Windows 10: System does not boot after cloning SSD to NVME

I cloned my SSD to my NVME SSD succesfully, but when I am trying to boot from the NVME it will display two different kinds of error messages depending on if I am booting with Legacy or UEFI. If I am booting with Legacy or UEFI with CSM, it will display a black screen that says:"Boot Device Not Found Please install an operating system on your hard disk.Hard disk - 3F0F2 System DiagnosticsFor more information, please visit: www.hp.com/go/techcenter/startup"If I am booting with UEFI without CSM it will say:"No bootable image found, notebook will shutdown". This screen is white with a blue OK bu

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Clone present nvme pcie ssd to replacement nvme pcie ssd?

I have a 500GB M.2 2280 NVMe PCIe SSD (boot drive) that I want to replace with a higher capacity M.2 card.

Where do I put the new SSD during the NVMe to NVMe cloning process? My mobo only has one M.2 slot for NVMe SSD's so do I want to use an external adapter for one of the M.2 cards? If so, do you have a recommendation?

If you have solved this issue for your desktop or laptop I would like your advice on if and what extra hardware you needed during the cloning.

please remember that I am dealing with PCIe NVMe drives ONLY. NO Sata is involved except possibly for a connecting cable from the desktop to an adapter. I am experienced with cloning SATA III drives but cloning NVMe is a little
new to me.

Computer: Dell XPS 8920, 32GB ram.

Present SSD: KXG50ZNV512G NVMe Toshiba 512GB

New SSD: CT13049074 Crucial P1 NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD 1TB (or 2TB if available soon) or similar storage device.

Windows 10 Pro for Workstations, version 1809.

 

Missing Boot record (Error code: 0xc000000e) after cloning OS from an NVMe SSD to a SATA SSD

Hi,

I'm having a bit of trouble following what you have done so far, but might suggest a trick that might work..

Your one picture says Disk 0 is the new cloned drive, but is showing a 256gb, not 1tb... Not a big deal, but I just wanted to make sure what I mention is correct..

Will the machine boot from the 256gb SSD with the NVMe and new 1tb removed ?

My impression is that you are now working with the new 1tb SSD that was a clone of the NVMe, and the NVMe that had the new 1tb SSD cloned back to it..

This is my suggestion that has worked for me in the past, but not always.. The way windows lays out the partitions in UEFI machines can be tricky.. Sometimes just 1mb of free space before the first partition can break the deal..

If your machine boots properly from the temp 256gb SSD, try this.. It will require that you make an image of the 256gb SSD and use bootable Macrium to restore part of it to the NVMe.. I chose the NVMe for this because it is a copy of a copy.. The best original
you have is now the new 1tb SSD..

Remove all other drives before attempting to boot with the NVMe after doing this..

After imaging the 256gb SSD, try recovering it's first Recovery partition to the NVMe and see what happens.. If that does not work, try Recovering both the Recovery and EFI.. If that fails, try all three of the partitions prior to the Windows partition..

If you still need to create the bootable media, don't even bother messing with the WinPE\Re version.. It is a real pain to create, and in my opinion, does not work as well as the Linux version.. The Linux version pretty much ignores any type of Windows fussiness,
and just does the job you request..

BTW.. Another method might be to wipe the NVMe and reinstall Windows... Then once installed and functioning, image the cloned 1tb SSD, then restore the windows partition to the NVMe overwriting what has just been installed..

 

cloning sata ssd to m.2 nvme

When you clone SATA SSD to NVMe SSD there isn't required drivers on Windows and it will not boot, but it can be fixed by booting in safe mode. (I did this few days ago when upgrade old laptop with NMVe SSD.)

When you boot first time with that new NVMe disk it fail and you have two options how to enter safe mode.

Option 1) Let it fail until it attempt to automatic repair and when you see this screen select Advanced repair options to enter repair environment.





Option 2) When OS start boot and you see those spinning dots push power button to force power off, on third boot it will open repair environment.

When you are in repair environment follow these instructions to boot in safe mode.

PCIe SSD not booting after cloning from SATA SSD/HDD | Crucial.com

This will install correct NVMe driver and boot to screen asking user name and password. At that point do not enter anything, just use power button on lower right cornet on screen to restart. Now it should boot normal mode and you can sign-in.