2 installations - same SDD

Hello there.
I am currently using my Vivobook's original Windows installation on its SSD.
I want to have another installation or better yet clone my current installation (or restore it) to another partition in the same storage SSD.

I used EaseUSA Todo Backup to create a System backup but when I try to restore to the other partition I find no such option.

Probably other ways to achieve this?

Thanks a lot

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Just a follow up question - do you need to copy 100 mb partition as well to the partition you want to copy to on the same drive.

Will the new partition be bootable or do you have to make partition primary & active &/or run commands for it to be bootable?

TIA,

Ray

AthanasianCreed said:

Just a follow up question - do you need to copy 100 mb partition as well to the partition you want to copy to on the same drive.

Will the new partition be bootable or do you have to make partition primary & active &/or run commands for it to be bootable?

TIA,

Ray

You need to only copy the partition with the OS. Then you use the bcdboot command to add the new OS partition to the existing system partition boot menu.

Thanks for the quick reply - just for clarification -

After copying (or would it be cloning - (using MR?) When booting up, I'm assuming it will only boot into original OS?

Do I run the bcdboot command from the elevated cmd screen or from somewhere else? Could you post the commands I would need to run in order to make new Windows partition bootable please??

And, just to make sure, I only copy the C Windows partition, no others onto a unallocated partition on the same hard drive correct?

Thanks again,

Ray

Open disk management > by default some columns are compressed > widen each Status and Volume > make sure the contents within the parenthesis are in full view and that none of the characters are cutoff > view disk 0 > widen this row as needed so that all of the characters are in full view > post an image into the thread
Disk Management - How to Post a Screenshot of

Open administrative command prompt and copy and paste (all at one time)

Code:

bcdedit /enum all
reagentc /info
diskpart
lis dis
lis vol
sel dis 0
det dis
lis par
sel par 1
det par
sel par 2
det par
sel par 3
det par
sel par 4
det par
sel par 5
det par
sel dis 1
det dis
lis par
sel par 1
det par
sel par 2
det par
sel par 3
det par
sel par 4
det par
sel par 5

When these have completed > right click on the top bar or title bar of the administrative command prompt box > left click on edit then select all > right click on the top bar again > left click on edit then copy > paste into the thread

AthanasianCreed said:

Thanks for the quick reply - just for clarification -

After copying (or would it be cloning - (using MR?) When booting up, I'm assuming it will only boot into original OS?

Do I run the bcdboot command from the elevated cmd screen or from somewhere else? Could you post the commands I would need to run in order to make new Windows partition bootable please??

And, just to make sure, I only copy the C Windows partition, no others onto a unallocated partition on the same hard drive correct?

Thanks again,

Ray

You copy only the C Windows partition to an unallocated portion on the same drive. Then give it a drive letter, let's say E: drive. Then open a command prompt (admin) and the command would be:
bcdboot E:\Windows /d /addlast

Also hibernation/ fast startup can interfere with dual booting and should be turned off on all installed OS's:
powercfg -h off

Much easier to wrap my head around.

I know I can do the copy/drive allocation within Partition Magic but what about the commanď prompt? Do I have to do that within Windows? And, if so, would it boot back into the original OS from where I would do the bdcboot command?

Thanks guys,

Ray