So long story short, i tried to migrate windows from one ssd to another and the first time it booted fine on the new drive but then i restarted my pc and got error code 0xc000000e. ive tried installing a windows install media on a usb and repairing it with a guide telling me to use “bootrec/rebuildbcd” but when i do that it says “the system cannot find the path specified” so the last thing i tried was startup repair but that did nothing either and i dont want to reinstall windows so not sure what to do now.
#Blue screen of death
brisk yacht
kind aurora
how do you go about migrating windows to the other ssd?
brisk yacht
how do you go about migrating windows to the other ssd?
i used a software called diskgenius
kind aurora
Bootrec /fixmbr
Bootrec /fixboot
Bootrec /rebuildbcd
try these in this order in cmd prompt using installation media
if that doesn't work it seems like you'll just need a clean windows install
before you do all that though, does the drive still show up in bios?
brisk yacht
try these in this order in cmd prompt using installation media
sure ill try those rn thanks
kind aurora
yeah, i found a thread on microsoft of other people having this exact issue and if those commands don't work it seems like the only real solution is a reinstall. if you still have the old drive with the data on it you can use diskgenius to get anything off of it you want to save
ohhhhh wait, did you take the original drive out? windows is a bitch with that stuff.
brisk yacht
ohhhhh wait, did you take the original drive out? windows is a bitch with that s...
nope everything is still in there
well uh
so the thing is
when i cloned my old ssd to my new one, i completely cleared the old ssd
kind aurora
take the original drive out before you do anything. windows has a nack for splitting installs among drives
how did you clear it? did you zero it?
if not you can still recover the data
brisk yacht
how did you clear it? did you zero it?
um the way i did it was
windows+r
diskpart
select disk #
clear
kind aurora
yeah take that drive out, reinstall windows on the new drive, put the old drive back in, and use diskgenius to get your data back
clearing with diskpart wont zero the drive which is the only way to actually delete the data
brisk yacht
yeah take that drive out, reinstall windows on the new drive, put the old drive ...
wait sorry im kinda stupid but how would i get my data back? since the old drive has nothing on it now and the new drive will be wiped since im reinstalling windows?
kind aurora
no worries mate. deleting data doesn't actual delete the data. it just frees up the space to be written with new data. saves some life on the drive since ssds only have so many writes before they die. so all that data will still be on the drive, just waiting to be over written.
brisk yacht
ah i see
kind aurora
diskgenius, the paid version, (which i just realized i am assuming you have) has a data recovery feature
brisk yacht
diskgenius, the paid version, (which i just realized i am assuming you have) has...
um i got the free version
am i fucked?
kind aurora
let me check rq
website says data recovery is included in free version
there are other tools you could use otherwise.
id recommend taking the old drive out, installing a fresh copy of windows on the new drive, and using data recovery to get whatever you need off the old drive.
but im also a stranger on the internet, soooooooooooo
dont forget to set a few dumpsters on fire as well
brisk yacht
haha all good ill take any advice at this point
kind aurora
you don't have to physically take the old drive out, just disconnect the cables
brisk yacht
its an m.2 tho
kind aurora
than you have to take the old drive out XD
brisk yacht
lol sounds good
ill take out the old drive rn and see if that does anything, if not looks like ill reinstall windows
kind aurora
sounds good keep me updated please
brisk yacht
sure thanks for the help
