Migrating OS from old HDD to SSD Satellite L755

I've just installed a 1TB Samsung Evo SSD into my old Toshiba satellite L755 by placing it in the DVD slot using a caddy (ie replacing the DVD).
The original HDD was split into 2 partitions, one with C: (windows), & the other D: with data & files.
I cloned all the data from C: using the Samsung data migration tool, and I can explore the cloned partition (F just fine, so now I want to forget about the old C: drive & boot from the new SSD, but in the BIOS (Insyde 2.70) I have no option to choose a different partition – only ODD, FDD, USB, & LAN. I've tried ODD (which I assume is the old bus for the Optical, ie DVD, drive) but the laptop is still running ridiculously slowly.
How can I remove C: or otherwise force the OS to run from the new F: partition?
Can I simply change my Windows and System directories to point to the new SSD somehow without physically removing the old HDD?

 

Welcome to the laptop forums site


This program will copy/migrate hhd to ssd

Here's the link:

https://www.partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.html


There's only two screws to undo to gain access to the hard drive
why not just swap them over after cloning.

It will be a lot easier.

Use your old drive in the caddy

 

Thanks for the quick reply. I just swapped the SSD & HDD & on re-booting now I get a

BOOTMGR is missing
Press Ctrl Alt Del to restart

Going into BIOS I can see the SSD, but clearly something failed in the migration.
Any thoughts? I guess I need to physically swap them back (SSD back to the caddy) but what from there?

 

It's a very different process copying the system to an ssd drive.

Not all programs will copy to ssd drives

A ssd drive does not follow the same structure as a mechanical drive does.
It stores things in a random way.


You need to have a working, and bootable original drive fitted in the
laptop then using that partition program choose the option migrate to ssd
(to your new drive) there is a wizard if you get stuck.

It will not copy if your original drive will not boot in to c:

 

Thanks - Partition Wizard to migrate the OS, physically swapping the SSD & HDD (between the caddy & IDE) a couple of times, and then we finally got there.
Thanks again for your help.