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Windows 8.1 trouble booting since recovery to different disk

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I had my Windows 8.1 OS running on an Intel 240GB 335 series SSD. Unfortunately, it crashed without warning after coming out of hibernation. While waiting for eventual warranty replacement, I installed a spare Western Digital 1TB hard drive and tried recovering to that in the meantime. The recovery seemed to go fine, but when Windows boots, I eventually get the powder blue screen saying it ran into a problem, would try and figure out a solution, and reboot. The screen is only there for two seconds before it reboots. It eventually comes to the screen giving me other Windows options to try (refreshing, resetting, etc.). Even though the computer attempts to boot from the drive, at least getting to the Windows boot screen, when I check the BIOS (to alter boot sequence), the hard drive isn't listed (which I find unusual). I ran Linux off a usb and I was able to access files off the drive. I only have one other hard drive installed (for storage and backup). I'm no computer expert, but I'm good with the basics. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Windows 8.1 Pro 64bit, Acronis True Image Home Premium (I'm pretty sure latest build, but have no way of checking right now).

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Update: I was able to (somewhat blindly) fix the problem. I'm not sure if I reconnected the "new" hard drive to the same cable as the previous one (don't ask). I ended up only connecting the new drive and after several restarts and some updates it's working. I'm now going to see what happens when I start connecting the other hard drive and optical drive, but at least I have it working now. As I mentioned, I'm no computer expert, but I'm guessing the problem lying somewhere in how I reconnected the new drive (all SATA connections)...

And the Acronis build was 6673...

Sounds like you did figure it out, yes once recovery is complete the newly recovered drive needs to be attached in the same location (connected to the same connector) as the original (source) disk.

You should verify that your newly created disk is set as the first boot device in your bios so that the machine will look there first for Windows.