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Cloned Windows 10 System to a Brand New PC

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I have a cloned windows 10 system on a 2.5 SSD drive. I am trying to migrate it into a brand new new Computer. I am unable to get the Acronis Universal Restore Bootable USB to actually boot up properly in the new PC. It always fails no matter which of the 3 options I choose. Using UEFI option to create the bootable USB. The new PC only came with a M.2 NVME drive, but has 2 sata connections to install a 2.5 SSD drive. Could it have something to do with the BIOS settings on the new PC?, just not sure what to change in the BIOS settings to allow the migration of the cloned drive to function in the new PC. Appreciate any help. Thank you, Larry

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Hello Larry!

Arrange the boot order in BIOS so as to make your bootable media (CD, DVD or USB stick) the first boot device. See Arranging boot order in BIOS or UEFI BIOShttps://www.acronis.com/en-us/support/documentation/ATI2021/#8462.html

If you use an UEFI computer, please pay attention to the boot mode of the bootable media in UEFI BIOS. It is recommended that the boot mode matches the type of the system in the backup. If the backup contains a BIOS system, then boot the bootable media in BIOS mode; if the system is UEFI, then ensure that UEFI mode is set.

To use the cloned drive on similar hardware on a different computer:

  1. Remove the cloned drive
  2. Connect the cloned drive to a new computer
  3. Turn on the computer

Please follow this KB as well: https://kb.acronis.com/content/61665

If you want to use the cloned disk on dissimilar hardware, additional steps should be taken:

  1. Remove the cloned drive and connect it to the new computer
  2. Prepare necessary DRIVERS for the target computer
  3. Download Acronis Universal Restore Bootable Media Builder and create Acronis Bootable Media with Acronis Universal Restore tool: follow the instructions in Step 3 in https://kb.acronis.com/ati2021/aur
  4. Use Acronis Universal Restore to make a cloned system bootable on the new hardware: follow the instructions in Step 5 in https://kb.acronis.com/ati2021/aur

 

Thanks in advance!

Hello Jose

Thank you so much for responding. I ave already done all of the above, however when I boot the new PC from the bootable USB drive, I get this(see image below) None of the options will continue on, nothing happens.

Thank you

Larry

Hi Jose

Thank you so much for your reply. I have already done all of those steps. However when I use the Bootable USB drive on the new PC I get the 3 options to choose from:

"Starting Acronis UEFI Loader 9x64) (v.1.1.36)...
Select an item by using the keyboard:

1. Acronis Universal Restore (64-bit with UEFI support)
2. Acronis True Image (64-bit)
3. Acronis System Report (64-bit)

I use the keyboard to select option 1 but nothing happens. Nothing happens when I choose any of the options.

Thank you

Larry

As the old system is running Windows 10 it is highly unlikely that you will need to avail yourself of Universal Restore. I would first try creating a disks+partitions backup of the old system, the restoring it to the new system using Standard recovery media created on the new system (this will use Windows RE which should have all the necessary drivers). It should have all the necessary drivers to properly install the backup. If the new PC has windows 10 installed on it make sure you activate it first to avoid activation issues.

Users with recent Intel based systems have experienced problems with recovery media, if so please post back. 

Ok I got a bit farther this time, but the cloned drive is installed on the new PC and booted to the USB Drive.
Howerver the cloned drive is not seen by the new PC. Is a setting in the BIOS on the new PC that is preventing it from being recognised?

I suspect the problem may be that the new PC has Intel RST VMD, and the structure of the inf file means that the drivers do not load correctly into WinRE and WinPE recovery media. There is a forum thread explaining how to overcome this problem. I cannot find it at the moment. 

As I said earlier, I do not understand why you need to use Universal Restore when the old PC is running Windows 10. 

Hi Ian

The cloned drive has a POS system and a database plus other software, that I am trying to avoid having to reinstall everything on the new PC. The Universal Restore to a new computer sounds so easy on the Acronis website. But I think it is more difficult than it looks.The new PC is Windows 11 Pro, and I have removed the M.2 nvme drive.

Thank you
Larry

Larry, if your new Windows 11 PC is much more powerful than the original POS system, then you may want to consider running the POS system as a Virtual Machine using Hyper-V on the new PC, which will allow you to keep Windows 11 Pro and the NVMe M.2 SSD drive.  The main check point with using a VM is if the POS is connecting to other devices connected to the PC which can be a challenge?

One other thought here.  If you have a spare SATA drive to install in the Win 11 system, have you tried installing Windows 10 on that drive to check if that will boot up on this new hardware?