:thumbsup:

Great- probably a lesson there- start with the 3rd party items - perhaps the less well-known ones?

Yes thanks - the trick was finding out now how to actually install Guest Additions. I was under the misconception either I had or it wasn't needed from on thread I read- but the method of doing so...

Your reference comparison would be booting with a different but similar disk in the same slot.
If you still saw problems you might begin to suspect other hardware issues.

If your 2nd disk is data...

By way of a thought/comparison.. you could try Hasleo Backup (Chinese, like Aomei, Easeus...) - it's free and said to incorporate the best of Macrium R paid's features.

Try Hard Disk Sentinel and see what it says (in English) for both drives.

If you start getting BSODs then use the forum's BSOD section and log collection tool there.

Finally..! Found out the method of installing Guest additions has changed (not so obvious)- so all is well with VirtualBox.

Hi, in the past I've had no problem setting up a shared folder with older O/S's.

Come to Win 11 as a VM - and I just can't find a way to get the shared folder visible from the VM.
I've set one up...

:thumbsup: - sometimes 'old' is good!

Oddly erratic.. if you now run chkdsk c: /scan - does that pass (just to verify)?

If it is the portable version you should be able to just delete its folder.

As for Revo's results- you need to review and check, more particularly with a Forced Uninstall, just in case.

- from a PC with no DVD drive:
408662

And thank you for your reply/.

You can't see it and I can't see it. So that suggests your clone wasn't a clone as in an exact copy.
Can you see any space on the 1TB disk where it might be?
...

Was 'J:' selected when you did the |"clone"?

If you didn't transfer it then you can shrink C: and copy the partition from your old disk.

I assume you still have that...

Hi,
Are you sure this isn't a portable version of the browser?
Portapps - Brave™ portable

2 options. Possibly 3.

1. Use an appropriate System Restore point.

2. Use the Forced Uninstall...

If you haven't used the option as in my post #4 and chkdsk reports errors then open an admin command prompt and run

chkdsk /f /r /x

- Scans the file system and its sectors, and fixes any...

Ok, assuming you've looked at both disks... (you need to click on a tab)..

Did chkdsk (first one you mentioned) offer to run on restart, and if so, did you let it?
You could simply start it from...

Obvious thing to try: check your disk(s) (Crystal Diskinfo or better Hard Disk Sentinel (covers SSDs too) ).

Just launch and look, select disk as necessary.

Note the recommendation (again) for the dynamic theme - for - yes- Win 11 (i.e. people still sometimes struggle with Spotlight with Win 11).
Windows Spotlight lock screen image not changing |...

This is a more powerful tool (=less straightforward, more complex) but does have an icon field for the added entry:
GitHub - stax76/OpenWithPlusPlus: Open with++ context menu shell extension

Note...

:thumbsup: always good to hear of another success..

FWIW you could use the info in the link I posted and use bcedit (offline)
windows server 2008 - How can I edit the boot configuration data (BCD) store of another disk? - Server Fault

- but I...

It doesn't work like that.

You simply install it, let it run- no settings like that required. (There is one choice as to how it runs though)


I've seen one or two - but nothing consistent as...

Let's try something basic.

Please run Crystal Diskinfo and report the health of your drive.

If ok, try (3) and (4) here, then (7):
[Fixed] MS-Windows-Store Purgecaches Error on Windows 10/11 -...

By default that log is not enabled...

How to Enable and Find Your Windows Boot Log

Have you checked the disk with e.g. Crystal Diskinfo? (If not on the live boot disk, there's a portable...