[off-topic] If you are thinking of booting from SSD...

[Leon Wright]

On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 3:45 PM, Jim Householder <nofixed at westnet.com.au> wrote:
> On 06/22/12 21:57, Jim Householder wrote:
>>
>> For those of you with dual-boot systems with MS, beware.
>> I just got a 120GB Silicon Power SSD, and find that Win7 does not
>> recognise it for installation.
>>
>> I used clonezilla to copy the Windows 7 partition to the new SSD but due
>> to complicating factors like drive geometry, etc.etc. it would not boot.
>>  I tried to use a Windows Backup System Image, but restore said no
>> drive available.
>
>
> I used both partclone and sector-by-sector copy.  I suspect that both gave
> me good copies.  I also ran partclone.ntfsfixboot which gave no errors.
>
> The problem appears to be that Windows 7 does not recognise the device as a
> disk drive, and will not use it.

I'd be surprised if it's a driver issue. You can pretty much just dump
the files on an NTFS partition and as long as the MBR is correct (or
grub etc) it should boot. Getting the MBR correct can be a mission in
frustration. How does grub etc call windows boot?

Leon