For those that get here from Google:
I was replacing my main HDD (500G) with the Intel SDD (240 G) and migrating all the data over because I am too lazy to reinstall my software.
@kevin_intel is spot on. Make a bootable rescue media and figure out to get it to boot on your machine. (BIOS boot menu)
As soon as I got my machine to boot from that media, it went and completed and worked on final reboot just as the HDD I was replacing. No further tweaks were needed. Much, much faster.
Some other notes:
1. When use this rescue boot, you have to use a "basic" mouse. My gamer mouse was not recognized so couldn't do a thing. Had to unplug it and put in the basic mouse.
2. EaseUS doesn't recognize GPT drives of which Win 8 may be using on your system. (look in Drive manager)
3. I couldn't find the Free Paragon software.
Thanks for all the help.@