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Booting a cloned disk
Hello! I'm trying to clone my 512GB SSD to my much larger 4TB USB hard drive, without disrupting the other partitions. I've tried cloning 3 different ways: GParted, Macrium reflect cloning, and Macrium Reflect image and then restored to the drive. In each case I cannot boot. Though the clone is...- GrateJames
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- boot issues boot manager bootable media cloning disk management efi partition file system gparted macrium reflect partition recovery screen ssd storage system restore tech support troubleshooting uefi usb volume selection
- Replies: 14
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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How to install Vista onto GPT partition
I have a laptop with one main partition with Windows 10 and a second partition that I want to install Windows Vista on for testing purposes. I'd prefer 64-bit but 32-bit is fine if necessary. When I try to install Vista with an x64 SP2 disc, I get an error saying I cannot install due to the...- TrantaLocked
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- 32-bit 64-bit boot issues compatibility disk formatting dual boot error gpt partition installation laptop legacy mode mbr conversion os testing partition sp2 testing environment uefi windows 10 windows vista
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 11 BSOD when installing
I have a 2 year old computer that is running Windows 10. I made a new partition to dual boot Windows 11 about a year ago, installed Win11, tried it for a few days, and removed it because it was extremely slow. I figured I would give it another try a few weeks ago. It would install, and put...- ddharper
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- amd processor bsod compatibility dual boot error hard drive hardware installation memory microsoft motherboard nvidia nvme partition performance reboot system crash troubleshooting upgrade windows 11
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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Would This Reset/Wipe my Bootloader Files?
I was trying to eliminate the possibility of corrupt bootloader files. Laptop wont boot windows. I have a Lenovo laptop, I used the Bios NOVA button to access Lenovo One Key Recovery and re-install (?) windows back to the factory version. By doing this would you assume that I would have solved...- pacificsurf87
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- backup bios bootloader corruption data loss drivers factory reset installation iso laptop lenovo partition recovery system restore tech support troubleshooting update windows wipe
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Uefi multiboot has boot manager on every drive
I have installed windows 10 on three different drives and windows 11 on one drive. To install windows on each I had to remove the other drives from the PC. However this has created a bootloader on each drive and my system is now totally confused. I select the drive on sata port one as the main...- IanHHH
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- bios boot issues boot manager bootloader computer setup configuration disk management drive selection easybcd efi multi-boot os installation partition recovery repair sata troubleshooting uefi windows 10 windows 11
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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Windows 10 Help with Booting into Windows
Hello, I am a windows 10 user and about a year ago i have upgraded my 1 TB hard drive to an SSD, I have used a tool for that and it worked perfectly fine. The problem is that today, when I had both the SSD and the hard drive active in my system, I tried booting into the hard drive and it just...- lugstory
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- help partition support
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows XP Windows XP, 7, 10 & 11 System Suggestions!
Howdy! I want to create a robust system to support Windows XP and later. I want to start some old projects like emulation and other old stuff, so I will probably use XP, 7, and 11 on three different partitions. I want to use a Mini ITX, if possible, or a Micro ATX motherboard. As a CPU and...- ExclusiveWF
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- 64gb asus emulation evga gpu hardware haswell intel ivy bridge micro atx mini-itx motherboard partition ram system suggestions windows 10 windows 11 windows 7 windows xp
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Multiple EFI partitions on c drive
Hi All Been trying to do a dual boot with windows 11 & 10 on my c drive. It didnt work, windows 10 failing to create a boot setup and i`m left with lots of small 100MB partitions on my c drive. Any idea which i can remove, i`m trying to extend my C to use that unallocated 487gb of space. THanks...- paulr1
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- boot setup c drive disk management dual boot efi partition storage issues unallocated space windows 10 windows 11
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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Can't upgrade to Win 10 from clean install of 7
Hi All, Have a problem upgrading to 10. I booted from my original win 7 x64 home edition, clean installed, deleted all files. It may be worth noting when I was prompted what disk to put OS on, i deleted 2 100mb partions as I figured they weren't needed, and loaded the OS onto my main 1000gig...- obakir
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- boot issues clean install help request home edition installation media creation partition setup issues ssd tech support upgrade windows 10 windows 7 windows error
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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Windows 10 Doubt in partition
Is there any way to partition or split a drive along with selective or specific files/folders?- Numberman
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- disk management drive file system files folders partition selective split storage windows
- Replies: 15
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 No HD Boot
I have been trying for several days to get a just-installed W10 22H2 system to act right. The OS will only boot from BIOS "UEFI <disk> windows boot mgr". I have gone through 6 or 7 YT vids on trying to fix one thing or another. So I re-installed 22H2. For some reason, there's no reserved...- batrot
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- 22h2 asrock bios settings boot issues disk management error graphics card hardware installation partition quad core ram system reserved partition troubleshooting uefi windows 10
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 11 Expand C:Drive to D:Drive
HP Omen with built-in 500Gb C Drive. Windows 11 I want to expand the C;Drive to the D Drive The attached photo is a depiction of the Disk Management. The other attached photo is the Disk layout from AOMEI. I purchased the upgrade with the hope that it would allow the partition to the right of...- robvasi
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- aomei c drive d drive disk management hp omen partition storage upgrade windows 11
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Creating win10 recovery installation.
Hi all, I have a Toshiba satellite laptop and I replaced HDD. The old hdd has recovery partition contains win7 installation files. Therefore, I want a procedure to do the same recovery partition and windows installation files of win10 So that when i to boot for recovery from the box to install...- Tareq2023
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- boot hdd installation laptop partition procedure recovery recovery media toshiba windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Unable to Boot Windows 10 or 7 After Moving System Files Between Partitions
I've made a mistake on a cpu that has both windows 10 and 7 in different partitions. I was moving files between partitions and ended up moving windows operation system's files. Now I can't startup neither with windows 10 or 7 Is there a way to chose with windows to startup by using the dos system?- samotaviano
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- boot issues computer issues data recovery dos dual boot error file management microsoft multi-boot partition startup system files system restore tech support troubleshooting windows 10 windows 7
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Can't wait install
I have a new USB with windows 10 on it I've ad bad crash and I've tried just about everything. My pen drive is bootable with thru Rufus I have it format to fat32. BIOS recognizes it. But then I get to the installation to partition it doesn't show up. Can I plz get sum help. I even used (freeDOS)...- TrapBaby 808
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- bios bootable crash help installation partition rufus usb windows 10
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- Forum: General Computing
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Windows 10 Windows To Go
Using Aomei Partition Assistant software, I create a Windows To Go USB stick based on an installed Win10 system on an internal system, not a blank system using a Windows ISO. I then use a LinuxOS > Gnome Disks to create a disk image .IMG of the WinToGo USB. Then, on a different USB stick, I...- SavorySilicon
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- aomei gpt mbr partition ventoy windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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Windows 10 Missing "Reserved System" partition
I wonder if anyone can help, please? [ Running Win 10 Pro [ 21H1 ] 64 bit + 8Gb RAM ] I am having persistent problems installing update “2022-08 Security Update for Windows 10 Version 21H1 for x64-based Systems (KB5012170)” It keeps showing Error Code 0x800f0922. Looking at potential...- EnnTee
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- error extended security updates installation issues oem partition partition recovery partition system reserved update issues windows 10 windows upgrade
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 11 Single Volume on 2+ Disks
Hello all, I would like to seamlessly make use of a new disk (Disk 1) such that my `C` volume can make use of both Disk 0 and Disk 1. Disk 0 is faster than Disk 1. So, I assume I would still like to only boot off of that. How can I do this? - Do I want to convert Disk 0 into a Dynamic Disk...- ShaunSHamilton
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- disk partition
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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VIDEO Windows 2019 Server: Move System Reserved Partition
Windows 2019 Server setup keeps creating the System Reserved on one of the 5Tb HDDs instead of the SSD. I tried following this YouTube video but it Windows doesn't boot after I complete command: reagentc /info after 8 mins 57s Is this video applicable to Windows 2019 Server. The issue I...- Distorted Vision
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- 2019 server boot issues disk management gpt hdd mbr partition reagentc ssd storage system reserved windows server youtube video
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- Forum: Windows Server Forums
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Windows XP 32 Bit on Windows 10 64 Bit
My favorite Windows is Windows XP. I have the license key for the organization that I used to support for back in 2001-2006 which is for Windows XP Pro, and it is for unlimited number of clients. I am feeling Nostalgic and want to install it on my Old Laptop which is designed for Windows 7 but...- Johncoool
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- 32-bit 64-bit antivirus challenges compatibility configuration drivers dual boot installation nostalgia old laptop partition support tips update virtual software virtualization windows 10 windows xp
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Virtualization