Windows 10: New install on NME SSD But Old EFI on another drive

I installed Windows 10 Pro on my new SSD drive and I don't see a partition created for the EFI. I put another drive in which happens to have an EFI on it. I tried to delete the partition, but don't seem to be able to. It claims to be the Active System Partition. In Disk Management it shows it as (System, Primary Parition).

So, my boot drive is loading as Disk 1 and has my C: partition. That is where the installation of Windows is.

It doesn't seem to have any trouble booting up properly, but there are some strange things happening that I think may be related to this. When I run msconfig, the "Boot" tab doesn't have any available OS. This makes it so I can't select Safe Boot.

I can't seem to get to Safe Mode through the Recovery options or by pressing F8 either.

I tried running EasyBCD to see what it was looking at and it says "The boot configuration data store could not be opened. The requested system device cannot be found".

I've attached my Disk Management Screen.

Really confused about what I am dealing with here. I appreciate any help!

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Upgrading HP SSD drive on HP 750-524

I purchased an HP Envy tower with a 128Gb SSD which is where Windows is installed, I have purchased a new 1TB SSD drive that I would like to replace the 128 GB drive with. My machine did not come with the Windows 10 Media, what steps do I need to take before
I install the new drive and install windows.

• Where do I get the Windows 10 install
• What steps are needed to create an Install disk
• Do I have to deactivate my old install before removing the old drive.

Please let me know if there are any other considerations.

Best Regards,

Wes

 

Cloning to SSD then swapping drive letters


@SamHobbs
What you want done is very simple and can be done in short period of time. Here's my suggestion:
There's 2 modes that Windows can be installed: UEFI and the old legacy MBR. Open Disk Management, look at the disk where your C drive is, if there's a

1. EFI System Partition, your Windows was installed using UEFI.
2. System Reserved partition, your Windows was installed using MBR

Next, Connect your SSD to an available Sata port (no need to format or do anything). Download: Macrium Reflect Free . Install and run. Follow the steps below:

1. From Macrium, click on image this disk under your C drive and save it to either an Internal or External Drive. This will create a single backup image of the whole disk containing your C drive.
2. Again, from Macrium, click on Restore tab and select the image created from step 1, Select your SSD as the destination drive, click Next->Finish
3. Exit Macrium. If your Windows was installed using MBR, Open disk management and make sure the SSD is marked "Active" else go to next step.
4. Shutdown your PC. Disconnect the HD containing Windows C drive then connect your SSD to it.
5. Reboot. Your PC should boot and the Windows should have C as the drive letter.

NOTE: The procedure above is to backup your Windows to an image file then copy it back to the SSD. This ensures proper cluster size aligment for the SSD. In addition, Macrium also perform Trimming for the SSD. This is more preferable than cloning.

 

Clean install on new SSD drive, with Win 7 residing on old drive

upgrade your windows 7, on the old drive first. make sure it is activated.

then you can do a clean install on your new SSD and use the old disc for storage.