acronis true image 2018 cloned hdd not boots
Hello ,
I 've cloned my pc's hdd using by my other desktop pc. I used acronis true image 2018 cd to clonning . Clone was successfully ended. But when I try to use cloned hd in my pc , hdd not boots therefore I used original hdd to boot it works.
Could you please inform me about the issue ? why the cloned hdd did not work ?


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Hello ,
I used acronis true image 2018 iso cd but I do not rememer the date of download. I used the pc which has windows 7 home . But clonned hdd is working on Windows 7 Embedded . I do not know the PCs use bios or uefi and also I checked the HDDs from acronis "about disk info" original one MBR and second disk GPT. The size of the old and new harddrives are same and same brand.I checked the cloned harddrive everythning same as older but it does not boot when I remove the old drive and insert clonned one but clonned HDD works on pc which I used to clone hard drives . So I have some questions ,
1- Do I have to perform clonning in pc which I used the clonned HDD after clonning operation?
2- If I get backup by using acronis true image and recover it to the new HDD , does it incluede everyting ( operation system , programs , folders .. ) and become bootable HDD?
3- If I convert the GPT HDD to MBR and perform clonning does it work ?
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If your original HDD was in MBR format and the cloned HDD shows as being in GPT format, then this shows that the system where you did the cloning was using UEFI, not Legacy as the boot mode, or that you booted the Acronis rescue media in UEFI mode on that system.
The boot mode used for the cloning (or recovery) determines what format the target drive will have when the action is completed.
If you boot in UEFI mode - the HDD will be GPT
If you boot in Legacy/CSM mode - the HDD will be MBR.
The best way to avoid this type of issue is to perform the cloning on the original computer where the HDD is normally installed. Please ensure that you have a full disk backup of the source HDD before taking further actions - this is your safety net in case of any mistakes or issues arising!
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