Cloned drive won't boot
I am using Acronis 2018. I cloned my W10 SSD to a WD drive. The cloning process was successful.
I disconnected the original drive and connected the cloned drive using the same cables as the SSD.
W10 will not boot. Tried several times - get the motherboard splash screen and that is it.
Also as I am really using the clone as a backup and would clone to it again if - I connect it as a secondary drive W10 won't boot at all. Would the fix for this problem be to use a USB external box to clone to again??
Thanks for any help - Marty


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Thanks for the links. Went over everything I did and it was all according to guide lines.
I built the computer myself:
Asus Z170 deluxe mobo
Intel i7 - 6700k CPU @400Ghz
Corsair 16MB DDR4 @2933Mhz.
Samsung Pro 1TB SSD
Decided to re-clone in case I missed something. Same result. Sat there looking at the screen trying to figure out what to do. Sat there long enough and W10 did come up. Tried it again - took over 5 minutes for windows to fully load from post beep.
Cloned a second WD drive that was new - same result - 5+ minutes for full load.
Both drives were fully functional.
With my normal setup full load is under 60 seconds.
Will pick up another SSD in the future.
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