Good to go.

I have the partitions labeled a and b.

Thanks.
Worth a thought.
I could also do in in the BIOS boot order.

Thanks KB,
The primary drive is a HDD 2.5" laptop drive. It's a Dell XPS 18.
The secondary drive is a SSD MSata (Mini Sata) drive and cannot fit in the # 1 position. That's the only option.
I...

I have three drives.
Drive 0 is a standard internal 2.5" HD. My original drive.
Drive 1 is a Msata internal SSD. the clone.
Drive 2 is an external 2.5" standard HD. My File History.

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I think I will take your advice and keep an image on the second drive.
I guess Macrium could do the scheduled backup.
Thanks again.
Joe

This is just a backup of the main HD.
I have no intensions of using the backup as a primary OS.
If things fail, I wi;;ues the backup to fix things.

OK, Here’s what I got.
I cloned the drive to a second internal 500 GB EVO SSD.
I cloned all but the Dell 57 GB recovery and the Swap Temp partitions.
Macrion “Trimmed” etc.
I think Macrium...

Hi,
I'm doing a clone on that Computer. It will be a while.

50% done

I certainly don't want to go back to Windows 8.

Well, I tried several things.
I tried Shift+Restart and the only option was "Turn off your PC".
No Troubleshoot!!
I could not find a way to...

Thanks.
I do have Macrium.
I am going to try and see if the restore drive is accessible.
I'll look in the Boot Options and see what is there.
Also, Dell recovery.

Thanks for the advice and the Links.
I think I may have messed up the drive when I first took it out of the box.
I created D,E and F partitions.

One more question, since most of the...

Thanks Jack.
I need to trim the disk and clone it.
I an just trying to determine what is safe to leave out when I do the clone.

Joe

If I remove the PBR Image partition, Windows will lose track of where the WindowsRE is located?

Thanks Everyone,
I was hoping to do something like what lx07 has suggested.
lx07, you say that "13. you can delete if you want (it is no use any more)".
I'm not sure exactly what it is and how...

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Takes a while to gather everything.
I have used a Live Linux on a thumb drive to boot and have a try-out.
I will attach more images of the partitions that will allow me to explore.
I have the...

Hello,
I have a Dell XPS 18, Upgraded from from Win 8 to Win 10.
I have a Seagate ST500LT012-9WS14S.
It is NOT a SSD.
The system works just fine.
My hard drive is a mess!!
I have cloned the...

I reset and got rid of my problem.
I also got rid of a lot of "Bloteware" and of course all the HP stuff.
I will try to recover some of the HP support stuff but the rest is well rid of.

Thanks Brink.
I have prepared myself for that option and I suspect that it will be the cleanest.
I'm inclined to do that.
I trust it will not affect my disk partitions.

Do I use "How to Delete a User Account in Windows 10" or "How to Delete User Profile of an Account in Windows 10"?


I bought a used laptop.
Laptop
HP 17-e117dx
Windows 10

The system was...

Actually, all you need to do is turn off "Real Time Protection" in your antivirus and things move along just nicely.
The problem seems to be that real time protection checks everything.
If you...

Hi,
Well I did another "Upgrade" to Win 10.
Used the online process. Worked like a charm.
I don't seem to have lost a single thing!!!
Store is working and the other Apps are back.
Thanks for...