Unable to boot after backing up and restoring to SSD
Master Drive: Crucial SSD 500 GB
OS: Windows 10
C Drive: 500 GB with windows 10. (used 140 GB)
D Drive: 1.5 TB
First Backup the C with the reserved space, MBR. Back up to D drive
From the Acronis boot cd. Restore to Crucial SSD
After restoring. When i try removing the Hard disk and try to boot from ssd. Got a message winload.exe not found
I unplug ssd and try to boot from hard disk. Getting a message Operating system not available.
when i plugged in both drives in bios boot priority made first to crucial ssd it boots. but i can only see C and D. I am unable to see ssd drive there. But if i look in task manager SSD is there as Disk 0
When i check the drives from computer management. the entire 500 GB is showing as system reserved and used space is only showing in properties as 100 MB which i assume is the system reserved.
I tried cloning from hard drive to ssd. when i clone in source i exclude drive D but after cloning completed when i try to boot i am getting a message operating system not available.


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I have two partition so based on your answer cloning is out of question.
But what happen to the back up and restore?
Master Drive: Crucial SSD 500 GB
OS: Windows 10
C Drive: 500 GB with windows 10. (used 140 GB)
D Drive: 1.5 TB
First Backup the C with the reserved space, MBR. Back up to D drive
From the Acronis boot cd. Restore to Crucial SSD
After restoring. When i try removing the Hard disk and try to boot from ssd. Got a message winload.exe not found
I unplug ssd and try to boot from hard disk. Getting a message Operating system not available.
when i plugged in both drives in bios boot priority made first to crucial ssd it boots. but i can only see C and D. I am unable to see ssd drive there. But if i look in task manager SSD is there as Disk 0
When i check the drives from computer management. the entire 500 GB is showing as system reserved and used space is only showing in properties as 100 MB which i assume is the system reserved.
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If we assume that you have successfully restored a copy of your Windows 10 OS C:\ partition plus the hidden System Reserved partition and MBR from your HDD to your new Crucial SSD.
Where is the SSD connected when you attempt to boot from it?
Is it connect in the same physical location (cable connector / controller) where the HDD was connected when it was able to boot successfully?
If the SSD is connected in a different location / to a different cable connector or controller, then it will not boot because this no longer matches the information recorded by Windows in the Boot Configuration Data store (BCD).
It is not sufficient to just change boot drive priority in the BIOS to get the SSD to boot into Windows 10.
From your final statement about "the entire 500 GB is showing as system reserved and used space is only showing in properties as 100 MB", it seems that my assumption above is incorrect, and you have not successfully restored a copy of your Windows C:\ partition and hidden System Reserved partition to the SSD.
I would recommend starting again in this process.
Make a new Disks & Partitions backup of your System Reserved and Windows 10 partitions to your D: partition.
When selecting these partitions, ensure that you are looking at the Full partition list on the Source selection panel so that the hidden partitions are shown.
Next, connect the SSD drive and restore the new backup to the SSD without resizing the partition sizes, so that you have an identical copy of the partitions from the HDD drive.
Shutdown the system fully - making sure that you are not going into Windows Fast Start hybrid shutdown = Hibernation.
Remove the HDD drive and replace it with the SSD connecting to the same cables. Leave the HDD removed at this point.
Now try to boot from the SSD and check that it boots correctly without needing to make any changes in BIOS / boot priority etc - this should not be needed if you are just replacing the HDD with the SSD and the contents are identical.
If all starts up correctly, then you can either connect the HDD via USB and reformat the original Windows & System Reserved partition or remove these and expand the D: partition to use the whole drive.
At this point, you can now reconnect the HDD internally within the system as the second drive.
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I did all the step except i didn't put the cable of the hard drive to SSD. Will try that. thanks. If not will follow your steps again. Thanks for sending detail explanation.
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