I just did a Disk Clone using MiniTool Partition wizard Free 11.6 (Took about 5 1/2 hours) using 2 separate hard drives.
When It was done, I tried to boot off of the new Drive and got the following error:
"WINLOAD.EFI is missing or contains errors.
This is a dual boot system. The original system boots fine. The copy has the errors.
Looks like Minitool Partition Wizard isn't getting the job done. There are a couple of other people on here that also have had problems cloning.
I would recommend Using Macrium Reflect free to clone/image your system. Much more reliable software. There is a section "Backup and Restore" in this forum, that has lots of good info on how to use Macrium Reflect.
I definitely would use Macrium to do any clones. I assume you know that if you clone the drive that your OS is on and leave it in the PC when you reboot your going yo have issues because the disk signatures will clash. In most cases windows disk management will inactivate one of the cloned disks.
Thanks for the Info.
I will give it a try and let you know how I make out.
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I tried it with the Macruim software and got the same error message.
The clone drive is still connected to the active drive.
If I put a different operating system on the cloned drive should the error go away or can the system only support 1 OS while using the Easybcd software?
Thanks
Does not matter if you use Macrium or Partition Wizard to clone,
Post a screen shot of disk management then we'll go from there. You might have to rebuild the Boot file.
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I am enclosing a screen shot of the Disk Management
When you clone a disk, you also clone the EFI System partition which contains the same boot info for disk 0 So you'll need to create the boot info for disk 1
NOTE: Do not use easy BCD. Your disk is GPT disk, not MBR.
Open the admin command prompt and type:
diskpart
select disk 1
list partition =====> Note if the 260MB EFI System partition is partition 1, if not change the par # on next line
select par 1
assign letter=Z =====> assign drive letter Z: for this partition
exit
Again, from Admin command prompt, type
bcdboot J:\Windows /s Z: =====> Rebuild the BCD in Z:
mountvol Z: /D =====> Remove letter Z
Reboot the PC and select disk 1 to boot from.
NOTE: You might get a dual boot menu. To make both Windows boot independently: Win+R->msconfig and delete the other entry.
Last edited by topgundcp; 28 Jan 2020 at 14:31.
I did every thing in the Diskpart as you noted.
The EFI system partition was cloned when I cloned the system (see attached).
In the Msconfig settings, it shows the "C" drive as current and default OS.
It also shows the "J" drive (see Attached).
Which one should I delete?
Maybe take a look at the bcd store. If you want a UI bootice is pretty good.
BOOTICEx64.zip
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