Windows 10: Booting from a Cloned Partition

I have cloned a partition using AOEMI Backupper and I have tried to find out how to make the cloned partition bootable. No luck with that. Note that this PC has one Hard Drive and which is UEFI/GPT based. Is it possible to make the cloned partition (G) bootable. The identifier for the cloned partition shows 'default'!

Norman

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changing my (C) drive to another installed disk without removing old disk

Did you test the UEFI/BIOS Boot menu key to see if it offers a choice of UEFI drives to boot and will boot either or both? If so set the clone as first in Boot Order Priority in UEFI Setup.

If not power down, swap the cable from DISK0 to DISK2, unplug DISK1, start up to see if it will boot the clone by itself from the old drive's cable.

If so add the other drives back to DISK 1 and 2, see if it still boots, and if so you're good to go.

If not, plug it back as shown in screenshot, right click the EFI partition in Disk Management to add a Drive Letter.

Install EasyBCD from this link, no email address needed, just click Download:
http://neosmart.net/Download/Register/1

Start EasyBCD, on Add New Entry tab, add the EFI System partition from the cloned drive by drive letter and type, give it a label that's distinct, Save changes.
http://neosmart.net/wiki/display/EBCD/EasyBCD+B...

Restart PC to see if it created a Dual Boot menu, choose the Clone drive, if it Starts install EasyBCD or open msconfig > Boot tab to Edit OS menu, set clone as Default, remove boot menu or set timeout to 0 or lowest.

If Easy will not configure using the clone's EFI System partition, you'll need to add a drive letter to the Windows partition on the cloned drive, add one EasyBCD Add New Entry tab, then on Edit Boot menu tab remove the EFI System from booting the clone. This
means the clone will be dependent upon the old EFI System partition to boot it until you reinstall correctly with all drives unplugged.

Report back on each step.

 

Replace?

Click HERE to Download the free version of AOMEI Partition Assistant and use it to clone the old drive onto the new drive

For information on how to clone the Drive using AOMEI Partition Assistant -
Click HERE

Then remove the old drive and boot from the new Drive (Set the new drive as first device in boot order in your BIOS)

I Hope this Answers your Question!

 

Post image of partitions.

If G is clone of C partition do this from admin command prompt.

bcdboot G:\windows

 

I am sure that I have tried this but I will give it another try.

 

Tried that and when attempting to boot from the cloned partition I get an occasional busy symbol. If you leave it for a while, on returning there is lots of disk activity and the busy symbol is flashing away. Earlier today I left it like this for well over an hour without booting.

 

You need to edit the uefi data to add the new drive Manage EFI/UEFI boot options & Manage EFI System Partitions & Fix EFI/UEFI boot issues the easy way!

 

Downloaded and installed
Manage EFI/UEFI Boot Options & Manage EFI System Partitions & Fix EFI/UEFI Boot Issues

from Hasleo. This is version 3.1 and says it is a free trial. Not sure how to proceed.

 

There are lots of video tutors on Youtube How to edit UEFI boot menu entries in Windows using EasyUEFI software - YouTube

 

Another option is to create a Macrium Reflect Rescue drive, boot from it and select 'fix windows boot problems'.

Use Macrium Reflect Rescue Media to Fix Windows Boot Issues Windows 10 Tutorials

 

OK Sumuria, I will take a look on YouTube.

Cerebus, I have Macrium Reflect and have already built a Rescue Disk. I have been unable to resolve my Boot problem with the rescue disk.

Thanks to you both.