How can I tell if my SSD I just cloned to is "bootable" ?

I am cloning an existing SSD (my source drive) to another SSD (my target) I just bought.

I cloned partition by partition (for a good reason). How do I check if this target SSD is bootable or not? Is there a boot sector or something I can look for that confirms this disk is bootable ?

(Its going to be the C drive for my WIndows10 pc)

Replace the old SSD with the new one, try to boot from it.

AndreTen said:

Why don't you switch the cloned drive with existing and check?

Beat me by a second

And to add to it: I prefer disk Imaging vs Cloning

Imaging would not make it bootable. In theory Cloning should clone everything including the boot sector. I am using Macrium Reflect.

Leave it connected and ensure it is first on the boot menu.

Samuria said:

You should have cloned the whole drive as you may not have got the boot sector

The boot sector is in the EFI System Partition, ESP.

Anibor said:

The boot sector is in the EFI System Partition, ESP.

thanks, it does have an EFI - what does ESP mean ?

esp means efi system partition. Many bios expect it. Did you clone it?

SIW2 said:

esp means efi system partition. Many bios expect it. Did you clone it?

Yes, EFI was on the original source disk I needed to clone