Clone Disk Wizard Fails on Win8 - Computer Restart is required
I am trying to clone a hybrid drive (stock HP equipment) from a new HP Envy/touchsmart to a SSD. using the wizard, I select the source and destination discs and get the "Cloning Disk process" window with the "time Remaining: calculating..." and then a pop up Warning window with the content " Computer Restart is required - Note that the operation will be cancelled if you choose not to restart your computer now." meanwhile, the "calculating" window is frozen. choosing restart just restarts the machine and not the clone process. Seems like there are some issues with windows 8 or hybrid drives or both. Before I go shopping for another clone product, can someone help?
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You should clone from bootable Acronis Rescue media. Place the new drive into the system attached where the original drive is now. Clone from the original drive to the new drive while it is installed in it's final location.
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I have the same problem with Win 8 pro, says to restart but computer reboots without starting the clone , just end up back at the desktop. I will try your fix and see if that works.
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On first boot after clone, be sure only the new disk is connected as indicated by MVP Mark in prior post. You do NOT want Windows to see two identical disks. After first boot, other disks can be reconnected.
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Well after reading this post I made a boot disk and booted to Acronis that way, bit of a clunky interface as I lost mouse support :), not sure why but anyway after a bit of messing around I got my new SSD cloned from the older drive, once finished I rebooted, went into bios and changed boot order and then another reboot and back into Windows with new drive. I'm keeping older drive in system as a backup as it only takes a couple of mins to change boot order back to old drive. Thanks for the help guys.
Paul
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Having the same problem - windows 8 reboot doesn't run the clone procedure.
I tried to create a bootable rescue media as suggested, but my Sony Vaio won't recognize it when it boots: "Operating system not found"
Any ideas. I've spent a ridiculous amount of time on this tonight. I upgraded to TI2013 because it was supposedly windows 8 compatible.
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Dustin:
Are you using a CD or a flash drive for the bootable media? Have you changed the Vaio's BIOS settings so that the CD (or USB device) is the first in the device boot list?
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USB flash drive. Yes - I changed the boot order. In addition, the Vaio bios menu also includes a direct "boot from USB/external" menu option, which returned the "Operating system not found error".
I guess I'll try a CD next.
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Dustin:
Sometimes the bootable media builder fails to create a flash drive that is bootable with certain models of flash drives, depending on how they were partitioned and formatted by their manufacturer. A workaround is described in this article: http://www.themudcrab.com/acronis_diskpart.php from Acronis forum MVP MudCrab. The procedure for Windows 7 or 8 is identical to the one for Vista described in the article.
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Using a CD: "Secure Boot Failed. Operating System is invalid."
Any other ideas?
Again, this is Windows8 pro 64bit on a Sony E-Series. Ultimately, I'm trying to clone my drive to a new SSD.
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Can you turn "Secure Boot" off in the Sony firmware?
See this info:
What is secure boot?
UEFI has a firmware validation process, called secure boot, which is defined in Chapter 27 of the UEFI 2.3.1 specification. Secure boot defines how platform firmware manages security certificates, validation of firmware, and a definition of the interface (protocol) between firmware and the operating system.
Microsoft’s platform integrity architecture creates a root of trust with platform firmware using UEFI secure boot and certificates stored in firmware. A growing trend in the evolution of malware exploits is targeting the boot path as a preferred attack vector. This class of attack has been difficult to guard against, since antimalware products can be disabled by malicious software that prevents them from loading entirely. With Windows 8’s secured boot architecture and its establishment of a root of trust, the customer is protected from malicious code executing in the boot path by ensuring that only signed, certified “known good” code and boot loaders can execute before the operating system itself loads.
This is concern for me with the secure boot implementation:
"the customer is protected from malicious code executing in the boot path by ensuring that only signed, certified “known good” code and boot loaders can execute before the operating system itself loads"
And could be a real problem for systems designed with "Secure Boot" in the UEFI firmware on newer machines.
You definitely should involve Sony and Acronis with this issue.
James
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See this: http://arstechnica.com/business/2011/09/windows-8-secure-boot-will-comp…
This article has been out for a while, and I had read it before.
Your system may be locking out the Linux based distribution used on the Acronis Rescue Media.
James
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While Secure Boot sounds like a good idea in principle, it sounds as though it could prevent the recovery or restoration of a system backup, and prevent use of bootable tools used to eliminate malware, diagnose and repair system and hardware problems.
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The Sony Vaio Bios does let me turn off the "Secure Boot". I was able to boot to the CD, and am now running the clone procedure. Hopefully all will go well from there!
Thanks to everyone for responding so quickly. Acronis might want to put a note about this in the documentation as it appears it will be a standard bios setting in all new Windows8 computers (according to that article above).
Thanks again.
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Thank goodness it can be turned off and on in your firmware. Users need to be aware of this issue when buying a new system.
Be sure to turn your system off after the clone, and not let the system boot with both the clone drive and the original drive attached at the same time, until after you boot to the clone at least once. Then add the original drive back into the system.
Be sure to turn on Secure Boot when you have everything up and running again.
Secure Boot is great protection when used in combination with Windows 8, and should remain on at all times when not using bootable media.
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Dustin:
Now try your flash drive with Secure Boot disabled...
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So -- is this basically why I'm having THIS problem (second post in that thread) with my Win 8.1 pro HP desktop?
Any changes to the suggested approach in the last year or two??
THANKS
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Greetings,
Not clear on your steps, or are you merely asking if things have changed. While there was a period of time when certain (older versions of ATIH had issues with certain windows8/hardware, most of these compatibility issues have been resolved. If memory serves this was with version 2013. 2014 has been very reliable. In some situations however, there are instances where the standard boot media might have compatibility issues with BIOS, storage controller, or peripherals. What hasn't changed is using boot media for cloning. Putting the drive you want as your target in place of the existing boot drive, and not starting the system again before removing the drive you cloned from. If you need further assistance, we're happy to try and help.
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GatrNol,
You may wish to read this thread as it relates to a reported issue with Crucial SSD's and Acronis TI:
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shadowsports wrote:Greetings,
Not clear on your steps, or are you merely asking if things have changed. While there was a period of time when certain (older versions of ATIH had issues with certain windows8/hardware, most of these compatibility issues have been resolved. If memory serves this was with version 2013. 2014 has been very reliable. In some situations however, there are instances where the standard boot media might have compatibility issues with BIOS, storage controller, or peripherals. What hasn't changed is using boot media for cloning. Putting the drive you want as your target in place of the existing boot drive, and not starting the system again before removing the drive you cloned from. If you need further assistance, we're happy to try and help.
shadowsports wrote:Greetings,
... In some situations however, there are instances where the standard boot media might have compatibility issues with BIOS, storage controller, or peripherals. What hasn't changed is using boot media for cloning. ...
So I should start by doing THIS first? Then restart the computer with that (a flash drive in my case) inserted?
shadowsports wrote:Greetings,
... Putting the drive you want as your target in place of the existing boot drive, and not starting the system again before removing the drive you cloned from. If you need further assistance, we're happy to try and help.
Sorry, but I'm a bit confused with what you were saying here. Are you saying I should switch the source and destination drive in the cloning section?
On a tech level of 1-10, I suppose I'm in the 4-5 range... just enough knowledge to get myself into trouble, LOL
I'm out of town right now, so just trying to gather information that will help me come Monday, when I give this a try again!
THANKS
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Hi GatrNol,
These are the proper steps for cloning a laptop HDD.
https://kb.acronis.com/content/2931
In your case, how you get to this starting point might be affected by your hardware or BIOS settings. In addition Enchantech was pointing out an reported issue with crucial SSDs.
I understand you have an HP notebook and you are seeking information about cloning. Start by reading the two articles referenced, then post back once you've tried or failed to clone to a new disk.
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