Windows 10: W10 does not load after cloning a double boot system

I had a PC with W10 and W8 andafter I cloned the SSDI have the OS choosing screen with both of themW8 works but W10 shows only black screen with mouse cursorno login screen, no reaction to Ctrl-Alt-Del In W8 I see that the system disk is C: but it is last one, goes after the D: in disk manager partitions map.Also W8 has a lot of files in Windows/Boot folderand W10 has only one strange folder there.

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Activation Windows 10 true a cloned system

Dear Community

My Situation:

I started a couple of month ago with the Insider preview of W10. I add some complex Software CAD-CAM, Simulations and Design--Software. This making a lot of work and I have no intersting to Setup 8 Computers with this procedure.

So the whole Installation runs fully on the W10 System with no Problem. In the meantime on the final Version. All perfect!

Now I startet do clone the main system to the other Computers.

First step: Upgrade over the W8.1 system, with this, the activation W10 is no problem because W8.1 licence is ready

Second step: Restore the clone Image to the activated new W10 system -> Also new W10 is activated with no problem.

All perfect just to this point.

Now to my question

What I can see now is, that all cloned Stations have the same Key now. All Systems are activated.

My question now is if I will receive troubles in future when all stations have the same key?

Perhaps my way to the clone systems is wrong? I don't know.

Thanks for some feed back to this issue.

Kind regards

Michel

 

Do window 10 offer a clone image feature for backup system?

Hi, oemSoft

I am sorry to tell you that there is no built-in clone feature in Windows 10. If you just create a system image backup, you can follow the steps below to create a system image in Windows 10.

Step 1. Open Control Panel, go to System and Security > File History, then click System Image Backup at the lower-left corner. Or you can directly type backup and restore in the search box and select it from the search result list.

Step 2. Connect the USB drive to your computer and select it as the destination path, then click Next.

Step 3. Confirm your backup settings and click Start Backup.

However, if you want to clone your system directly, you can choose a third-party software like AOMEI Backupper. This is a professional clone software that allows you to

clone system to different places such as external hard drive, USB drive or Network, etc. without booting problems. With it, you also can clone the entire disk to HDD or SSD.

 

Unable to boot Windows after cloning it to SSD

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



I understand that you are facing issues while booting the PC after cloning Windows to new SSD. I would like to know what happens when you try to boot the PC to desktop using SSD?



The reason you are not able to boot the PC is that the files required to boot Windows are still recognizing the HDD as the main drive. I would suggest you to try rebuilding the BCD files and see if you are able to boot the PC using
SSD.



Kindly follow the steps below to rebuild the BCD.

1. Create a bootable media and boot the PC using the media.
2. On the Install Windows screen, select Next >
   Repair your computer.
3. On the System Recovery Options screen, select
   Troubleshoot> Advanced options > Command Prompt.
4. Now type in the commands and hit enter: BOOTREC /FIXMBR
   
   BOOTREC /FIXBOOT
   
   BOOTREC /scanos
   
   BOOTREC /rebuildbcd
5. Restart the PC.

If the issue persists, please get back to us with the results of the troubleshooting steps to assist you further.



Regards,

Prakhar Khare

Microsoft Community – Moderator