Windows 10: After migrating from HDD to SSD hardware acting strangely

Hi, I finally saved some money so I bought Kingston A400 240 GB SSD. I installed fresh install of Windows 10 and installed all drivers as usual. But a lot of thing started behaving strangely. Problems with Win10 not being able to recognise SSD is sort of figured out, the reason is my SATA II controller can't do AHCI. That is being sorted now, I am in process of adding SATA III card to my system but due to layout the graphics card is blocking the only accessible PCIE x1 port. But that is not the matter of this question.

Way, way worse for me is that I am using HDMI to VGA converter. It is pretty simple device, I don't even know the name of it (it doesn't have anything written on it), it just converts HDMI to VGA. I am using second display for multiple computers, so I usually unplug the VGA cable from the monitor and plug other in. On the previous system the display got completely removed and system acted like there is nothing connected. After the update when I unplug the cable from the display, the classic "disconnect sound" can be heard, but right after that another "connect sound" happens and the system is thinking that some 'virtual' 1024x768 display is connected. Again - worked before like a charm, now it doesn't want to work and does this weird stuff. And it is pretty darn annoying - mouse gets stuck on the other virtual display frequently and audio device keeps resetting to HDMI even though I uninstalled or disabled the device from device manager. After every unplug it resets to a non-existant HDMI display.

Another problem is with audio. Before I was able to install VIA HD audio V11.1100f (last for Windows 10 64bit), but after restart popup message opens and says "Your OS is 64bit. Please use 64bit application." But again - it worked before! Sadly, VIA dropped all driver base for Windows 10 64bit, so I can't look for latest driver. And sadly, Windows 10 Update thingamajig wouldn't install the HD Audio Deck app for me. I need the app to work.

Like I said - everything worked like a charm before migrating to SSD (which involved installing the latest update - 1803 I believe is the number? Anyway it wasn't installed before), so I think there is huge problem somewhere in Windows. And it is slowly, but surely driving me nuts... Thanks for help, any idea is appreciated!

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Migration from Hdd to m2.SSD

Recently I have purchased a new laptop (hp probook 450 G4) and a new original windows 10 home edition and now I want to upgrade my 1 TB Hdd to a new m2 ssd and my laptop supports another slot for the m2 ssd so I can run both
the m2 ssd & hdd at the same time but I will make the m2 ssd the boot drive and the hdd will be the data drive.
MY Question is how can I migrate system drive to the new m2 ssd without the need to reinstall windows or any other installed programs and there is another thing, when I checked the disk management I found 3 recovery partitions will I have to
migrate them too or I have to migrate the system drive only

 

Migrating from HDD to SSD


You're looking at just under 75GB of data to migrate from your HDD to SSD so...
I'd suggest you use Todo Backup Free for migrations to SSDs. As "Word Man" mentioned, you get to choose if you want to move some or all of the partitions of a disk. I think you'll be ok to just migrate/clone the whole disk to the new SSD and then from it from the SSD to the other physical drive you mentioned having. If you have a Samsung SSD, use their Samsung Magician software to do the clone.

 

Migrating Win10 OEM Upgrade from HDD to SSD

I recently helped a friend with OEM Windows 7 Home Premium on his laptop upgrade to Windows 10. All went well with no probs - so laptop is currently running Windows 10 OEM.

He now wants to swap out the single HDD for a Samsung 850 Evo SSD. Can I simply migrate the HDD to the SSD, and then swap the SSD for the HDD - and Windows 10 OEM will still be activated?

I did something similar with my laptop (running Win10 Retail, upgraded from Win8.1 retail), using the Samsung migration software.

Will a similar job work with Win10 OEM?

Thanks for any help/advice.