HDD swap to SSD. Now stuck on BIOS

[oliverpinnock]

I replaced the HDD on my laptop with a SSD. I cloned the HDD to the SSD to preserve the OS. There wasn’t much else in the computer. I checked the contents of the SSD afterwards and it looked like a match.

Now upon boot up with the new SSD I just get stuck in the BIOS. Any idea what I did wrong?

 

[USAFRet]

I replaced the HDD on my laptop with a SSD. I cloned the HDD to the SSD to preserve the OS. There wasn’t much else in the computer. I checked the contents of the SSD afterwards and it looked like a match.

Now upon boot up with the new SSD I just get stuck in the BIOS. Any idea what I did wrong?

Done correctly, the clone operation should work.
You likely left off the boot partition or something.

Specific steps for a successful clone operation:
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Verify the actual used space on the current drive is significantly below the size of the new SSD
Download and install Macrium Reflect (or Samsung Data Migration, if a Samsung SSD)
Power off
Disconnect ALL drives except the current C and the new SSD
Power up
Run the Macrium Reflect (or Samsung Data Migration)
Select ALL the partitions on the existing C drive
Click the 'Clone' button
Wait until it is done
When it finishes, power off
Disconnect ALL drives except for the new SSD
This is to allow the system to try to boot from ONLY the SSD
Swap the SATA cables around so that the new drive is connected to the same SATA port as the old drive
Power up, and verify the BIOS boot order
If good, continue the power up

It should boot from the new drive, just like the old drive.
Maybe reboot a time or two, just to make sure.

If it works, and it should, all is good.

Later, reconnect the old drive and wipe as necessary.
Delete the 450MB Recovery Partition, here:
https/social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/4f1b84ac-b193-40e3-943a-f45d52e23685/cant-delete-extra-healthy-recovery-partitions-and-healthy-efi-system-partition?forum=w8itproinstall
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[R0GG]

- Disconnect the older from motherboard (sata connector and power preferably) and any extra storage drives
- Boot into your motherboard Bios
- In the Bios Boot tab you should find 2 lists :
* 1st : Boot Device Priority
* 2nd: Hard Drives (including SSDs) priority.


- Go to the 2nd list and make sure /or choose your SSD is the first Drive choice among your hard drives
- THEN go the first list and choose your SSD as First boot Device
- Save and exit your bios will reboot.

If you're booting windows 10 you'll find your SSD entry twice in the first list: one with SSD simple SSD name, the second with " windows boot manager+ SSD name" which is the one to choose for proper booting in UEFI.

What is your motherboard complete model name ?
What system are you running ( Windows 7 or windows 10?)