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Discus and support Windows 10 disk cloning in Windows 10 Gaming to solve the problem; I have installed a new SSD in my Windows 10 Pro PC and successfully cloned my data D drive HDD onto it. The new drive was initiated and temporarily... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Gaming' started by pmcabinet, Feb 4, 2025.

  1. pmcabinet Win User

    Windows 10 disk cloning


    I have installed a new SSD in my Windows 10 Pro PC and successfully cloned my data D drive HDD onto it. The new drive was initiated and temporarily given the drive letter E.I tried then changing the drive letters E for D and vice versa I want to keep the old HDD drive D installed for archiving, but my software and apps were still looking for the&nbs

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    pmcabinet, Feb 4, 2025
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  2. Megahertz Win User

    Cloned disk unable to boot

    Something is very strange. From disk manager image The drive 1 EFI partition is nº2
    Windows 10 disk cloning 405801d1708383180t-cloned-disk-unable-boot-2024-02-19_19-48-10.jpg
    And from diskpart image The EFI partition is nº1
    Windows 10 disk cloning 405849d1708460478t-cloned-disk-unable-boot-2024-02-20_17-13-41.jpg
    My suggestion is to clean the 1T drive and clone it again. To clean the drive, open a CMD window as administrator and type: diskpart list disk (it will list all drives. Identify the 1T drive number) select disk n (replace n by the 1T drive number obtained with list disk) clean convert GPT Exit
     
    Megahertz, Feb 4, 2025
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  3. cadaveca Win User
    Moving to SSD. Clone or not to clone?

    I kinda agree with you, but on a wholr, do not. While I have done things a bit differently than this specific situation, by installing Windows directly to the SSD, and cloning after, my testing shows that there are no issues doing this, very little that can go wrong, provided your system is stable.

    There are certain features that must be disabled in this situation, like auto defrag and such, but even with a fresh install to the SSD, you need to take steps to ensure that you SSD performs properly, regardless of how the data got there.

    Arming yourself with a bit of knowledge can go a long way.

    Installing the latest chipset driver, and the RST Tools, will ensure optimal performance of the SSD. but rather than taking my advice, I suggest the OP takes a look here:

    http://blogs.dirteam.com/blogs/sand...7-and-ssds-to-clone-windows-or-reinstall.aspx

    Install A Solid State Drive In Your Notebook

    Keep in mind, also, Digibucc, that many retail drives include software and such that very specifically is to be used to ttranser the OS from an existing mechanical drive to an SSD, and if there really was alot fo issues stemming from the cloning process, they would not have packages like that, simply to eliminate tech support costs. While not the optimal option, cloning is NOT a bad thing, as long as you take the nessecary steps.
     
    cadaveca, Feb 4, 2025
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  4. antares Win User

    Windows 10 disk cloning

    Cloned disk unable to boot

    Hi Megahertz, I followed your steps but there must be something wrong or missing, after trying to execute the command "format fs=fat32 quick label=EFI" the following message displays:"THERE IS NO VOLUME SELECTED, PLEASE SELECT A VOLUME AND TRY AGAIN" I'm attaching below screenshots of Disk Management as well as of LIST DISK, LIST PART and LIST VOL for your review:
    Windows 10 disk cloning 405848d1708383180t-cloned-disk-unable-boot-2024-02-19_19-48-10.jpg

    Windows 10 disk cloning 405849d1708460478t-cloned-disk-unable-boot-2024-02-20_17-13-41.jpg
     
    antares, Feb 4, 2025
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