Moving operating system to an SSD.

[Moriath]

Switched the dvd player and it worked fine. But now after i've formatted my old windows HD it keeps trying to do a repair everytime i reboot.

Currently doing a "slow" format to see if that helps but it probably won't delete the restore partitions. So how do i get rid of those then?

Do you have the bios still trying to boot from your old hhd first? If so go there and remove it from the boot order. Put the ssd in to it and it should be fine.

 

[Ctuchik]

Remove it entirely or just move it down the priority list? Not sure i can remove it entirely to be honest. Got one of those asus uefi bios.

 

[~Yuckfou~]

Moving down will do it. Make sure the ssd is the boot drive.

 

[MYstIC G]

Move it down should be fine, it is generally most useful to go along the lines of:

• External USB
• CD/DVD Drive
• SSD
• Old HDD

 

[Ctuchik]

Ok it doesn't try to repair now but it still has me select which windows to boot from. Why does it do that? I formatted the other hard drive, there are no windows on it. Only system restore opartitions i (presumably) don't need on it.

 

[Moriath]

Ok it doesn't try to repair now but it still has me select which windows to boot from. Why does it do that? I formatted the other hard drive, there are no windows on it. Only system restore opartitions i (presumably) don't need on it.

Its cause it can see the bootstrap from the old hdd. Which indicates it can be bootable even tho the old hdd doesnt have any windows files on it any more. When you format the drives it doesnt overwrite the boot area of it. Im sure a google will give you a solution to remove it from the drive.

 

[MYstIC G]

How to Delete Old Boot Menu Options on Windows 10

I strongly suggest the MSConfig option

 

[Ctuchik]

Great, thanks for all the help everybody.

 

[Ctuchik]

How to Delete Old Boot Menu Options on Windows 10

I strongly suggest the MSConfig option

You are the man!

Now everything is more or less exactly the way i want it.

You guys are SO great! Thanks a lot!

 

[MYstIC G]

You are the man!

Now everything is more or less exactly the way i want it.

You guys are SO great! Thanks a lot!

No worries

 

[dysfunction]

I've done mine as well. All back to normal now.
Struggled with a strange error which meant I had to unplug my other drives before it would install Win on my new drive.