Windows 10: Cloned drive will not boot

Discus and support Cloned drive will not boot in Windows 10 Backup and Restore to solve the problem; I'm sorry....the Acer logo I am going to try Kyhi's suggestions now...finally an evening to get back to this! Discussion in 'Windows 10 Backup and Restore' started by LePaul, Apr 3, 2017.

  1. LePaul Win User

    Cloned drive will not boot


    I'm sorry....the Acer logo

    I am going to try Kyhi's suggestions now...finally an evening to get back to this!
     
    LePaul, Apr 6, 2017
    #16
  2. LePaul Win User

    Here's what my command prompt looks like, after booting from Windows 10 USB boot
     
    LePaul, Apr 6, 2017
    #17
  3. LePaul Win User
    A few questions....

    There's my volumes

    You advised..

    Or use diskpart and assign a drive letter "S" to the Fat32 System (EFI) partition
    the run> bcdboot C:\windows /s S:

    There's only one hard drive (well, m.2 SSD) installed in the laptop
     
    LePaul, Apr 6, 2017
    #18
  4. NavyLCDR New Member

    Cloned drive will not boot

    While still in Diskpart, run:
    select volume 2
    assign letter=S
    exit

    then run
    bcdboot C:\windows /s S:
     
    NavyLCDR, Apr 6, 2017
    #19
  5. LePaul Win User
    I'll try that now....gotta go into CMOS and set USB drive to first (boot order) so I can get in!
     
    LePaul, Apr 6, 2017
    #20
  6. LePaul Win User
    Ok well I got this....



    Cloned drive will not boot [​IMG]


    In my bios/cmos/whatever.... what should the boot order be?

    Right now I have USB thumbdrive
    Windows boot manager
    Samsung m.2 EVO 950
    etc etc
     
    LePaul, Apr 6, 2017
    #21
  7. NavyLCDR New Member
    Windows Boot Manager first.
     
    NavyLCDR, Apr 6, 2017
    #22
  8. LePaul Win User

    Cloned drive will not boot

    Yeah...when I do that, it never makes it to the USB boot drive


    Cloned drive will not boot [​IMG]
     
    LePaul, Apr 6, 2017
    #23
  9. NavyLCDR New Member
    What error does it give you?
     
    NavyLCDR, Apr 6, 2017
    #24
  10. Kyhi Win User
    I assume #3 the USB HDD is your Verbatim store and go USB stick ???
    Also error message is not Boot File related... The OS appears to be the culprit

    usually pressing F12 when the OEM logo appears may bring up the boot menu options,,
     
  11. SIW2 Win User
    Assuming the clone was performed correctly, the initial problem seemed to be the changed disk sig. That could have been sorted with the litlle program I posted.

    Not clear what the op has done to it since the disk sig change. Might be other issues now.

    ( On a related note, creating decent 15063 pe is proving tricky. I haven't got there yet)
     
  12. LePaul Win User
    Yes, the USB 3 is the Windows 10 boot drive (USB) I made per your guidance

    That program you posted...what should be the next step(s)?
     
    LePaul, Apr 6, 2017
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  13. SIW2 Win User

    Cloned drive will not boot

    Not sure what you have done since the initial disk sig change.

    If that was the only problem:

    Fix the drive letter.

    Cloned drive will not boot [​IMG]


    Fix the boot menu.


    Cloned drive will not boot [​IMG]


    Where it says select Active part, it means the system part on efi.
     
  14. SIW2 Win User
    in Fix os letter, you select the Windows drive that isn't booting.

    In boot fix, you select the Windows drive that isn't booting.
    You also select the system drive.
     
  15. LePaul Win User
    Wow.

    Really...wow.

    So I set each to C: since that's the only drive I have *Smile

    I restarted and went into the Windows setup hit upgrade and it gave me that compatibility report. There's no clean way to get out of that (it tells you to remove the boot media). So I go kicked back to the Windows setup screen, where you have the 'Repair' option in the lower left. I selected Power Off the PC and removed the USB. After a deep pause...I booted the laptop. It's immediately booted to my Windows 10 log in!

    So, it's back! And with that m.2 SSD it booted in 4 seconds!

    Big thank you to everyone involved.
     
    LePaul, Apr 9, 2017
    #30
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