For the most definitive test, I would reset the BIOS to prior settings and just physically take out or disconnect Disk 0 and then reconnect the cable to Disk 3 or move Disk 3 into the bay and connect where Disk 0 was. Boot it up. Latest builds of Windows 10 have been finicky in that regard. There should be no risk in this as long as you don't drop Disk 0 or zap it with a magnet.zolotoy said:
There ARE other paths you can take but this will be the most direct for the moment.
If boot doesn't work, you can boot from Macrium Rescue USB/CD/DVD to fix boot problems. Ultimately, you can swap Disk 0 back inline if all fails and we can advise you on another approach.
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New 08 Mar 2018 #21
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New 08 Mar 2018 #23
Ys, I am going to swap drives and take disk 0 out. If Bios takes the new one as boootable then it is all I need. Will post tonight.
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New 08 Mar 2018 #24
Hi,
Should be all that is needed
The bios sees the original as the original because of the hdd i.d.. the only thing that can't be transferred in a clone.
You might have to set active the boot loader with cmd on the clone since you didn't remove the original and just attempted to boot to it with the original still installed.
Why most people suggest restoring a system image instead of cloning.
Not to mention if you didn't disable secure boot before the clone creation.
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New 08 Mar 2018 #25
After the clone I see a number of partitions on my new drive that weren't seen on source disk. Why is that?
Thanks
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New 08 Mar 2018 #26
Did you delete all partitions from target drive before cloning? Can you show us a screenshot of what you're seeing?
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New 08 Mar 2018 #27
I was wrong. The source does have all these partitions.
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Hi,
Yeah just disable secure boot and disconnect the original hdd and see what happens.
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<just disable secure boot
Can you please elaborate on that?
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Hi,
Not knowing your bios
I would assume enter the boot section,
You should see options and states of those options see if you can see them on top
If not scroll to the bottom and see if it's there
Enter it if so
To disable secure boot all that one has to do is manage secure boot keys
Then you should see an option to delete keys
Deleting the secure boot key will disable secure boot.
F10 to save and exit.
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