Need help migrating everything to SSD...

[DainBramaged]

I just installed an SSD and successfully made it the boot drive. Everything works grand. I put the original HDD in the slave slot.

However, now when I type something such as "disk management" from the Win 8.1 Start Menu, it says, "Windows cannot access E:Users\Me\AppData\Local\Packages\windows.immersivecontrolpan..." and I can't see the rest.

How do I change the defaults as the C: rather than the E:?

 

[Ketchup]

So, did you image the drive, or do a fresh install on the new drive?

If you imaged it, what program did you use, because theoretically you should not see this issue. If this is what happened, I would suggest trying a different program.

If you did a fresh Windows install on the new drive, sounds like you did so with the old drive connected. In this scenario, Windows will not install on C: because it sees another Windows installation is present. For this situation, wipe the SSD and reinstall Windows with the old drive disconnected.

 

[DainBramaged]

I imaged and I used Acronis True Image 2014. So, as far as you know there is no place to go and change the path that the object is using? I want everything to read the same but the C:, correct?

 

[Ketchup]

I imaged and I used Acronis True Image 2014. So, as far as you know there is no place to go and change the path that the object is using? I want everything to read the same but the C:, correct?

Hmm, the last time I used Acronis it worked fine, but I made a bootable CD and ran the clone program off that. After the clone did you try to boot with just the SSD running?

And, I suppose we can assume the parallel drive is mapping the drives correctly.

I have read about some registry hacks to get Windows to label the C drive correctly, but I have also read people who say this is very tricky/doesn't work.

You might want to try again, making sure that the old drive is not connected for the initial boot of the SSD after the clone.

If you can't get that to work, I might suggest you try EaseUS Todo Backup. It is probably my favorite right now.

 

[DainBramaged]

I'll definitely try that all as I get time. Thanks for the help.

 

[chusteczka]

When using Acronis 2014, did you "Switch to Disk Mode" or recover with "Partition Mode"? If by Partition Mode, did you select to recover the MBR and the small system partition?

There is also a checkbox during the recovery process asking if you wish to make the new drive bootable. IIRC, this selection actually turns off the bootability of the current system drive and switches boot to the new recovered system drive. After the image recovery is complete, it is necessary to shutdown the computer and disconnect the old system drive. This allows the new recovered system drive to take priority as the C: drive.

The disconnected drive may later be reconnected for formatting once the new recovered system drive has established its priority.