Successfully cloned drive, but then had problems booting into clone.
I have Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit, an older OCZ ssd, and a newer, larger HyperX ssd. I'm booting with a Gigabyte UEFI DualBIOS. I doubt any of this matters other than Win 7, but I don't have too much computer knowledge.
The story is that I wanted to upgrade my SSD and move my Windows to the larger SSD since the old SSD could hardly hold it. After I was unsuccessful with cloning the old SSD onto the new SSD with Macrium software, I tried the Acronis trial. That worked without a hitch, or so the software said. I explicitly booted into the new SSD via the BIOS and that looked like it worked. (Not sure if relevant, but for the sake of being comprehensive, I noticed after booting into the new SSD, I noticed that the old SSD was still the C drive, but I didn't think too much of it.) So I formatted the old SSD via Manage in My Comp. Goes smoothly.
Then I reboot once more, explicitly into the new SSD, and now the problem arises. It starts Windows, and then sits at the "Preparing your desktop..." screen with the Windows 7 Ultimate logo at the bottom for a minute or two. When it finishes preparing the desktop, it goes to a completely blank desktop with a plain blue background, and I only have a mouse cursor. I can't do anything, not even right click. There's no toolbar or start menu. I find the only thing I can do is ctrl alt del, which does bring me to the usual Win 7 screen. If I bring up the task manager, it comes up in that ancient Windows window, with the plain, ugly grey.
Do I need to start my computer fresh? I'm not afraid of losing any data, just my Windows license. I feel like I just need to unleash the full Windows hidden in my new SSD, like some setting is holding it back, but what do I know...
Not sure if this forum can help me, as the problem is likely not due to Acronis. But worth a shot. Thanks!
