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I recently tried to upgrade a laptop by replacing the HDD by an SSD, but I am running into some trouble.
Background: I am fairly familiar with cloning and disk imaging (I use Macrium Reflect and have successfully upgraded desktops and laptops using this program such that I am certain the program is reliable).
Description of the issue: after a successful image and deployment from the HDD to the SSD, Windows boots, I am able to launch Chrome, but the computer refuses to take any click (either left or right click) with mouse or mousepad, making it unusable. Input with letters works fine. The computer works fine with the HDD, so the issue is only due to using an HDD vs an SSD.
What I did:
- From a 500GB HDD, squeezed the partition to 250GB with
diskmgmt.msc
- With Macrium Reflect, I imaged all the partitions but the Recovery partition to the new disk (SSD).
- Resized the OS partition on the SSD with
diskmgmt.msc
to allow for a new partition that will host the Recovery partition - Imaged the Recovery partition from the HDD to the newly created volume on the SSD.
- Swapped the HDD for the SSD. Windows boots, loads Chrome very fast, so OK.
How I would go about troubleshooting: I realized that this may have been a lot of resizing from two different programs and that the copy is not a perfect copy and somehow messed up with Windows. I have therefore used the built-in function of Macrium to resize the partition before making the clone. This is currently running.
Potentially useful information:
- the computer is a Lenovo B4500 running Windows 8, i5-4200M
- the HDD is a 500GB drive
- the SSD is a Kingston A400 of 250GB
- I would prefer to avoid reinstalling Windows, but I have recovered the product key and ID just in case. The license is, of course, an OEM version.
Question: would an upgrade to Windows 10 solve this issue?
Thank you in advance for your ideas on how to solve this.
1Thanks a lot for your reply. In fact, the problem came from my own stupidity: when replacing the HDD by the SSD, I was not able to remove the HDD from its tray and therefore placed a small support inside the laptop to prevent the SSD from wobbling. However, this small support was conductive and messed up the mouse input. Replacing the support by a non-conductive one fixed the issue. I nevertheless accept your answer as my problem may very well have been a driver issue. – user89073 – 2020-01-11T08:57:01.090
Thanks for the response, and the cautionary message about hardware mods. – DrMoishe Pippik – 2020-01-11T23:31:39.730