Skip to main content

All Questions

Tagged with
0 votes
0 answers
76 views

How to activate Windows during a massive OS deployment + machine testing?

I need to install Windows on 200 Lenovo ThinkPad T460 and 200 Lenovo ThinkPad T470 laptops, which will then be delivered to various countries in Africa. These PCs are used and require a check of their ...
Giuseppe Palmieri's user avatar
1 vote
0 answers
70 views

Why can't I boot from my cloned drive?

I am trying to replace an HDD with a SSD on an old Samsung Series 5 Ultra. I have tried cloning the drive multiple ways: Tried with Macrium - drive wouldn't boot and got stuck in a loop restarting ...
soysauce93's user avatar
1 vote
0 answers
35 views

disk cloning - issue with disk naming and boot

I cloned my internal HDD into a samsung 990 Pro using clonezilla. I am on Windows 10 and both disks are internal. When I open disk management, the old drive "Windows (C:)" shows 476 GB NTFS (...
Nbl123's user avatar
  • 13
-1 votes
1 answer
230 views

Windows 10: Cloning Boot Drive: What to do now

I cloned a 1TB boot drive to another 2 TB drive. (1) How can I format Disk 0 to use for data? (2) Disk 1 has 932.05GB unallocated. What to do with them?
lemond_2021's user avatar
2 votes
1 answer
838 views

ReFS Block Cloning - Use command line to copy a file and use block cloning

The Resilient File System (ReFS) introduced block cloning, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/refs/block-cloning. Let's assume I've a 128 GB ReFS partition and I've a 8 GB ...
Wollmich's user avatar
  • 375
1 vote
0 answers
258 views

Cloning/copying a complete PC

My home has a high end Home Theater controlled by a small PC with two separate drives (C and D). I will be selling the house some time in the near future (I am 83 years old). I designed the theater ...
Barry Gordon's user avatar
1 vote
2 answers
2k views

How to clone Windows 10 Home from SATA SSD to new nVME SSD? [duplicate]

Here's my particular situation: Have a new MSI Codex R desktop which came with a 500 Gb SATA SSD with Win 10 Home. I've booted up, pulled windows update, installed my G513 Carbon keyboard driver and a ...
user3055321's user avatar
1 vote
2 answers
897 views

Restoring Windows Apps (UWP) after cloning an internal disk drive

I've just cloned an internal HDD 1TB to a different 2TB disk using Minitool Partition Wizard, also expanding the partition size to the full available space. This computer is running Windows 10 patched ...
memory noise's user avatar
3 votes
2 answers
3k views

I can boot from a clone, but only when the original drive isn't plugged in

I have a Samsung 850 EVO with Windows 10 installed and a new, blank Samsung 960 EVO. I'd like to move Windows to the 960 since it's faster. Then I can wipe the 850 and use it as extra storage. I ...
user avatar
0 votes
1 answer
568 views

Can I transfer a Samsung Evo 850's SSD to another computer?

What I'd like to do is to use the SSD on the new computer I am building, but right now it has a copy of Windows on it from the old computer. Is there a way to clone the SSD's Windows to another hard ...
Ozpium's user avatar
  • 289