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ATI resets boot drive after restore to back-up SSD

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I use ATI 2018 on two systems, both Win10/64. One laptop, one desktop. On both, my ATI routine is to create a back-up of the C: drive, then do a Recovery of that disk to a second SSD. On each PC, that gives me two fully functional copies of the C: drive, which is what I want.

On the desktop PC, both the C: drive and its copy remain installed on the motherboard. On the laptop, the second SSD is in an NVME enclosure connected via USB3.

The PROBLEM I'm having is that after a 'successful' Recovery, the next time I restart the computer, the boot drive has been changed to the Recovery drive in the BIOS. To correct this, after a Recovery, I have to go into the BIOS and manually reset the boot drive to the physical SSD I want to use. This is especially a problem with the desktop since the second SSD is always installed on motherboard; with the laptop, I can disconnect the drive from USB and set it aside.

Am I missing something in terms of settings or my Recovery procedure? I understand that after a Recovery, the drives will be 'identical' -- but I can't see how ATI is attacking the BIOS and forcing changes there. All I want is to designate and lock down a permanent C: drive, that will always be the C: drive, and then make back-up copies of that drive which sit to the side until they may be needed if the main C: drive fails.

If I'm doing something wrong, please tell me. If this is a feature, or a bug?

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Steve, welcome to these public User Forums.

As far as I understand this is working correctly as ATI does not expect you to keep two identical drives connected when rebooting the computer after a recovery to a second drive.

See the ATI 2018 User Guide: Recovering your system to a new disk under bootable media

When the recovery is complete

Before you boot the computer, please disconnect the old drive (if any). If Windows "sees" both the new and old drive during the boot, this will result in problems booting Windows. If you upgrade the old drive to a larger capacity new one, disconnect the old drive before the first boot.