[SOLVED] Need help: replaced with SSD, crashing after restoring old image

totalgadget on 03/11/2016 - 01:10
Last edited 06/11/2016 - 00:03 by 1 other user

Recently my laptop HDD crashed. Before it fried out luckily I have taken backup using Aomei software.

I have replaced with crucial mx300 ssd and after restoring the image when I'm trying to boot it start crashing. I checked the restore image is good as I tested before hard drive crash.

The old HDD drive is 90gb for the partition & new ssd is having 275(255 GB) drive.

Is this compatible issue of the image like partion should be of same size?

Should I have to do anything different? Please suggest.

OS window 8.1 pro.
Laptop MSI GE 620-dx
Thanks in advance.

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  scrimshaw on 03/11/2016 - 01:15

  I'm trying to boot it start crashing.

  please describe crashing — do you see a blank screen, boot looping or do you see a BSOD (bluescreen of death) event with a STOP code?

  some error codes would be useful in diagnosing the issue. e.g if it says INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE or NTFS_FILE_SYSTEM, then you know it's a problem with the SSD itself.

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  scupper on 03/11/2016 - 03:37

  Did you back up the partition or the whole disk? If only the partition, someone might be able to advise how to properly restore that to boot properly (not me).

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  rambao9 on 03/11/2016 - 09:39

  +4

  1. Reinstall fresh copy of windows
  2. Restore image onto separate drive
  3. Boot into the fresh windows
  4. Access other drive and retrieve your stuff :)
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  apple2016 on 03/11/2016 - 10:58

  Looks like compatibility issue with new ssd. Did you try a repair on windows?

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  totalgadget on 03/11/2016 - 15:14

  Thanks for the advise.

  well i could not able record the error code while it failed to boot. Its saying system need restart before i record the error code. I see boot looping and then BSOD event with error code but it restarted in a flash.

  what i noticed while restoring the software is creating new small partition along with installation. I tried to install the restore image into different HDD and getting the same error. I tried with multiple old image and getting same error.

  I dont want to copy stuff its more of softwares I have installed earlier like drivers, software with custom settings and MS office installation i want to run them.

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    scrimshaw on 03/11/2016 - 19:50

    +1

    Have you made any changes to your boot settings at all?

    If previously, your Windows laptop was running in say, compatibility boot mode, and you have changed to AHCI or RAID mode, windows won't boot.

    I suggest going into the BIOS and try toggling the boot option either from ACHI mode (Advanced Host Controller Interface) or RAID and into Compatibility mode.

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  totalgadget on 05/11/2016 - 17:34

  Thanks scrimshaw..

  I changed the BIOS setting to ACHI mode and it worked without any issues. Now the restore image is booting without any error and its good.

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    scrimshaw on 06/11/2016 - 00:02

    good to hear, marked thread as [Solved]