HDD to SSD troubles

[JJamali]

I bought a new 1Tb SSD, and it came with an Acronis True Image 2015 key. My HDD stores 700Gb, and is almost full. After trying to copy all my data from my old HDD, the SSD had everything but my OS. I booted off my SSD just after the data copy, I got the windows loading screen, and then my screen simply went black. I left that black screen for over a couple hours, but nothing happened. I've followed several guides, yet none of them solve my problem. 

 

I also tried unplugging my HDD, so my computer only recognized my SSD. Once it booted, I get the windows loading screen, and nothing more happens. It has been like this for two hours.

 

Any help would be appreciated. Feel free to ask any questions.

[Enderman]

Never clone an HDD to an SSD.

You need to clean install windows.

https://www.howtogeek.com/224342/how-to-clean-install-windows-10/

[kb5zue]

Yep, as the man said, never clone an HDD to an SSD.  Just looking for problems if you do.  Looks like you found them.

Also, create a bootable Win10 USB installation tool from the website below.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/15088/windows-create-installation-media

When you create your bootable usb using this website, you have your choice of Windows 7, 8.1 or 10.

 

[ARikozuM]

Do you still have the OS on the HDD? I would make a backup of all the user files on the HDD to another drive and then try Macrium Reflect. 

 

Otherwise, you can clean install.

[rcarlos243]

18 minutes ago, JJamali said:

I bought a new 1Tb SSD, and it came with an Acronis True Image 2015 key. My HDD stores 700Gb, and is almost full. After trying to copy all my data from my old HDD, the SSD had everything but my OS. I booted off my SSD just after the data copy, I got the windows loading screen, and then my screen simply went black. I left that black screen for over a couple hours, but nothing happened. I've followed several guides, yet none of them solve my problem. 

 

I also tried unplugging my HDD, so my computer only recognized my SSD. Once it booted, I get the windows loading screen, and nothing more happens. It has been like this for two hours.

 

Any help would be appreciated. Feel free to ask any questions.

Use Backup and Restore (Windows 7) which is found on Control Panel to copy your data from HDD to SSD.

 

then after you restore data from SSD run through CMD wmic partition get Name, StartingOffset

 

Divide the number by 4096 to make sure it is properly aligned. The result shouldn't have any decimal.

 

If it has decimals, I suggest you find a program that can re-align it without data loss

[JJamali]

2 hours ago, Enderman said:

Never clone an HDD to an SSD.

You need to clean install windows.

https://www.howtogeek.com/224342/how-to-clean-install-windows-10/

This really helps. Thanks.

 

EDIT: I don't have my product key... I bought this HDD used a while back. Will this method still work?