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True Image 2014 OEM - Cloning Problem

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using True Image 2014 that came with the Crucial SSD install kit.

Trying to clone the system disc from a HP Probook 450 running windows 8.1.

After identifying the source and destination, the system rebooted and the machine presented a "no bootable image found, the system will shutdown", then the system shuts down.

I removed the original disc (source) from the machine, and slaved it off of another machine, and I can see the partitions, including the windows system partition. All looks intact.

The system won't boot into windows or into the acronis "we are cloning your disc" screen.

Any ideas?

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Please search the forum for "Clone" to find the many posts outlining our recommended procedure. For example, we recommend that you clone only after booting from the ATI bootable Rescue Media, not from Windows. Also, it would be equally effective but safer to perform a full disk mode backup and restore it to the new drive, rather than to clone.

Same issue: cloning from HP Probook 4540s primary drive to Crucial MX200 over USB, using bundled True Image 2014 OEM made the primary disk unusable, with "No bootable image found. The system will shutdown. OK" error.

I suspect either UEFI and/or Secure Boot that is on in BIOS by default has someting to do with this.

Either way, there was no warining in True Image, no reccomendations such as in above post either. Pretty bad.

Any idea how to repair this?
What is True Image trying to change/modify after one configures the clonning operations and clicks on "reboot"?

Hi Richard,
The software that came bundled with your crucial SSD is OEM. At this point, the hardware vendor is responsible for the features, function and support of the program. This is not the version that Acronis sells or supports. I know you're here because crucial has failed to provide you with the support necessary to use the product.

Most here will do their best to help with this if we can. Cloning should never be performed/initiated from windows. Bootable media should be used to perform this operation. Additionally, the target disk should be put in place of the drive that is being cloned, and the source disk connected to USB. I've not used Crucials version of TI. If your machine has UEFI and Secure Boot, I suspect you are running windows 8/8.1? Later builds of 2014 do support Secure Boot with a few exceptions. You can read more about this in the knowledgebase if you wish :)

Moving forward. Can't really say what your problem is with certainty since we're not there to see things. Tapping F10 will get you into BIOS. From there you can try disabling Secure Boot and Enabling Legacy Mode. What happens next depends on the condition of the drive. It might boot, but I doubt it. If you have a USB Recovery stick you can attempt to repair the installation. Again, not sure what state the disk is in.

@shadowsports: thanks for your response, but ...

... even though Acronis True Image is an OEM "not supported" product here, it:
a) did damage the primary drive
b) did not display any warning in a sense that "cloning should never be performed/initiated from windows"
(neither offical Acronis text/video tutorials/documentation mention this)
c) UEFI / Secure Booth support seemed to be a big problem of Acronis back in 2013 and seemed to be fixed that year
(as I suppose, I wasn't able to find detail information in KB; in any case, it is only my assumption My problem is related to this ...)

I am only interested to know:
a) what/how exactly was Acronis True Image trying to write to primary disc to have it initiate the clonning procedure after re-boot + how to revert it
b) how to report this event to Acronis (as bug report and/or feauture request)

Easy, right?

... so the fix was actually easy:

I just booted using Windows System Repair Disc and selected

> Troubleshoot
> Advanced Options
> Automatic Repair

Worked like a charm.

Hi Richard,
Acronis does not have absolute control of OEM versions of the software. The OEM software is based on Acronis technology and customized to the vendors requirements. The software is not tested or verified compatible with all hardware & software environments available. This includes BIOS, chipset, disk partitioning scheme as well as the features that are included.

The following 2014 KB article and video discuss the recommended procedure for cloning. https://kb.acronis.com/content/44741 - This applies to the full (non-OEM) version of Acronis. In general these steps work in the majority of cases. Use boot media, put the target disk in place of the source drive, etc... It also states that a user should create a full disk image back up of their disk or data as a precaution (prior to cloning) ... This is added protection should something not complete as expected.

I can't comment on crucial's implementation as I've not used or seen it. I'm glad you solved your issue using install media as I recommended.

Regarding Feedback, try here:

http://www.acronis.com/en-us/support/feedback.html