I have physically installed an ssd into my son’s desktop. I have cloned the Hdd using Macrium as per an earlier post in this forum. When going to start up it fails with the message ntldr is missing. I cannot boot even back tracking to just the hdd and no connection to the ssd at all. Can anyone suggest how to recover this situation.
TIA
John
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Problems after cloning had to ssd
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Re: Problems after cloning had to ssd
Have you checked in the BIOS that the drive (either new or old) is visible?
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Re: Problems after cloning had to ssd
Did you unplug the old disk before the first boot from the ssd? Things can go weird if you don't sometimes.
Do you have an installation dvd/memory stick for the operating system? If so, disconnect the old drive ,boot from the dvd and it's probably repairable., What Windows version is it?
First the automatic repair may do the trick.
If not, try: (text copied from elsewhere):
Boot computer from Windows installation disc. Select Troubleshoot -> Advanced Options -> Command Line. In the pop up command prompt, type the following commands to fix the Windows 10 fails to boot after clone HDD to SSD.
bootrec.exe
bootrec.exe /fixmbr
bootrec.exe /fixboot
bootrec.exe /scanos
bootrec.exe /rebuildbcd
These may help. Sometimes they don't. Experience says they work more reliably if you boot from dvd than from usb stick.
If you don't have a Windows boot disk, you can download and create one from another computer.
Do you have an installation dvd/memory stick for the operating system? If so, disconnect the old drive ,boot from the dvd and it's probably repairable., What Windows version is it?
First the automatic repair may do the trick.
If not, try: (text copied from elsewhere):
Boot computer from Windows installation disc. Select Troubleshoot -> Advanced Options -> Command Line. In the pop up command prompt, type the following commands to fix the Windows 10 fails to boot after clone HDD to SSD.
bootrec.exe
bootrec.exe /fixmbr
bootrec.exe /fixboot
bootrec.exe /scanos
bootrec.exe /rebuildbcd
These may help. Sometimes they don't. Experience says they work more reliably if you boot from dvd than from usb stick.
If you don't have a Windows boot disk, you can download and create one from another computer.
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Re: Problems after cloning had to ssd
jtr63 wrote:I have physically installed an ssd into my son’s desktop. I have cloned the Hdd using Macrium as per an earlier post in this forum. When going to start up it fails with the message ntldr is missing. I cannot boot even back tracking to just the hdd and no connection to the ssd at all. Can anyone suggest how to recover this situation.
TIA
John
Do you have the Macrium boot USB to hand? Boot from it, then select 'Fix Windows boot problems'.
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/851 ... html#Part2
https://knowledgebase.macrium.com/displ ... t+problemsMacrium wrote:When restoring an image or cloning a HD there can be situations where Windows is unable to boot due to incorrect boot configuration. This article explains how Reflect enables you to resolve these situations.
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