Windows 10: SSD jams all Windows 10 after I plugged in HDD

Hi
So I got a new disc for Christmas, so I plugged it into the computer I added a disk in disk management there, and it all looked fine. But after I wanted to shut down the computer, it didn't turn off, and I had to turn it off manually through the case. Next day I turn on the computer, all looks fine, but about 2 minutes after I wanted to play some games, I wanted to play Forza Horizon 4, It was loading and then when the picture disappeared, it instantly crashed. So I thought It was just some bug and I let it go. And after I wanted to looked some movie, so I turn on Windows Explorer, and then it lagged all my computer, and all I could do was restart it in the task manager. So i go to disk management and it was loading, so i was waiting a while but nothing, so i restarted my computer of course manually again, then i instantly go to disk management and it worked, I don't know what to do there, so i did something but it didn't worked. After when nothing worked, I unplugged my new HDD, and I was sure it would be all fixed. After I turned on the computer it were same, after 1 minute nothing worked, some games were worked on microsoft store, but not all. So I went to the bios but I don't know how to use bios, so I was just looking. I found one thing, it was secure erase and it said on my SSD that is in frozen state. But after a couple a restarts it were again in ready state. But again after a couple restarts it were again in frozen state, so i really don't know what to do. So then I went to the disk management fast and shrink volume about 1,5 GB on my SSD. It worked! But then when I turn off the computer and plugged HDD, it were the same, so I restarted computer and fast went to the disk management, but now it didn't even load, So I again unplugged my HDD and tried to go disk management, but nothing happened, it didn't load... I watched many videos, pictures and pages but nothing helped me and nothing worked, so this is maybe my last hope and i really hope someone can help me with this.

Thank you in advance!

:)

 

Windows 10 on HDD to a new SSD

I have recently replaced the 500 GB HDD in my laptop running Windows 10 with a 480 GB SSD. The laptop was fully configured with my applications and other settings. The steps I took were as follows:

1) Shrink the C: drive so it was significantly smaller than the SSD (by at least 100 GB) using the Disk Management tools in W10.

2) Copy all the files from D: onto an external HDD.

3) Download Ubuntu Linux and burn on to a DVD.

4) Download Windows 10 from Download Windows 10 and burn this on to a DVD.

5) Close down and boot the laptop from the Ubuntu DVD from step 3 (I used a USB DVD rewriter).

6) Plug in the external HDD.

7) Open a Linux terminal and cd to the external HDD.

8) Copy the C: partition to the external HDD using a command such as:

dd bs=1024k if=/dev/sda1 of=C-drive

where sda1 is adjusted to point to the correct partition.

9) Close down and remove the external HDD.

10) Remove the HDD and replace with the SSD.

11) Perform a clean install Windows 10 from the DVD from step 4. Deleting all partitions from the SSD if it has had any created on it. When it asked for the product key, there was an option to enter it later. Make sure that the C: drive that is created is
the same size or bigger than the C: drive was on the HDD.

12) Repeat steps 5, 6 and 7 then run the command

dd bs=1024k if=C-drive of=/dev/sda4

With the clean install of W10 64bit, sda4 was the C: drive on the SSD after the installation.

13) Reboot from the SSD. The first couple of times my laptop reported errors and went into repair and diagnostic cycles. The last one said something like Reboot or Go to further tools. I cannot remember the exact messages but the meaning was as I have described.
I rebooted and Windows 10 came up and ran perfectly.

14) With the SSD working I shrank the C: drive a few GB to make sure the physical space was the same size as the actual filesystem.

15) Create a D: format it and copy all the saved files on to the new D: from the external HDD.

Job done. All my applications worked perfectly and the laptop connected to my wireless network without needing the pass phrase re-entering. I had tried several other ways of cloning the HDD to the SSD, but as the SSD was 20 GB smaller this was the only way
I managed to get it to work.

I hope this helps others to make the HDD to SSD transition.

 

Complete SSD and HDD integration

Thank you for the response. I hope you have not understood it wrong, I have an M.2 SSD in my computer and an HDD too in my computer. This means I cannot plug the HDD in my computer while running to prevent damage. But, anyways, I could unplug the HDD and
then reinstall Windows on the SSD. Before I would do that, I would have to do what you mentioned, to wipe the SSD first. Which third-party tool would be best for that, to create a usable partition for Windows to reinstall on? I am very cautious here because
I really don't want to wipe something wrong. As mentioned before, I did "Custom Install" when I installed Windows on the SSD.

Also, what do you mean with "Just don't boot the machine with it plugged in.."?

So, slance310 and Greg Carmack, what are your suggestions on what to do now? Thanks so much!

 

Does Windows 10 automatically recognise that a SSD has replaced a HDD?

I have recently replaced the HDD in my Windows 10 laptop with a SSD. As I understand it, Windows periodically runs a defragmentation in the background on a HDD. However, SSD drives do not require defragmenting and running such a tool can shorten the life
of a SSD.

The SSD was a clone of the HDD and not a new installation. Will Windows 10 recognize that the laptop now has a SSD and stop its background defragmentation or do I need to take specific steps to prevent this activity occurring on the SSD? If I need to take
action please advise on the steps I should take.

Thanks for any advice anyone can offer.