Windows 10: How do I Prepare a New SSD for Win 10 Install

When you did the image, where did you store the image? When you made the image, did you select the 'Create an image of the partitions necessary to restore Windows?





You have plenty of space, that shouldn't be a problem. I'm not sure which folders you tried to open, but some folders you can't open without 'extraordinary' efforts. That's by design. It appears you are in UEFI mode. If so, it looks as though there may be some partitions missing. One won't really matter. One won't show in Disk management but if not there it will cause serious problems. Have you tried booting into safe mode with only the restored disk attached or running startup repair with only the restored Disk?
This will show how to get into the Advanced Startup options, Use Option 5 to boot from the installation USB/DVD Advanced Startup Options - Boot to in Windows 10 - Windows 10 Forums

Option 1 in this tutorial will show you how to boot into safe mode from Advanced Startup as well as run startup repair. Safe Mode - Start Windows 10 in - Windows 10 Forums See Option 1.

 

Thanks,

You may have hit on my dyslexia type comprehension.

No I did not.
I may have read this as only the partitions required to start windows. I went to the help files and they don't make this real clear either.
If I were Macrium to avoid support traffic I would at least include "The image selected disk on this computer" option may or may not include partitions(s) required to backup and restore windows.

Anyways, to me it looks like if I select all the images I'll get it all, and if I select the include startup and run windows option that's all I'll get.

So i am imaging with the include partitions required to restore windows as I type. Is OK to use the PC while imaging, I take it snap shot takes care of this?

 

Been like that since Windows 8. They renamed it to optimisation rather than defragging. No need to change the scheduled optimisation at all - in fact better to leave it really.

 

I imaged and went to work. I'm back and restoring it to and empty drive. I'll try to boot to it tomorrow. Thanks,

 

It didn't work. Got the below. Not necessarily in that order.
Tried the Macrium repairs with no success. I will try windows repair this weekend.
If Macrium is imaging the drive accurately how come it will not boot? Verify was OK.
I read all kinds of KUDOS for Macrium but am not having the same results.

Inaccessible_Boot_device
0xc0000001
0xc0000219
0xc0000225
Bad_system_config_inf

 

I have no idea. It has always worked for me.

 

Did you boot with only the restored drive connected? Did you change the boot order in bios and select Windows Boot Manager as the first boot device?

 

@gapi see if this will help you Can somebody help me on how to reconfigure boot loader in Windows 10?

Unplug everything, including all other hard drives, do a clean Install then restore only the C partition. That's what is happening in that post.

 

Thanks Tons for Keeping Me In mind!
Coincidentally I just now in the last hour hit pay dirt.

I may have found my problem(s) before you offered the thread link but its a "very good" thread and I subscribed to it. Thanks.

OK, in Macrium during an image (of my OS SSD) being restored to a destination HDD I was getting "Read Error 22" "Broken Pipe". I suspect the HDD containing the stored image was failing when reading it to the destination HDD I wanted to boot from.

Then my new Sandisk 1TB X400 SSD arrived. Its the same as my OS drive Sandisk 1TB X400 SSD.
So I pulled out another known good HDD and made a new system (everything required to start and run windows) image to it.
Connected my 2nd SSD as delivered and restored the image from that HDD to it.
Disconnected the original SSD leaving the 2nd SSD connected and BAMO! Pay dirt! I am typing to you from it now. Such joy!
It booted up like it never happened. I had to look and make sure I had things connected how I think I had them.

Now I have to decide and/or learn what kind of images and/or schedule I want. I would like one made once a week. I don't need to have several copies. A simple home user / Photographer a weekly protection would be nice.
Maybe I really don't need a schedule. I can insert the SSD into a dock and hit go and update the image?
Or weekly clone over write?

Maybe someone can explain. I am running the free version.

Here is my SATA 6 Gb/s dock on my case.

 

That's great news. I'm glad you have it sorted. Congratulations. I would and do not overwrite images. I do about 2 a week and keep usually 6 to 8. The reason being is, if you were to delete something but didn't realize it for a week or so, you could always go back and get it. Also, if you were to get a virus or something and didn't realize it for several days, you could restore to a point before you got the virus.

In case you didn't know, for file recovery you can mount an image and go back and find a lost or damaged file without restoring the Image. You can also image and keep a 'Clean Install' at any stage after the install. That way you would never have to go through a clean install again, just restore that image. Same with updates and upgrades.

 

Thanks,

So with the free version it looks like differentials. Tell me if I understand this correctly.
Say I have one monthly full and three weekly differentials.

If I want to restore to the date of a certain differential, do I just open Macrium, choose a differential to restore and it will wind up restoring a full copy to the point of the date of the differential?

 

I can't answer that as I have never used them with Macrium. I did do them with Acronis and every one of them failed. So, I have never used them again. But, I suspect you are correct.

 

Thanks for all the help. I did read up on the restore by choosing a differential or incremental and its as I guessed.
I'll be experimenting with this soon so stay subscribed and I'll report.

 

I'll be here, don't worry. Jus ask any questions you come up with.

 

I managed to get it to run an automatic full and a differential on schedule.

At first it failed with errors indicating there were MBR issues and a chkdsk /r was needed. The drive being an SSD I had doubts but I ran it and it seemed to fix the issue.
Soon I'll report on a restore using a differential.