No boot :(

[TechLady]

I'm sure this is going to be embarrassing because it's probably something stupid...but:

Cloned a Win 10 drive to an SSD, popped it back into laptop...no boot. Everything in CMOS looks ok. Where should I be looking?

Laptop is one of those ultrathin Dells, an Inspiron 7352.

 

[GTP]

What did you use to clone it?

@Diggs put me on the Macrium Reflect, which handles Windows GPT partitioning schemes better. Worked perfectly first go. Well worth the AU$100.18!

Have you run the startup repair from a Win 10 boot disk?

Manually run bootrec.exe /fixboot and bootrec.exe /fixmbr?

I had this last week with a clone. Windows GPT partitioning is a dog!

 

[Slaters Kustum Machines]

What's happening? What results are you getting when trying to boot? Can you boot to the old drive?

 

[TechLady]

What did you use to clone it?

AOMEI Partition Assistant Pro, and I have a feeling the GPT partitioning may be the problem, as you mentioned.

I had this last week with a clone. Windows GPT partitioning is a dog!

Yeah...can someone enlighten me as to why this is such a PITA now?

 

[GTP]

AOMEI Partition Assistant Pro, and I have a feeling the GPT partitioning may be the problem, as you mentioned.



Yeah...can someone enlighten me as to why this is such a PITA now?

Sorry I can't but someone else may be able to.
I just purchased Macrium Reflect and moved on.
I don't have the time or patience to fool around with it, I just want the job done.

 

[carmen617]

What type of drive did you use? If a Samsung, use their tool, works great. Have also had no problem with Acronis, a version of which is included with many SSDs. If you are cloning FROM a WD or Seagate drive, you can also download and use their branded version of Acronis to do the clone, even if your SSD doesn't come with cloning software.

 

[GTP]

What type of drive did you use? If a Samsung, use their tool, works great. Have also had no problem with Acronis, a version of which is included with many SSDs. If you are cloning FROM a WD or Seagate drive, you can also download and use their branded version of Acronis to do the clone, even if your SSD doesn't come with cloning software.

I tried Acronis. It didn't work. Neither did EaseUS or AOMEI Backupper.
The only "cloning" tool that worked first time for me was Macrium Reflect.

 

[Larry Sabo]

Macrium Reflex's free version's PE has a fix boot function that works great most of the time. Perhaps give it a try.

 

[Moltuae]

I just purchased Macrium Reflect and moved on.

If you haven't done so already, it's worthwhile becoming a reseller for Macrium. I get a reasonably good discount and they gave me 2 Server Edition (NFR) licences for free (not sure if that was a limited time offer though or if there is a minimum sales requirement).

 

[TechLady]

Arrrrrgh. Is there an edition of Macrium that allows you to clone disks that are different sizes? The destination is smaller than the source.

 

[Moltuae]

Arrrrrgh. Is there an edition of Macrium that allows you to clone disks that are different sizes? The destination is smaller than the source.

All editions allow that as far as I know.

However, it will only do so automatically if the partition that needs to be shrunk is the last partition, otherwise it you'll need to tell it which partition(s) to resize. To do that you just copy and resize the partitions manually:

 

[Diggs]

Macrium is so automatic that the first time I had to manually manipulate partitions surprised me. Still worked like a charm though. Again, Thanks to @Moltuae as it was his urging that started me on Macrium after struggling with Aomei on UEFI drives.

 

[glennd]

@Diggs put me on the Macrium Reflect, which handles Windows GPT partitioning schemes better. Worked perfectly first go. Well worth the AU$100.18!

What license did you buy? I'm scanning their site and can't find any appropriate license.

 

[Porthos]

can't find any appropriate license.

https://www.macrium.com/products/business/technicians

 

[glennd]

https://www.macrium.com/products/business/technicians

the one that is $US799 per year per technician?

 

[GTP]

I got the Workstation Standalone version.

 

[glennd]

I got the Workstation Standalone version.

single computer license?

 

[Larry Sabo]

Macrium's EULA is curious. It says that the drives you image using it must be built-in (i.e., can't be a drive in a drive dock or attached to a USB-SATA adapter), and the program can't be used for profit or as a service. No doubt this general EULA is modified for specific versions of the license.

PS -- And when they say the Free version is valid for personal and commercial use, that doesn't mean use in a business if it's used for profit.

 

[GTP]

single computer license?

Can't afford the $1174 they want for a Technician license. I've sent them an email asking if they could do better.
Have to wait and see.
I'll bend the rules only when I get a GPT disk to clone, otherwise I'll use AOMEI or EaseUS.

 

[HCHTech]

Can't afford the $1174 they want for a Technician license.

Holy drachma's, Batman! They're optimistic, aren't they? I can't believe that price works in an industry with so many choices.