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Originally Posted by laszlof
Sounds like you didnt clone over the boot partition. I'll admit its been a long time since I've messed with windows, but that would be the first thing I'd check.
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As far as I can tell, the entire drive cloned accurately. The two drives look identical except for the larger Windows partition on the new drive.
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Originally Posted by Hurricane Beefaroni
Does BIOS recognize the SSD when you're in it?
Yes, the BIOS sees the new SSD
Did you go from an SATA to NVMe SSD?
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No. SATA SSD to SATA SSD.
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Originally Posted by JohnnyCanuck
Might be UEFI boot restriction. Check the BIOS to see if Secure Boot is enabled (or whatever the equivalent is called).
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This is an older Dell. No UEFI or Secure Boot.
I'm going to try fixmbr and that whole string of commands. The "rescue" USB I made before cloning has a wizard that supposedly did all that, but I'm not sure the fixmbr part completed properly.
Probably time for a new PC for Wifey anyway, but she's so against buying new things when the old things still work. She's still driving her 2006 Honda Civic despite my pleas for her to get something new.
