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  • Is it possible to disable the internal drive in the laptop's UEFI settings? It could be due to some identifer conflict.
    – Tom Yan
    Commented May 13, 2022 at 6:30
  • If it's possible to meet the goal using DISM and WIM image, that's something I can manage. However I absolutely cannot sysprep /generalize the source beforehand because it will wipe software licenses and some user-profile-related software connections.
    – bananakid
    Commented May 13, 2022 at 6:30
  • Also try removing all entries (except (Default)) in HKLM/SYSTEM/MountedDevices before you shutdown and clone.
    – Tom Yan
    Commented May 13, 2022 at 6:35
  • @TomYan unfortunately no UEFI settings available for user (like, at all). I failed to mention I double-checked all UUID's of all partitions (and partition schemes IDs as well for that matter, used DISKPART & CloneDisk program in WinPE to check everything). There're no same volume UUIDs on source and destination disks. I have also double-checked if Macrium Reflect 8 manages to update volume UUIDs on clones: yes, it handle's that. Also I specifically reapplied bcdboot data of EFI volume using clone destination to prevent conflicts (as far as I understand the idea of what bcdboot does).
    – bananakid
    Commented May 13, 2022 at 6:40
  • @TomYan regarding HKLM/SYSTEM/MountedDevices, I 've also tried editing \DosDevices\C: to \DosDevices\D: on the destination drive after cloning. Will try removing everything but I feel it's something different.
    – bananakid
    Commented May 13, 2022 at 6:45