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    That's what cloning is. File system tables and partition information are also stored on the drive too. You clone a drive byte for byte, so you have an exact duplicate on another drive. You get the exact same layout because you cloned exactly the same file system tables and partition information. What you wanted was probably to copy the files over. For that you can just plug the SSD into an enclosure or into your computer and just copy them over
    – Alex
    Commented May 27, 2015 at 5:16
  • By just copying files over, would I still be able to properly boot from this SSD?
    – EnigmaRM
    Commented May 27, 2015 at 6:17
  • @EnigmaRM probably not, if you wanted to do that, you should do a fresh windows install on the new drive to get the partition table and structure you need, then copy your files from C: to C:
    – flungo
    Commented May 27, 2015 at 16:46