Make new SSD the new boot drive

[ViperdragZ]

ROG zephyrus g15 (GA503RM) laptop

The Samsung SSD failed and I cloned it to a new SSD, however it only shows as a storage device and despite windows being cloned onto it, cannot be chosen as a boot option. The boot options only have the windows boot manager and no other options. When adding a new boot path I can only choose to look in the windows boot manager but not the new SSD.

When I start up the laptop(it does start up but it takes a bit longer than usual) the drive is now listed as Windows (C:) whereas the previous boot drive was just (C:). The clone said it was successful but I'm worried i either used the wrong format (MBR vs gpt) or it failed along the way.

This is the guide i used and followed to a T: https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/clone-your-ssd-or-hard-drive

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If anyone has any tips, i would be incredibly grateful! Thanks in advance!

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Well, it seems the issue I thought was a failed SSD was not in fact that, the issue of bluescreens five minutes after startup persists. I thought it was an SSD health issue but I guess not

[ViperdragZ · Accepted solution]

After a Bluetooth driver and Windows BIOS Update through myasus the blue screen situation resolved itself, though the ssd is still not a boot drive