Re: Cloned HDD won't boot
Did you clone the disk or selective partitions? You need to clone the whole disk. I'm not familiar with the software your are using, the free version might have limitations.
Personally, I prefer to use a Linux based machine and the dd command. You can use a Linux live CD for the job, but you do need a bit of Linux experience.
Re: Cloned HDD won't boot
Macrium Reflect Free does it fast and pain free.
I would say just redo the whole process but with a different software. Will be a lot faster.
Re: Cloned HDD won't boot
did you format the new disk to have an MBR so windows recognises it as a boot drive and not just a data drive?
Re: Cloned HDD won't boot
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ik9000
did you format the new disk to have an MBR so windows recognises it as a boot drive and not just a data drive?
A proper cloning software would've taken care of that, wouldn't it?
Re: Cloned HDD won't boot
Just re-reading the initial post - it looks like you didn't clone it. Cloning is not the same as copying files. The new disk is not being recognised as a boot disclosed. After you have cloned the disk, you will need to sort out the partitions as the new disk will appear as a 500GB disk with 500GB ( or thereabouts) of unallocated space.
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Bonebreaker777
A proper cloning software would've taken care of that, wouldn't it?
Yup, but as PeterB says - it's not certain that the OP ran any such software.
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ik9000
Yup, but as PeterB says - it's not certain that the OP ran any such software.
Would love to hear from the OP. Would even offer him to do it remotely :)
Re: Cloned HDD won't boot
I've seen EaseUS do some odd things, including changing the windows drive letter, which obviously caused havoc!
Download CloneZilla and give that a try, clone the entire disk and expand the main data partition from within windows once you have booted from the clone.
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Bonebreaker777
Would love to hear from the OP. Would even offer him to do it remotely :)
So it was YOU who rang me the other day saying you had detected a problem on my computer..... :p
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Bonebreaker777
Macrium Reflect Free does it fast and pain free.
I would say just redo the whole process but with a different software. Will be a lot faster.
+1 with that... Macrium is pretty foolproof...not the quickest but seldom fails.
OP - did you boot from a PE disk to clone disk to disk or did you do it from Windows?
Either way... I would just be careful you dont get the source and destination mixed up....
David