Is recommend DiskImageXML. It's a free imaging software that can make an image of your entire system. I suspect you may be selecting active...
Does you original drive still have all the system files on it? If so, are they corrupt and is that why you want to clone the backup drive over...
I think you are saying you have previously cloned your System drive to a second drive that you are now booting. You are now wanting to clone it...
Deleting the files is your option. Generally people clone a drive to move the OS to a larger drive and they have no reason to have two systems on...
Let's be sure you understand the basics of cloning and how they relate to hard drive partition letters. First you need to understand a couple...
You will either have to manually edit the Mounted Devices registry key or use a cloning software that does that for you. Xxclone will swap the...
Another thought, use Cool Tools to duplicate the source volume ID to the clone. Easy to do, worth a shot. You'd need both connected of course....
To cover all bases, run the drive diagnostics on the old drive. Hard drive diagnostics
Check to see how the data sizes of the two drives compare. I would expect some small difference but anything huge will be a red flag that says...
ERUNT by default will require you to manually run it. The default location for the backup copies will be in the Windows directory. The reason...
@wksda623, I don't see that you mention running an error check on your source disk before cloning. That could be a factor that we shouldn't...
papernpaste, I'm sorry to hear that you couldn't get it fixed easier. :( I second what you are saying about Registry cleaning. When doing...
Ask away hawk22. We're down to the academic short rows here so it's not hijacking as I see it. Anything that adds information and hopefully gets...
I have also done this operation dozens of times and never had it to fail to produce a bootable drive. All I can think of now is that since...
Connect the drives back to their original positions and boot your old system drive. Open Disk Manager and see what it says about the clone drive....
Going back over all the posts and processing what has been tried and failed, I have come to conclude that the boot sector is not the problem....
I would think that if you aren't getting any error message or even a blinking cursor but instead just a black screen, it would tend to indicate a...
That doesn't change a thing, I'll be happy to assist in any way I can. :)
I'd suggest looking around in the Windows files and determining if there are any Restore Points available. They will be found in C:\System Volume...
You'll need a full version, absolutely.
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