Windows 10: Trying to boot from a cloned drive and getting windows auto repair

I bought a new ssd to replace my old hdd as storage for my os and it came with software to do a drive cloning. So I did so and it when of with out a hitch. But when I try to boot from the new drive it takes me straight into windows automatic repair and the repair requires my Microsoft password and it does not recognize my current or even previous passwords as correct.

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Cloned HDD wont boot

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auto repair trying to fix Windows 10 instead of Windows 11 in boot loop

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Cloned WIN10/64 Boot drive will not Boot! Boot volume stays OFFLINE

Hello,

I have been grappling with an issue for a couple of days now and getting nowhere fast.

I have been helping my brother with his PC and we suspect that his SSD drive may be failing.

I used the personal edition of macrium reflect to clone his SSD onto a 1TB spindle drive - the clone worked fine and completed successfully.

However, when trying to boot off the 1TB disk, I get a blue screen saying windows cannot boot.

Using the startup repair CD - it says it is diagnosing errors, then this may take an hour to complete, then "startup repair couldn't repair your PC".

I have then used DISKPART and can see the boot volume is OFFLINE. The disk is ONLINE.

Trying to put the volume ONLINE fails. with the message "diskpart could not online the selected volume" I tried the OVERRIDE switch but it does not apply to the ONLINE command.

I have then tried the BOOTREC command sequence and /FIXMBR completed successfully but /FIXBOOT returns the cryptic response:

"The device is not ready".

So having selected the disk then used the command "list volume" I get

Volume 1 Partition 299GB Healthy Offline

There is no drive letter assigned but even if I assign one, it makes no difference.

If I assign a drive letter to the volume having booted another machine then attaching this disk, I can see all the data in the typical C drive volume - it is all there, just not bootable.

I have cloned many drives in the past with macrium, cloning from spindle to SSD, SSD to spindle, spindle to spindle and SSD to SSD and all have been fine, just this one.

The original donor SSD drive that has been cloned seems to be absolutely fine and works ok- but for how long?

Does anyone have any suggestions that I have not already tried?!

Thanks