Hello, I am the owner of the Dell Inspion 7548 laptop with the win 10 system installed. I decided to change the HDD to SSD. I did not want to rebuild the system, so I decided to clone the system partition (C: /) using EASEUS Partition Manager Free. The copying process with the selected optimize...

The HDD Clone program will solve your problem, but you will not be able to clone one partition because the system creates one or more partitions at the beginning of the disk (depending on the system), which are relatively small but necessary for booting the system. So use the full disk cloning option if possible.

So it is not possible to copy part of a partition (e.g. omitting one)? Should the system be put up from scratch? Failed to clone all partitions because of a smaller target disk. Maybe it is possible to add the missing data that are needed for booting?

After all, you can choose which partitions should be cloned and resize them.

I know that and I did it - I only cloned the partition on which the system was installed, but in this configuration, after connecting an SSD with this one partition, the disk is not bootable. The Taliban's statement shows that in order for the system to start properly after cloning, all partitions must be copied from the HDD. If I have misunderstood, I am asking for a correction.

What about the hidden partitions the installer creates? This is where the system starts. Check Disk Management to find out what and how many partitions you have.

The C partition alone is not enough. Give a screenshot of the disk management of both disks.

It looks like: Which partitions should I clone? Are some of them not Dell recovery partitions?

SSD 240 GB and HDD 1TB. I am in the process of cloning 3 system partitions according to the comments of my colleagues above.

[Solved] Dell Inspiron 7548: Cloning HDD to SSD (Win 10) Not Booting - EASEUS Partition Manager Issue

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#1 17423485 04 Sep 2018 23:43

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17423485 04 Sep 2018 23:43

Hello,
I am the owner of the Dell Inspion 7548 laptop with the win 10 system installed. I decided to change the HDD to SSD. I did not want to "rebuild" the system, so I decided to clone the system partition (C: /) using EASEUS Partition Manager Free. The copying process with the selected "optimize to SSD" option ran smoothly. He then replaced his old drive with a new SSD and started up the computer. After booting up, a message appeared about the lack of a bootable device. BIOS detects the drive. How should I configure BIOS / UEIF? Should the disk be prepared in some way for the system to boot from it? Thank you in advance for your help.
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#2 17423538 05 Sep 2018 00:55

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17423538 05 Sep 2018 00:55

The HDD Clone program will solve your problem, but you will not be able to clone one partition because the system creates one or more partitions at the beginning of the disk (depending on the system), which are relatively small but necessary for booting the system. So use the full disk cloning option if possible.
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#3 17423609 05 Sep 2018 07:07

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17423609 05 Sep 2018 07:07

So it is not possible to copy part of a partition (e.g. omitting one)? Should the system be put up from scratch? Failed to clone all partitions because of a smaller target disk.

Maybe it is possible to add the missing data that are needed for booting?
#4 17423648 05 Sep 2018 07:53

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17423648 05 Sep 2018 07:53

After all, you can choose which partitions should be cloned and resize them.
#5 17423749 05 Sep 2018 09:13

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17423749 05 Sep 2018 09:13

I know that and I did it - I only cloned the partition on which the system was installed, but in this configuration, after connecting an SSD with this one partition, the disk is not bootable. The Taliban's statement shows that in order for the system to start properly after cloning, all partitions must be copied from the HDD. If I have misunderstood, I am asking for a correction.
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#6 17423772 05 Sep 2018 09:22

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17423772 05 Sep 2018 09:22

Sangnoir wrote:
I only cloned the partition the system was installed on
What about the hidden partitions the installer creates? This is where the system starts. Check "Disk Management" to find out what and how many partitions you have.
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#7 17423787 05 Sep 2018 09:29

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17423787 05 Sep 2018 09:29

The "C" partition alone is not enough. Give a screenshot of the disk management of both disks.
#8 17423935 05 Sep 2018 11:21

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17423935 05 Sep 2018 11:21

nici wrote:
The "C" partition alone is not enough. Give a screenshot of the disk management of both disks.

It looks like:

Which partitions should I clone? Are some of them not Dell recovery partitions?
#9 17423983 05 Sep 2018 11:49

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17423983 05 Sep 2018 11:49

The first 3 partition
#10 17424120 05 Sep 2018 13:11

nici nici

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17424120 05 Sep 2018 13:11

What capacity do you have SSD?
#11 17424191 05 Sep 2018 13:42

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17424191 05 Sep 2018 13:42

SSD 240 GB and HDD 1TB. I am in the process of cloning 3 system partitions according to the comments of my colleagues above.
#12 17424222 05 Sep 2018 13:56

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17424222 05 Sep 2018 13:56

Sangnoir wrote:
Are some of them not Dell recovery partitions?
Yes, in my opinion PBR Image and WINRETOOLS
#13 17424267 05 Sep 2018 14:28

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17424267 05 Sep 2018 14:28

There is an option from the HDD to >>Optimize for SSD
#14 17425063 05 Sep 2018 20:55

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17425063 05 Sep 2018 20:55

Subject solved. Using AOMEI Backupper Professional, using the available system cloning option (only available in the PRO version), I made a copy of the partitions that are needed to boot the system (3 partitions). The program finds and selects the necessary partitions itself. The whole process is very simple. Then disconnect the HDD and plug in the SSD in its place.

Thanks to everyone for your help.
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The discussion revolves around a Dell Inspiron 7548 user attempting to clone their HDD to an SSD using EASEUS Partition Manager. After cloning the system partition with the "optimize to SSD" option, the user encountered a "lack of a bootable device" error upon booting from the new SSD. Responses highlighted the necessity of cloning all relevant partitions, including hidden ones essential for booting, rather than just the system partition. The user later resolved the issue by using AOMEI Backupper Professional, which automatically identified and cloned the necessary partitions for booting, allowing successful startup after replacing the HDD with the SSD.
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