Can't boot off of new drive
Hi,
I bought a new WD internal HD to replace the old boot disk which isn't working well. (This is Windows 10.) The Western Digital box sent me to Acronis True Image, so I copied the old drive onto the new drive, no problem. I then changed the first boot disk in the BIOS to the new drive (named F: drive) and it won't boot fully. I see a flickering image that looks like it's trying, but never makes it. Everything on the new drive seems accessible like it should be. On the BIOS, I went back to the old boot drive, made it first again and it boots fine. I get the feeling there's something else I have to do, but what would it be?
Thanks for any help,
Steve


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Thansks for your very comprehensive help! After absorbing it, I decided the best thing to do was to start again (as you suggested, from the Acronis Rescue Media) and now the job is complete and seems to be working fine.
One question, though: The new HD was 1TB and after cloning, it shows up as the same size as the first HD, 1/2 TB. Is there any way to get that extra 1/2 TB space back?
Thanks again,
Steve
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If the unallocated space on the new disk is at the very end of the disk then you should be able to use Windows Disk Mangement to expand the C: partition into the remaining space. If it is not then a third party tool such MiniTool Disk Partitioner can be used.
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Steve, ditto to Bob's comments. If you find that you have a Recovery partition after your main OS one, then you will need a third-party Partition Manager as per Bob's comment in order to either remove or move this to the end of the unallocated space, then expand your OS partition into the remaining unallocated space.
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