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A friend of mine asked me to help him migrate his original HDD to an SSD (Crucial MX500 480GB) he bought. He's using a 27" HP Envy Recline Touchsmart All-in-one PC.

So I went and used the same software I've been using for years (EaseUS Todo Backup Free 11.5), only this time it won't boot. It gives me a BSOD and shuts down after a few seconds. I installed the source HDD and target SSD in a Lenovo M73p tower case because my USB HDD docking station died. Could this have anything to do with it?

The BIOS in the HP Envy has Secure boot enabled and Legacy boot disabled. The SSD is the only drive installed and boot order is correct.

Windows startup repair doesn't do anything.

I tried (didn't help):

  • bootrec /scanos
  • bootrec /rebuildbcd
  • bootrec /fixmbr
  • bootrec /fixboot

I haven't tried rebuilding the EFI partition yet...

Disk Manager

Disk Part

BSOD

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    The boot error code is 0xc0000225, which means "Windows cannot find the System Files used for booting". Your clone doesn't seem to have been cloned correctly. Maybe you should try another software, example AOMEI.
    – harrymc
    Commented Oct 6, 2021 at 9:09
  • @harrymc I tried Acronis True Image for Crucial (target SSD is Crucial MX500) and the end result is the same - can't boot. Free version of AOMEI only lets you clone MBR disks, not GPT.
    – KoturB
    Commented Oct 6, 2021 at 9:15
  • Does the disk perhaps use Bitlocker?
    – harrymc
    Commented Oct 6, 2021 at 9:16
  • @harrymc not that I'm aware of. It has OEM Windows installed from the factory and everything else that goes with it (recovery partition etc).
    – KoturB
    Commented Oct 6, 2021 at 9:19
  • If your disk is GPT, there was no point in running bootrec /fixmbr. It's abnormal for an advanced cloning software to fail, even if there are size differences (please give more information about the disks). I note that EaseUS Todo Backup is currently at version 13.5, so you might try the newer version.
    – harrymc
    Commented Oct 6, 2021 at 9:34

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I went and got EaseUS Todo Backup Home and tried System Clone (something which the free version doesn't allow you to do). Surprisingly it worked so this question can be closed.

I don't understand the exact difference between a Disk clone and a System clone because Disk clone works just fine with Windows 7 or stock (non-OEM) Windows 8 installations.

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  • The problem with this solution is that it doesn't work, if the PC that contains the drive you're trying to clone doesn't work. System Clone function does not work when both drives (source and target) are moved to a different system.
    – KoturB
    Commented Oct 13, 2021 at 7:27

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