Windows 10: Purchased new MB, CPU, moved SSD to this and systems can't see the boot partition.

Ok, so I purchased a new CPU and Motherboard, as Windows 11 is pretty much around the corner and my system is on the cusp of not being supported. Just because I have an I7 Series 7, and not an I7 series 8.Anyway, removed all parts and installed the new parts, and everything went rather smoothly until we got to actually booting from the SSD. The BIOS can see that that BOOT is that SSD, by name Seagate 960, windows does try to boot and fails to find an initialised installation.So, its knows the SSD is there, but when we go to the recover console, we can not see the windows partition at all.Now t

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SSD OS migration to new CPU/MB

Hello all. well in preparation on moving my SSD with win 10 i installed my new CPU and MB into an old Case and booted up which is all i could do for tonight, i did get it to boot into the BIOS, so it looks like i wired everything right.
I will install the SSD/OS that i am currently on tomorrow, i am 1\2 way there

Thanks for everyone suggestions

 

SSD OS migration to new CPU/MB

Hello all. well in preparation on moving my SSD with win 10 i installed my new CPU and MB into an old Case and booted up which is all i could do for tonight, i did get it to boot into the BIOS, so it looks like i wired everything right.
I will install the SSD/OS that i am currently on tomorrow, i am 1\2 way there

Thanks for everyone suggestions

 

Saving free space on SSD (Regarding multiple obligatory partitions on main drive)

Gerry Here just copy-paste some irrelevant response.

Well, **I've figured it out**. Here my solution (I Take no responsibility from any damage that might arise from this process, and I do not guarantee it to work for u.)

We'll assume u have 2 disks; SSD and HDD.

Also NOTE: I Work in a GPT-Disk partitioning scheme, I don't know if it's applicable on dos-style MBR partitioning.

General-methodology wich we are going to work with (or TL;DR).

• Delete all partitions on all drive
• Install Windows on the HDD Drive
• Install Windows on the SSD Drive (yes, twice!)
• Repartition the HDD to free up and reallocate as we wish (The only parition that HAVE to be there is the EUFI System (Fat) )
• After freeing up HDD space, move user folder to the HDD
• PROFIT

And in more detail:

THIS GUIDE ASSUME THIS IS A FRESH PC - THAT U DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING U NEED ON EITHER DISKS.

* - Asterisk, not a real step, just additional information

• Boot into windows 10 installation
• Clear ALL partitions on BOTH drives
• Let windows install itself onto the HDD, We'll call this installation win-hdd
  • There is no need to actually boot into this OS.
• Boot into windows 10 installation
• Let windows install itself onto the SSD. We'll call this installation win-ssd
  • *What would happen now, Is that windows detects the recovery and eufi partitions and does not need to create such additional partitions on your ssd. It would only create a 16MB windows reserved partition.
  • *Your boot partition would be hdd/eufi; But since windows detect it's own bootloader it would allow you to duel-boot between win-hdd and win-ssd(default)
• Optional: During windows-ssd first run wizard switch to audit mode (CTRL+SHIFT+F3)
  • *We would use audit mode to:
    • * Optional1: Repartition hdd
    • * Optional2: Change "Users" folder to the hdd.
    • * If u do not want to move Users folder, u can do 6.2 After win-ssd fully boots instead
  • Repartition hdd & move Users folder:
    • Using a 3rd party tool such as "MiniTool Partition Wizard" you can do the fallowing *as you wish*:
      • Delete win-hdd partition
      • Delete recovery-hdd partition
      • Delete windows reserved (16 mb) partition.
      • You can also later move the EUFI to the start of the hdd disk, if needed
      • Create new partition (free to use) on hdd.
      • Make sure to properly assign drive letters to all drive as u wish
      • Fallow
        this guide to relocate the User folder (Starting from Step 2)
• Boot into windows-ssd; If u do not know which one (int the OS selection screen) It's safe to assume that the automatically-selected one is the win-ssd.
• If u have not performed 6.2 Yet, this is the time to do that now.

GLHF.