2 Replacing 1TB SSD with 2TB SSD - not being recognised
I have ThinkPad X1 Carbon 7th Gen laptop. I am trying to replace a 1 TB SSD by cloning it to a 2 TB SSD. The clone completes successfully but when I install it I get a message that āA required device isnāt connected or canāt be accessedā. It reports āInaccessible Boot Deviceā. I have tried various procedures recommended using a Windows 11 recovery usb drive, but to no avail. Has anyone experienced a similar problem, and if so, do they have any suggestions?
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Hi @mjkalba,
Is the SSD shown as being detected in the BIOS storage drive menus?
If not it may be a faulty drive or not connected correctly.
If it is then something went wrong when it was cloned
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It is detected by thw BIOS. It can be accessed from Command Prompt mode in the Windows Recovery environment and by other tools recovery medir.
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@mjkalba
Just verifying that you cloned it using cloning software and not just copied over to it from the original drive?
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Cloned with Partition Magic, Macrium Reflect, and Aomei Backupper Pro. Same result with each tool..
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@mjkalba
Have you checked that the cloned disc is set to "active" as shown in this link?
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