Windows 10: Not primary partision is showing after cloning

Discus and support Not primary partision is showing after cloning in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; Last night I have cloning my disk that include Local Disk, EFI System Partition and Recovery Partition to new SSD. It's work nicely during the cloning,... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by justExHuman, Dec 3, 2020.

  1. Not primary partision is showing after cloning


    Last night I have cloning my disk that include Local Disk, EFI System Partition and Recovery Partition to new SSD. It's work nicely during the cloning, and booting. The problem is the Recovery Partition is showed. Size of this partition is 499 MB and has 42.5 MB free memory, and the Low Disk Space notification always appears. This is annoying to seeRED things among other partition and that notification. There is some way to hide this partition? Because there is no option to hide it in Disk Management.



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    justExHuman, Dec 3, 2020
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  2. cadaveca Win User

    Moving to SSD. Clone or not to clone?

    I kinda agree with you, but on a wholr, do not. While I have done things a bit differently than this specific situation, by installing Windows directly to the SSD, and cloning after, my testing shows that there are no issues doing this, very little that can go wrong, provided your system is stable.

    There are certain features that must be disabled in this situation, like auto defrag and such, but even with a fresh install to the SSD, you need to take steps to ensure that you SSD performs properly, regardless of how the data got there.

    Arming yourself with a bit of knowledge can go a long way.

    Installing the latest chipset driver, and the RST Tools, will ensure optimal performance of the SSD. but rather than taking my advice, I suggest the OP takes a look here:

    http://blogs.dirteam.com/blogs/sand...7-and-ssds-to-clone-windows-or-reinstall.aspx

    Installing The SSD - Install A Solid State Drive In Your Notebook | Tom's Hardware

    Keep in mind, also, Digibucc, that many retail drives include software and such that very specifically is to be used to ttranser the OS from an existing mechanical drive to an SSD, and if there really was alot fo issues stemming from the cloning process, they would not have packages like that, simply to eliminate tech support costs. While not the optimal option, cloning is NOT a bad thing, as long as you take the nessecary steps.
     
    cadaveca, Dec 3, 2020
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    Thank you for your reply,

    As per description, when you click to change the primary on nothing happens.

    Have you tried to perform the troubleshooting steps provided under section
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    ?

    If you have not performed the troubleshooting steps I would suggest you perform steps under
    Change which alias is primary , from my previous post. Which are as follow.


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    Ashish Sondhi, Dec 3, 2020
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  4. cadaveca Win User

    Not primary partision is showing after cloning

    Moving to SSD. Clone or not to clone?

    Part of how I keep my SSD fast is to clone it to a platter drive, then clone back. You just want to make sure that you are only cloning teh used space, and not the empty space.


    So, again, I isntall Windows to the ssd. Clone to platter drive, then clone back.

    I am not sure why, but if I do not do the clone step, the drive's speed, and windows booting, decreases substantially within a week or so.

    I am using a Corsair F60 SSD and a Western Digital 500AAKS as drives, and using the free version of Acronis that WD provides, if any of that matters. I am not sure, at this point.
     
    cadaveca, Dec 3, 2020
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