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So I understand ...
The cloning initialized the drive as GPT and only got so far before failing to read the source drive - right?
You said: Then I remembered something in the back of me head about empty unformatted drive I new then I was stuck
IF you installed clean to unallocated space on the 4 TB drive - everything should be easy.
If the cloning process created the 4 hidden partitions, I'd suggest that you re-install on an empty drive.
I'd like to see how the 4 TB drive is partitioned now.
To make it easy use my custom Disk Management snapin - it displays what I'd like to see.
If you already downloaded the snapin, go to Step 2
Step 1: Download this zip file (contains dmDskmgr-vd.mmc)
Step 2: Double click dmDskmgr-vd.zip to open the compressed folder
Double click dmDskmgr-vd.mmc to launch the custom Disk Management console
You'll get an output similar to this:
Press Alt+PrtScn to grab a snapshot of just the Disk Management window
Open Paint and Ctrl+V to paste it, then save the image
Attach the image to a new post.
You can also use Disk Management in the x-Menu (right click the Windows logo, select Disk Management)
Select View > Bottom > Disk list
Maximize the window and grab the screen shot.
We'll go from there.
Yes computing is fun, I spent my corporate career in the industry - laughed for 50 years, still laughing
Bill