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[Dell XPS M1730] Black screen after clone procedure reboot

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Hi,

Computer : Dell XPS M1730, Windows 10 64bits

Source Disk : 297gb (use 228gb, free 69gb) ; raid0, 2 partitions: 296gb (principal) + 500 mb (recovery)

Destination disk : SSD Crucial MX300 275gb

Soft : Acronis True Image 2015 from Crucial website with activation key given on package

Clone method : default (recommanded options)

After reboot, i see "Loading Acronis" message ("demarrage du chargeur acronis" in french), then i quickly see Acronis Logo in top left screen,

then no message, only black screen, computer always turn on.

Any help about this problem ? Somewhere log files with problem informations ?

Thanks

 

 

 

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YT, welcome to these user forums.

The issue you are seeing is caused because your source disk is using RAID which is not supported for clone operations and there are no device drivers for RAID controllers included in the standard Linux based media environment where the clone would be performed from.

From your description above, you are also attempting to do this from within Windows which is not recommended as can result in an unbootable system due to changes being made to the Windows bootloader configuration.

All clone operations should be performed using the Acronis bootable Rescue Media which can be created from within the Windows application using the Rescue Media Builder, but because you have a RAID disk, you would need to download and install the Windows ADK and create the Windows PE Rescue Media.

Please see post: 128039: Cannot see SSD Windows Drive where a very similar problem was reported by another user recently in this forum.

Note: KB document: 2201: Support for OEM Versions of Acronis Products as this is the product you have via Crucial from their website.

Thank you Steve for your answer.

I used an other software to clone my source disk.

To improve Acronis True Image, it would be nice to add a message to warn that RAID is not supported : users will save time.

Happy new year,

Yann

Hi YT,

RAID is actually supported, just not with the default rescue media (Linux) in some cases as the RAID controllers generally use 3rd party drivers (OEM / manufactuer, that are not included in the Linux Kernel or even in the Microsoft default driver pool).  Again, though, as Steve mentioined, the OEM's are on the hook for supporting the versions they provide as they use older versions and have modified it with further restrictions as well.  If there is a WinPE rescue media build option in your OEM version, you can build Windows ADK (WinPE) rescue media and inject your Windows drivers into it to make it compatible.  I don't know if your OEM version will offer that though.

You can more easily build a WinPE rescue disk with full licensed versions, especially in current versions of 2016 and 2017 using our MVP WinPE Builder tool. Acronis usually offeres a discounted upgrade to a retail version if you are wiling to pay for it and can provide your OEM license.

As a possible work-a-round, if your sytsem SATA mode is set as RAID, but only has 1 drive (for instance, many new laptops that are using PCIE NVME hard drives), you can work around the limitation by setting the bios SATA mode to AHCI - TEMPORARILY - for the purpose of taking the backup and restoring it (and possibly cloning it as well) - just make sure to switch back to RAID in the BIOS before you try to boot the OS or you'll get a BSOD (most likely).  If you have an actual RAID set though, using multiple disks in the RAID set (0,1, 5, 6 10), then WinPE is the only option as you need to add the additional RAID drivers which are 3rd party to Microsoft and not included in Windows ADK by default.

(RAID is a dynamic disk)

56634: Acronis True Image: Cloning Disks

Only basic disks can be cloned with Acronis True Image. You cannot clone dynamic disks.  

FAQ about backup, recovery and cloning

  • Does Acronis True Image support RAID? - Acronis True Image supports hardware RAID arrays of all popular types. Support of software RAID configurations on dynamic disks is also provided. Acronis Bootable Rescue Media supports most of the popular hardware RAID controllers. If the standard Acronis rescue media does not "see" the RAID as a single volume, the media does not have the appropriate drivers. In this case you can try to create WinPE-based rescue media. This media may provide the necessary drivers.