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The cloning vs restore tag on WindowsForum.com covers discussions about migrating Windows installations and data between drives, particularly when changing from legacy MBR boot to modern UEFI GPT setups. Topics include using imaging tools like Macrium Reflect to clone or restore system drives, troubleshooting boot loader issues after migration, and deciding whether to clone an entire drive or restore from a backup image. Users share experiences with hardware changes such as moving from HDD to NVMe SSD and the challenges of maintaining bootability. The tag is relevant for anyone planning a drive upgrade or system transfer and weighing the pros and cons of cloning versus restore methods.
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Windows 10 Need to migrate MBR Win10Pro C drive HDD contents or my Macrium Reflect backups of it to new on-the-motherboard NVMe SSD device set to UEFI GPT
I'm up a gumtree without a paddle. I have been running around in circles for a week trying to get this solved. I had migrated my old HDD with Windows 10 Pro on it over to a new machine, and a new SATA SSD drive. I used Macrium Reflect to image the drive over. This was an MBR booted system...- Nomad of Norad
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