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Error on Windows login on cloned drive

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After cloning c: to a larger disk then switching to boot from that disk, the boot proceeds to the point where the initial Windows 10 screen with the pretty picture shows but when trying to initiate login, the system starts some kind of looping where it goes blank then re-displays the pretty picture, then goes blank... I never get to the login prompts.  

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Downloaded and installed Acronis Universal Restore.  Created UR disk.  Booted from it okay.  Attempted to clone c: drive from the Acronis version on the UR disk but it says it's unlicensed.  Still stuck with system that won't get to Windows login prompts when booting from cloned drive.  

Smon, welcome to these user forums.

When you stated: "After cloning c: to a larger disk then switching to boot from that disk," how many disk drives do you have installed in this computer, specifically were you trying to boot into Windows with both the cloned drive and the original drive both present?

 

I have 3 drives in the system (c:, e:, g:).  I cloned from c: to g:

All drives are still in the computer so, yes, I was trying to boot with both drives still in the computer. 

Smon, thanks for the confirmation.

Booting with a cloned drive and the original drive both still in the computer is not recommended and is known to cause problems with Windows plus can cause Windows to be corrupted.

When you make a clone, you have an identical copy of the source drive on the target, down to the same disk signature, which can confuse the Windows boot loader.

Please see KB document: 48386: Acronis True Image 2015: Cloning Disks for guidance on how cloning should be used.

See also KB 56634: Acronis True Image: Cloning Disks which is an updated version of the above document but which also includes some Video tutorials on this subject.

Thank you, makes sense that they cannot both be present.  I'll go back to square 1.  

Please keep in mind that Windows can only ever assign one drive letter per partition. If the original drive had c d and e and you clone that drive to another... it will expect the same c d and e but something will become f as well if the extra drive and original are attached since there is at least one new partition now. Windows will decide which ones to change, as it sees fit, the first time the clone isi booted since there will be an additional drive it was not expecting to be there since the last time it powered off. Although some people can boot with the clone and original, it's another reason why others have problems. Having just the one drive connected , after the clone is completed, will help reduce these types of issues.