When to disconnect a bootable drive after cloning?
Hi-
This is related to my other thread about not being able to boot from a cloned drive, but it's more general so I thought I'd break it out into a new thread.
I'm about to re-do the clone of my Win 7 OS drive, and I know I need to disconnect either the original or clone before I re-boot.
When exactly is it safe to do that? I don't remember seeing any option in ATI Home 2010 to shut down after the clone is completed, but maybe I just missed it. IIRC, it just automatically restarted.
I read about this issue for v. 9, I think it was, and it was supposed to be fixed. It seems like a pretty big deal to leave as-is (again, assuming I didn't just miss it!), and it should definitely be mentioned in the documentation, IMO.
Thanks-
-Susan
Hi DwnNDrty-
Well, that's kind of inelegant ;)!, but just the info I was waiting for, so thanks again! :-)
-Susan
Hi DwnNDrty-Well, that's kind of inelegant ;)!, but just the info I was waiting for, so thanks again! :-)
-Susan
Unfortunately, it is very seldom that you can use the words "True Image" and "elegant" in the same sentence. ;-)
Good luck with the cloning.
Hi DwnNDrty-Well, that's kind of inelegant ;)!, but just the info I was waiting for, so thanks again! :-)
-Susan
Unfortunately, it is very seldom that you can use the words "True Image" and "elegant" in the same sentence. ;-)
Good luck with the cloning.
Hi DwnNDrty-
Success! I think...
I pulled the plug on the original drive after the cloning was completed and did a Startup Repair on the cloned drive. It seemed to work after that, but I'll have to restart one more time to be sure.
The dual boot options still show "Windows 7 (recovered), but that's the least of my worries! I gather I can just use
BCDedit or some such to change that?
Acronis really needs to make this whole process more user-friendly, IMO.
I'll post back with my final results after I re-attach my original OS hard drive and reboot. Wish me luck! :-)
Thanks very much again-
-Susan
It works great! Thanks so much again! :-)
I reconnected the original (IDE) drive after rebooting, and that's seen fine as well, but doesn't interfere with the boot sequence at all.
My only remaining "niggle", and it's admittedly a very small one, is that Windows 7 still comes up as a "(recovered)" boot option, even though it's working fine. That should be pretty easy to fix, though, and isn't a big concern.
Big thanks, DwnNDrty!
-Susan
You're way ahead of me with BCD edit. I vaguely remember having to use it for dual boot.
The lack of being user friendly stems from having to translate instructions from Russian to English - the true meaning sometimes gets lost or distorted somewhat.
In case you haven't seen or read it yet, the Sticky at the top by GroverH has a wealth of useful and easily understood information.
Ahh ... I was writing as you posted above .... congratulations. Wouldn't BCD edit let you edit that "recovered" out.
Hi DwnNDrty-
You're probably right. I thought I'd done due diligence before, but sometimes you don't know what you're looking for until you find it!
I can probably edit that "recovered" entry in BCDEdit now that everything's working correctly.
Absolute bliss to have all my drives so quiet now!
Thanks again-
-Susan
Susan:
bcdedit /set {current} description "Windows 7"
Do this from an elevated command prompt while booted to Windows 7. The blue text can be anything that you want.
Excellent, Mark! I'll try that now.
Thanks-
-Susan