the bare essentials.

linktoinsanity said:
^^Sounds about right. Try that first, failing that maybe give Clonezilla a go...

Ill give that a go now.

ED209 · 24 Apr 2015 at 11:53

try this cloning software and guide

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18576917

Rik1254 · 24 Apr 2015 at 13:21

linktoinsanity said:
^^Sounds about right. Try that first, failing that maybe give Clonezilla a go...

Couldn't get that one working, same error as before.

ED209 said:
try this cloning software and guide

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18576917

A few stutters, but this worked perfectly (Y)