HDD Cloning issues


  1. Posts : 44
    Windows 10
       #1

    HDD Cloning issues


    Hello, I have tried to "clone" a laptop, UEFI/GPT, HDD using Macrium and AOMEI Partition Assistant and it seems to work fine, but the resulting "clones" are not bootable. Am I missing something? Thanks, Jim
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  2. Posts : 5,169
    64bit Win 10 Pro ver 21H2
       #2

    Hello Jim,

    Did you perhaps remove one of the old drives that had the EFI partition on it that managed the boot process? You might need to use your Macrium recovery disk to repair the partitions. See: http://knowledgebase.macrium.com/dis...+boot+problems
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  3. Posts : 44
    Windows 10
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Hi phil, I had already used that wizard several times, but it never makes the clone drive bootable. Thanks, Jim
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  4. Posts : 1,579
    Windows 10 Pro
       #4

    Hey, Jim. I typically opt for the image/restore route rather than the cloning route. You might want to try that to see if it works better. I know I am 2 for 2 on the image/restore route with Macrium so far - in both cases, I imaged (entire disk, all partitions) laptop HDDs to an external USB HDD, installed SSDs and then did a complete disk restore from the external and they both booted and were off to the races.

    Any objection to trying that?
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  5. whs
    Posts : 1,935
    Windows 7
       #5

    Yes try imaging and don't forget the EFI pasrtition. That's where your bootmgr is.
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  6. Posts : 7
    Win 10
       #6

    Hello okrobie
    after you clone the laptop, you have to set the cloned HDD as the first boot device in BIOS, and you can get into the BIOS mode by clicking F8 key just after the start screen appeared.
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  7. Posts : 5,286
    Win 10 Pro x64
       #7

    The macrium suggestion should fix your problem. It will add boot files to your cloned OS.
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