Thank you. I have redone the clone, detached the original HDD, and the SSD booted..much faster than I've ever seen it before!
Can I keep the original one too (not essential)?

I did not make a rescue USB with Acronis.
I have a windows recovery drdve made this morning - but is dis not boot to windows, through I got to the command prompt from there.
I have an Acronis...

Disconnected power cable of SSD and reconnected power cable original HDDD.
Yes, boots up from there.

Acronis® True Image™ - licence key supplied with Kingston SSD drive.

I have an external...

No. I can't find how to do it.
I have a recovery drive but nothing is getting me into windows from that.
Ah! Troubleshoot-Advanced Options-Comand_prompt gives the command prompt.
Working on...

I have a recovery drive I made earlier, but it doesn't seem to boot from that?

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Depressing certainly to have these problems. I'm no hardware expert. The instructions from...

I have detached the power cable.
Got past the DELL logo on reboot but the circle of dots is circling, without getting any further.

I don't know whether it is GPT.
I cloned the new SSD with Acronis True Image supplied with it, and didn't have to make a choice.
By changing back to Secure Boot and disabling Legacy mode, the...

Dear forum,

There seem to be some real experts in this group and I'd be grateful for your advice here.

I've installed a new 500 GB Kingston SSD and cloned my existing HDD to it. Both drives...