Windows 10: cloned and installed a new drive as drive "E:". Now Mirroring is Happening

Discus and support cloned and installed a new drive as drive "E:". Now Mirroring is Happening in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; Had an issue with a new SSD drive not showing up in file explorer but with excellent help from another forum member that issue was solved.Now I have a... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by ken thelarsons.email, Jan 22, 2025.

  1. cloned and installed a new drive as drive "E:". Now Mirroring is Happening


    Had an issue with a new SSD drive not showing up in file explorer but with excellent help from another forum member that issue was solved.Now I have a new issue. Drive "E:" new SSD was cloned from the "C:" drive. Any change made on the original drive, "C:", is also made on the new drive, "E". This also occurs when changes are made to drive "E:", the change also happens on "C:". I need to stop this mirroring activity; i.e. keep the drives separate so I can open space up on the "C:" drive so I can update Windows and install new apps. I am wondering if the cloning has created problem and if so

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    ken thelarsons.email, Jan 22, 2025
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  2. cloned drive but not bootable from new drive

    new entry is in, but trying to boot, it looks like its loading but then i get a black screen, am i missing something?

    set drive E which is the cloned drive(2tb toshiba) pressed enter, successful.
     
    puddlejumper6999, Jan 22, 2025
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  3. skooterfd Win User
    Cloning Drive C:/

    I bought a new hard drive so I could clone my main hard drive. The new drive was formatted after putting into an external hard drive bay connected using USB cable. I right clicked on my C:/ drive & chose copy. I then right clicked on my new hard drive F:/
    and chose paste. It then started to copy C:/ to F:/, but it eventually failed saying I wasn't authorized to access certain files even though I'm the Administrator of my computer. It also said I had a bad sector on C:/ drive. I then reformatted C:/ & tried
    to make a clone drive onto F:/. All that did was copy over ...

    $RECYCLEBIN, Boot, Recovery, System Volume 1, bootmgr, BOOTNXT, BOOTSECT.BAK

    It appears to me that all it did was make a boot disk in case C:/ drive failed to boot I could have the computer boot using drive F:/ which is not what I wanted. I already have drive E:/ for that in the same bay housing as F:/.

    What I want is an exact clone of C:/ drive, every program & file on it!

    Anyone got any suggestions?
     
    skooterfd, Jan 22, 2025
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  4. cloned and installed a new drive as drive "E:". Now Mirroring is Happening

    Clone Bitlocker enable drive to SSD

    Keitaro

    My name is Andre Da Costa; an Independent Consultant, Windows Insider MVP and Windows & Devices for IT MVP. I'm here to help you with your problem.

    Heed the advice of the software, you must disable BitLocker before cloning. This is highly recommend if you ever want to get access to the drive.

    There is nothing wrong with having to re-enable it after restoring the clone.

    Step 1: disable BitLocker.

    Step 2: clone drive

    Step 3: restore the cloned image to the new drive.

    Step 4: Re-Enable BitLocker.
     
    Andre for Directly, Jan 22, 2025
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