“I have a brand new SSD, and I want to clone my Windows 7 boot partition to and make it bootable from the SSD instead of the HDD. But even after successful clone, the SSD is still unbootable. What’s the reason?”
We believe a lot of people have encountered such a kind of problems, and till now some of them haven’t found a reason as well as a solution. Please read the article Why Windows Won’t Boot from the Cloned System Partition to get the exact reason, and below we will give 2 solutions. Please choose the most appropriate one depending on your own situation.
Solution 1: clone the whole hard disk to SSD
By taking this method, all files saved on HDD will be cloned to SSD, which involve operating system, user data, applications, and so on. If you want to transfer all data to SSD, this is a worthwhile method. Steps are as follows:
Start MiniTool Partition Wizard, which is a piece of free disk clone software, to get the main window:
Select the disk that will be cloned, then choose “Copy Disk” feature, and next select the disk that will hold the contents of the first-selected disk.
Next, choose a copying method to get a boot note. Read the note and click “Finish” to go back to the main window.
At last, click “Apply” button to make all changes performed. For video help, please see Copy Disk.
Solution 2: migrate Windows 7 to SSD
You are able to migrate Windows only to SSD, and the migrated system can work correctly. This is different from cloning Windows 7 boot partition to SSD, because all partitions required to boot Windows will be cloned. And MiniTool Partition Wizard can help you complete this task in easy operations, too. Detailed steps are as follows:
Start the program to get the main interface:
Choose the function “Migrate OS to SSD/HD Wizard”.
Then, select the SSD to migrate Windows 7 to, and next choose a copying method.
Finally, please apply changes by following instructions. For video help, please see Migrate OS to SSD/HD.
Therefore, do not clone Windows 7 boot partition to SSD when you want to run system on SSD, but clone the entire hard disk or migrate OS.