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True Image 2012 - Cloned Drive Will Not Boot

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I have successfully cloned my HDD in the past. This time, the operation reported that it was successful, but when I went to boot to the new drive, I got the Blue Screen of Death. Here are the details:

Acer Laptop running Windows7. Both dives used in the operation are 250GB SATA 2.5"

I used the "reverse" cloning method: I Put the destination disk inside the computer, and the source (original) disk in a USB enclosure. I Booted to the Acronis Rescue disk, and ran the clone operation as usual. I used "proportional" even though the disks are identical in size.

I removed the Boot disk, and restarted my machine (with the newly-cloned disk still inside). That's when I got the BSOD. I rebooted again. Same results.

I then removed the HDD and took the original disk from the USB enclosure and put it back inside the laptop. My computer booted with no problems using the original HDD.

Just for kicks, I Attached the cloned drive to another computer using the USB enclosure, just to take a look at the files. Sure enough, the cloned disk contained my files from the original. Nevertheless the drive didn't boot.

Has anyone run into this before? Any help is very much appreciated.

Thank you,
-Russ

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Repeat the clone but use Manual mode and use the "as is" move option.

Place the new disk inside the computer.
Reboot using the TI Recovery CD.
Use the TI Tools Uitlity "ADD Disk" to delete the existing partitions of the botched restore. You want the new target disk to be all unallocated space.
Perform the clone using the manual and "as is" option.
Afterwards, shutdown and disconnect the source disk
Reboot with only the new cloned disk connected.

The reason for you problem may be the proportioned option which may have changed some of your partition settings. Using the as is option should give you an exact duplicate.

Thank you for the reply. I will give this a try, although I have used the "proportional" option many times in the past without issue. Even though my destination disk is the same size as the source, I still used proportional out of habit.

It also occurred to me that I may have had my computer in hibernate mode when I did the clone operation. Do you think this could have contributed to my issue as well?

Thank you again,
-Russ

Most MVP volunteers recommend that any creation of a new disk (clone or restore) be done when booted from the TI Recovery CD. Attempting to do a restore or a clone from within Windows increases the risk of Windows interference.

If the computer did hibernate, then there is a good chance that not all was copied correctly.
Retry the clone when booted from the CD which is also the recommendation of Acronis user manual.