Attempted imaging a HDD onto an SSD, still cannot boot off of SSD


  1. NotIdeal
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    Attempted imaging a HDD onto an SSD, still cannot boot off of SSD


    I made a post a few days ago asking how I could boot off of a cloned ssd. I created a rescue USB and booted off of that using Macrium. While on the USB I created an image of my HDD and then restored the image into the SSD. When I attempted to boot off of the SSD, the text "Missing Boot Device" appeared.

    This is my previous post: Cannot Boot off of Cloned SSD
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  3. Steve C
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    NotIdeal said:
    I made a post a few days ago asking how I could boot off of a cloned ssd. I created a rescue USB and booted off of that using Macrium. While on the USB I created an image of my HDD and then restored the image into the SSD. When I attempted to boot off of the SSD, the text "Missing Boot Device" appeared.

    This is my previous post: Cannot Boot off of Cloned SSD
    Disconnect the old HDD when you first boot to the new SSD and ensure the new SSD is set to be the boot device in the BIOS
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  4. ignatzatsonic
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    What partitions on the HDD did you choose to include in that image file???

    If you did NOT include ALL partitions, you may not be able to boot the restored image.
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  6. Ghot
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    NotIdeal said:
    I made a post a few days ago asking how I could boot off of a cloned ssd. I created a rescue USB and booted off of that using Macrium. While on the USB I created an image of my HDD and then restored the image into the SSD. When I attempted to boot off of the SSD, the text "Missing Boot Device" appeared.

    This is my previous post: Cannot Boot off of Cloned SSD

    Assuming you can SEE the SSD in the BIOS....
    Unhook the hard drive completely.
    Boot off the rescue USB, and use the "Fix Boot Problems" function to make the SSD bootable. It should automatically fix it.
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