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I have recently purchased a new SSD which I am trying to set as my primary drive for my OS. Currently my original drive (C:/) is also an SSD however space is becoming an issue (its only 60GB) while the new one is 240GB in size (F:/).

I cloned the disk using Intel Data Migration utility since both of the drives are Intel drives. However when I attempt to boot from the new drive I get an error saying that the boot manager is missing.

Here is the current disk set-up Current Disk Set-up

Am I missing something really obvious here?

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To put boot files on first disk (disk 0) on admin command prompt:

bcdboot f:\windows /s f:

Assuming first disk (disk 0) was formatted using Windows 7/8/10. The MBR (master boot record) should contain Windows 7/8/10 boot code.

As bootsect.exe utility is not present in Windows 7 system directory by default you could download and use Dual-boot Repair tool for writing Windows MBR to first disk (disk 0).

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  • Why does the author need a third-party tool to solve this if bcdboot will solve it? Why link to what is obviously a website most wouldn't consider to be legitimate, nor does it work, but that is a separate concern.
    – Ramhound
    Commented Sep 6, 2015 at 15:59
  • @Ramhound - what exactly does not work?
    – snayob
    Commented Sep 8, 2015 at 15:01
  • @snayob ok, I have managed to boot to the new disk, so thanks! :) one other thing though, if I format my C:/ will this cause problems (e.g. with application settings or game saves), ideally I would change the drive letters but I do not know if this will cause problems?
    – Matthew Pigram
    Commented Sep 9, 2015 at 8:41
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    @MatthewPigram, glad I could help and problem solved. To experiment if formatting c: would cause problems for application or game settings you can hide drive using Disk Management when in other OS.
    – snayob
    Commented Sep 9, 2015 at 15:42
  • if I hide the disk can I change over the drive letter? Ideally I would like to have the new drive as the C:\ drive and format the other to become just a regular storage drive.
    – Matthew Pigram
    Commented Sep 10, 2015 at 2:30

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