new SSD - can't boot off it

dandw2 · Jun 29, 2015

Hello, I was wondering if someone could help point me in the right direction.
Lenovo A730 - Intel i7 processor, 8 GB RAM, Win 8.1 - all updates in place. 1TB HDD 5,400 rpm.

The computer is very slow to boot off the HDD - so thought we'd try a SSD. Purchased a Samsung 250 Gb 850EVO mSata SSD (there is an open slot on the mother board for it).

Installed SSD, ran the Samsung data migration software. The SSD is recognized in file explorer and disk manager as drive G:

Changed boot order in BIOS to boot from SSD first. The computer boots and goes to windows desktop, but it seems to be switching from the SSD to the HDD and hunting for file location.

Shut computer down - and unplugged HDD. Tried booting off of SSD that way - goes through to password for OS, then says "preparing windows" after a bit it fails with two scripts from lenovo it can't find.

Any ideas of what I did wrong? I'd rather not do a clean install on ssd - maybe an image would work?

plodr · Jun 30, 2015

The SDM software will transfer all of your existing programs, applications, and user settings from the selected drive partitions. When it’s finished, all you have to do is shut down your system, swap out the old HDD for the new SSD, and boot up (be sure to enable AHCI in your BIOS if it’s not already set up).
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Source: http://www.samsung.com/global/busin.../SSD/global/html/whitepaper/whitepaper11.html
So have you disconnected the old hard drive and have you changed the setting in the BIOS?

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new SSD - can't boot off it

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