Thanks Mutagen for taking time. The SSD with a IDE intfc is a Transcend brand. Yes (Maybe I sounded too much of a rookie), there is OS on the 128 GB disk. I just cloned the original one using Paragon disk mgmt sw. Your supplied link is a bit above my head though. Too much inbetween the lines so to say. Cheers
When you say it can't boot, what do you see? (A black screen with a flashing underscore, or a message) I have used Paragon Hard Disk Manager 12 with great results. Is it possible you missed an option when cloning? One other suggestion: I assume the original drive is smaller than the new one. There are two approaches here for cloning - 1 - Make an exact clone, keeping all partitions the same size. This means using Windows disk manager after cloning to make the extra space available. 2 - Resize the partitions when configuring the cloning options. For me, I use the first method. It has always worked, even though another step is needed. I don't achieve reliable results with the second approach.
When it canĀ“t boot the screen is black with a flashing underscore. Nothing more happens until I "kill" it. I used the 2nd method and I will try the first one during the weekend and report back the result.
Problem solved Great advice Mutagen, works like a charm after exact cloning making the excess drive space available as a separate partition. Much faster windows and application start