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Cloned a HDD to my new SDD Samsung 830 256gb ERRORS

DaleHolden — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 09:29:21 GMT

Hi GUys

Cloned a HDD to my new SDD Samsung 830 256gb per the instructions. But when I try to reboot with the new SSD card I get a WIndows error 'autochk program not found - skipping autocheck'. Yes guys I have googled it and I have tried for 48 hours every bit of advice re stopping in via a registry entry or even at cmd prompt level.

I have tried the Win 7 restore disk but that cannot fix it I have no idea what Ghost has cloned but its not my current HDD. If I reconnect my HDD is starts straight away. I have tried fixmbr or even creating a new one.

But what ever I do when WIn 7 tried to boot from the new cloned card I get autochk program not found - skipping autocheck!!!

Any ideas please I have tried searching for this error in these forums but no result. Note I do disconnect my other drives when booting with the sdd drive. Please see here

Re: Cloned a HDD to my new SDD Samsung 830 256gb ERRORS

Brian_K — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 10:26:12 GMT

DaleHolden wrote:

'autochk program not found - skipping autocheck'.

Dale,

That happened to me last year when I was partitioning my son's computer. I wasn't doing anything I hadn't done a hundred times before. I've no idea why it happened. I finally decided it can't be fixed. I was lucky as I had image backups.

Can you post a screenshot of your Disk Management? Your link isn't working. Try Photobucket.

Edit ... I was using Win 7 but are you using WinXP? That's a different matter. It can be fixed.

Re: Cloned a HDD to my new SDD Samsung 830 256gb ERRORS

DaleHolden — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 10:38:51 GMT

Can you see this http://i.imgur.com/dSNa3.png

Re: Cloned a HDD to my new SDD Samsung 830 256gb ERRORS

DaleHolden — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 10:39:54 GMT

Hi Brian that works I am on Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit

Re: Cloned a HDD to my new SDD Samsung 830 256gb ERRORS

Brian_K — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 10:43:22 GMT

Dale,

Yes. The EFI partition concerns me. Does your Win7 on the old drive boot if you disconnect Disk 1.

Re: Cloned a HDD to my new SDD Samsung 830 256gb ERRORS

DaleHolden — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 10:46:41 GMT

Thay disk is my Hackintosh boot drive but lets me boot into WIn 7 if I need to

Re: Cloned a HDD to my new SDD Samsung 830 256gb ERRORS

DaleHolden — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 10:47:27 GMT

Do you think if I leave that connected it might boot

Re: Cloned a HDD to my new SDD Samsung 830 256gb ERRORS

Brian_K — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 10:48:31 GMT

Try it and let us know.

Re: Cloned a HDD to my new SDD Samsung 830 256gb ERRORS

DaleHolden — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 11:04:18 GMT

Hi Brian yep just booted with drive 1 off just fine!!!!

Do you have Googl Chat or Skype please?

Re: Cloned a HDD to my new SDD Samsung 830 256gb ERRORS

DaleHolden — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 11:05:17 GMT

If I have the new SDD and my Drive 1 still get same error!!!

Re: Cloned a HDD to my new SDD Samsung 830 256gb ERRORS

Brian_K — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 11:08:05 GMT

OK. Drive 1 is not a problem but I'd disconnect it until we have the clone completed.

Tell me how you did the clone. Copy Drive or Image/Restore.

Re: Cloned a HDD to my new SDD Samsung 830 256gb ERRORS

DaleHolden — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 11:13:21 GMT

I followed the Ghost manual took I Copy my HDD option 3 I think was my setup. I selected tools checked off boot and checked mbr and everything went through fine. My current HDD is 1 tb split into 2 partions I only selected the C: partion.

Just for your info I have a WHS running with a full backup of this dresktop.

I take it you prefer not to chat ? :)

Re: Cloned a HDD to my new SDD Samsung 830 256gb ERRORS

Brian_K — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 11:17:02 GMT

Let's keep it in the forum so other can learn.

When you did Copy Drive, how did you prepare your SSD prior to the Copy?

Re: Cloned a HDD to my new SDD Samsung 830 256gb ERRORS

DaleHolden — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 11:18:44 GMT

I have to admit no I didn’t

Re: Cloned a HDD to my new SDD Samsung 830 256gb ERRORS

DaleHolden — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 11:19:32 GMT

Can I re do this now? How do I reformat a SSD ??? I am a newbie to SSD :(

Re: Cloned a HDD to my new SDD Samsung 830 256gb ERRORS

DaleHolden — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 11:28:46 GMT

Do I delete volume or reformat fom disk manger or use secure erase from the Magicicna software and then will I get Initialize option for SSD?

Re: Cloned a HDD to my new SDD Samsung 830 256gb ERRORS

Brian_K — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 11:30:18 GMT

Dale,

This thread explains all....

http://community.norton.com/t5/Other-Norton-Products/help-cloning-HDD-to-SSD-with-NORTON-GHOST-15/td-p/696297

... but just read the first page about sectors. It's likely your sector spread is greater than 240 GB even though you only have 100 GB of data. The best and most reliable way to clone to your HD is with image/restore. So you need to do this...

Delete the partition on your SSD. Leave it as unallocated space.

Resize your C: drive to 200 GB. You can resize it back later.

Do a One Time Backup of the 200 GB C: drive.

Remove all drives from the computer except for the SSD, boot from the Ghost CD and restore the image to the unallocated space. Use these Options...

http://community.norton.com/t5/Other-Norton-Products/Ghost-15-options-for-recovery/td-p/218202

Boot from the SSD.

Are you up to this or do you need a hand.

Re: Cloned a HDD to my new SDD Samsung 830 256gb ERRORS

DaleHolden — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 11:40:32 GMT

Look fine but getting an error when I try to shrink my C: drive see here http://i.imgur.com/mng06.png

Re: Cloned a HDD to my new SDD Samsung 830 256gb ERRORS

DaleHolden — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 11:50:03 GMT

You last link is confusing sorry what on earth is SRP????

You have not mentioned the bit about me Initializing the SSD

Are you asking me to use Ghost to do a backup of my C drive when I manage to shrink it ?

THen reboot with Ghost CD in and restore it were do I store a 200gb backup????

Re: Cloned a HDD to my new SDD Samsung 830 256gb ERRORS

Brian_K — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 11:50:33 GMT

Dale, sorry mate but you are going to have to read that long thread. Ignore the posts about Copy Drive because they didn't work. Ignore the restoring of the OEM and Recovery partition.You only have one partition to restore.

You don't have a SRP (System Reserved Partition) so your restore Options are...

Verify recovery point before restore
Resize drive after recover (unallocated space only) (ONLY if you want to)
Partition type : Primary
Check for file system errors after recovery
Set drive active (for booting OS)
Restore original disk signature
Restore master boot record

I suggest you follow my instructions and use BIBM for the C: drive resize. Report back with any problems.