Failed SSD upgrade

[SCHTooGIE]

I recently got tired of the slow HDD and wanted to upgrade to SSD naturally 

I was inspired by https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Hardware-and-Upgrade-Questions/Add-memory-and-Substitute-SSD-...

And many other posts

I have the same laptop as the one in the post

I actually went with suggested Samsung sdd from that post. The 970 Evo plus

Hdd 1tb -> ssd 1tb

I got it today and tried immediately to clone the HDD with Samsungs data manager. 

Well, that finished, and now it can't boot

I've tried a few things, narrowed down a problem, probably not all of them but I found; short dst: warning and what I've read online is super discouraging. I need a new harddrive?! Like that's the only option? All my data is gone? Brand new harddrive gone? 

• Please give some advice. 

Thanks in advance

[tekniview]

I'm a hobbyist and am no way affiliated with the HP community, just wanted to clarify. When you tried to clone your old HDD to your new SSD with the Samsung software, it failed when you tried booting it up? are there any error codes that come up? are you seeing the BSOD (blue screen of death) usually there is some sort of code that comes up or message with something to stear you to what the issue is with a google search. I want to help, so that's why I am asking. It might be as simple as changing some settings on BIOS or it might go as far as cloning the old hard drive again, but with another computer or laptop. As long as you didn't throw away your old hard drive or delete all the files from it, there might still be a solution.

[SCHTooGIE]

Thank you, yes I didn't offer much information. 

So after the clone finished the laptop turned off, when I turned it back on I went to the bios immediately to check boot order. The original HDD was not there and was replaced by the Samsung ssd. I figured that was enough, it was not. Attempting to boot I was greeted with the bsod. I played with a few settings, tried to boot in legacy, tried turning of safe boot? Smart boot?... I don't recall the name but neither of the two methods worked. Neither worked. That's when I ran the harddrive test,short dst; warning..I tried recovery but it hung on the black screen with Hp logo and please wait for approx 30 min. During that time I read about the dst warning and got super discouraged, I gave up, turned off the laptop and left. 

[SCHTooGIE]

Next time I'm at the laptop I'll do a harddrive test on the HDD. I think I did already, with a pass result. But I want to double check

[Lily_Gr]

Here are my opinions:

1. All my data is gone?

No, it isn't. The clone process will only overwrite the destination disk while all data on the source disk keeps intact.

2. I need a new harddrive?

No, you don't.

3. How to solve the boot issue?

There are four solutions for your reference:

• If your Samsung SSD is connected externally, install it internally as there is an M.2 slot inside 15-cs3073cl, and then reboot your computer.
• Remove the old hard drive and keep only the Samsung SSD installed. Try boot again.
• Check the partition style of your Samsung SSD on another computer: open Disk Management > right-click the SSD > select Properties and Volumes > check the partition style. Install the Samsung SSD back on 15-cs3073cl and boot into BIOS. Choose UEFI as boot mode for a GPT SSD or choose Legacy as boot mode for an MBR SSD.
• Use another SSD cloning software to transfer all data from HDD to SSD.

[VH2000]

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@SCHTooGIE wrote:

Thank you, yes I didn't offer much information. 

 I played with a few settings, tried to boot in legacy, tried turning of safe boot? Smart boot?... I don't recall the name but neither of the two methods worked. Neither worked. That's when I ran the harddrive test,short dst; warning..I tried recovery but it hung on the black screen with Hp logo and please wait for approx 30 min. 

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All this ruins your disk! That disk doesn't support Legacy. There was a small problem and now you have a big problem.

So go back to your HDD and when you run cmd (admin) and type: bcdedit

you get all information you need. 

Probably you find in the 3rd line the entry: path   \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi

That means that you have to run your machine in UEFI!

Then repeat your clone-procedure or better run a backup, change the disk and run a recovery.

Before you start that, type the following commands in cmd (admin)

powercfg /H off

cleanmgr

DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth

sfc /scannow

Then you are ready to clone!

It is possible that you have to modify some BCD entries when the NVMe doesn't boot properly. But that's not a problem!

Sometimes it is just an old (HDD) NVRam entry

For that, prepare a USB-Bootstick (Media Creation Tool) because you have to edit BCD entries or just create a new bootloader.