Change the name of the boot disk.
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Hello,
I'm reposting here the same question I asked on the Windows forum, as this forum seems more suitable for my problem.
I installed an SSD in my PC (in the second SATA slot), and using the migration software that came with the SSD, I cloned 3 partitions from the hard drive (recovery, system, and primary partitions). My HDD had other partitions, including a data partition. I then physically swapped the SSD and HDD. After that, I rebooted and set the SSD as the boot drive through the BIOS. Checking in Disk Management, I saw that the SSD is indeed Disk 0, but its name is E:, while the old drive retains the name C:.
This has the downside that many programs cannot locate it. For the ones I manage, I could change the shortcuts, but there are many that run in the background, and I keep getting alerts with pop-ups: "the program xxx has stopped working."
I cannot do without the HDD (it contains data) and I wouldn't want to delete the system partition right away until everything is working.
I tried to change the drive letters (through Disk Management), but when I change (by modifying C: to an available letter), I get "incorrect parameter."
Thank you for your help,
Mike
Configuration: Windows / Firefox 26.0
I'm reposting here the same question I asked on the Windows forum, as this forum seems more suitable for my problem.
I installed an SSD in my PC (in the second SATA slot), and using the migration software that came with the SSD, I cloned 3 partitions from the hard drive (recovery, system, and primary partitions). My HDD had other partitions, including a data partition. I then physically swapped the SSD and HDD. After that, I rebooted and set the SSD as the boot drive through the BIOS. Checking in Disk Management, I saw that the SSD is indeed Disk 0, but its name is E:, while the old drive retains the name C:.
This has the downside that many programs cannot locate it. For the ones I manage, I could change the shortcuts, but there are many that run in the background, and I keep getting alerts with pop-ups: "the program xxx has stopped working."
I cannot do without the HDD (it contains data) and I wouldn't want to delete the system partition right away until everything is working.
I tried to change the drive letters (through Disk Management), but when I change (by modifying C: to an available letter), I get "incorrect parameter."
Thank you for your help,
Mike
Configuration: Windows / Firefox 26.0
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Hello. I am well aware of your problem.
First of all, know that I have never tried what I am about to propose, so I am not at all sure of its success.
Try changing the letter of your hard drive that does not run Windows so that it no longer uses the letter C, in order to leave it available for the one that runs Windows.
Maybe you know how to do this, but just in case:
Right-click on Computer (or My Computer) > Manage
Then, in the window that appears, click once on "Disk Management"
When you see the list of your disks appear, you have an option by right-clicking on the hard drive that does not run Windows, which is: "Change Drive Letter"
Here you change the C to something else (Z for example is a very good letter for a secondary HDD) and then you apply the changes.
From here, I am no longer sure of myself.
I imagine that since the letter C is now available, by rebooting or physically unplugging and re-plugging the main HDD, it may be automatically assigned the letter C that is now available...
LET'S ASSUME! ^^
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Good luck!
Trebmal14 -
Hello,
Thank you Trebmail for your reply but I had already tried this. I haven't tried all the letters of the alphabet but since I hadn't tried Z, I just did after your reply and still the same, I get "Incorrect parameter."
And for your information, when I try to do the same for the boot disk (the SSD), C: is not available.
Mike -
Good evening,
I'm following up: when I boot from the SSD, the following programs "Core Extension", Asus Live Update, SkyDrive Sync Engine Host, and Host Process for Windows Tasks are indicated as having stopped working and as a result, about every minute, at best I lose control of the active window, at worst it disappears!!
Additionally, I've unplugged the HDD, leaving only the SSD: it doesn't work, after a very long boot --> black screen.
I have some doubts about cloning the C: partition to the SSD?? I might redo it.
Mike -
Hello,
Problem solved. Here’s what I did without knowing what was decisive:
- I cloned the HDD again to the SSD (Samsung's migration software is very simple, intuitive, and efficient) but this time I cloned both main partitions (the OS partition and the DATA partition) - previously I had only cloned the system partition;
- I rebooted while having disconnected the HDD (so on the SSD), which I hadn’t done the first time, I had just swapped the positions of the two drives. The two cloned partitions took the letters C: and D: ;
- I reconnected the HDD to the second SATA port inside the PC and rebooted through the BIOS, disabling the boot option on the HDD (the system partition is still present on the HDD) and marked this partition as non-bootable.
The two partitions on the HDD were assigned to E: and F:
I’m not sure my experience can be useful to anyone, but I’m sharing it! I note: clone both partitions when there are two on the HDD and reboot while having disconnected the HDD?
Best regards,
Mike
