Basic Clone Questions
My first question is, what does all this mean?
If you use an UEFI computer and you decided to start the cloning procedure under bootable media, 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.
Above, just exactly where are these settings?
I'm running a fairly new HP Slimline, with Win10 and a 500 GB SSD. The motherboard was replaced by HP recently after it appears something cooked the USB ports. But the SSD was intact. Upon receiving the repaired box, everything booted fine.
However, the HP Assistant nagged me to do a BIOS update, and when I did I wound up with a blue screen. I can't remember the exact words but at some point, it appeared it couldn't find the drive to boot from and it said to check wires and connections. I've called HP and they want to bring the box back in for another "repair." But I pulled the cover off, wiggled the connectors to the drive and ... What do you know? It booted. I got one more blue screen error on a reboot and decided to again open the box. Only this time I pulled out the bracket holding the SSD and DVD and reseated the plugs on the motherboard. And again, it booted fine.
But I'm freaked out. I want to be secure in knowing I have a drive with all my data, including OS and applications.
So, my first questions is: If I do the normal Full Backup (with increments), upon restore to some other drive will I have a bootable, functioning computer? I always thought I'd only have files, not a complete "installation" of apps and OS. That's why I'm investigating cloning.
I'm going to guess this new box is UEFI, right? I even think I've seen that acronym go by during setup. Is there a possibility that HP is screwing up when it wants me to do a BIOS update? Is there some sort of conflict with UEFI?
When I eventually clone my new disk, I'm going to have to go into Advanced Startup routine in Win10, I'm sure. I note that it says I can't get into there without a reboot. At this time, I'm a little gun-shy about a reboot. But I imagine I'm going to have to go there eventually to set the boot order to boot off the newly cloned drive.
Is there something I need to know, in advance, of performing this clone routine. Am I missing anything?
My goal is to, at some point if the SSD in the box fails, to be able to boot from the cloned disk and do an ATI Recovery from my most recent backups in order to get up and running. The new SSD is on the way, so I have a day or two to figure all this out.
Thanks, Dane


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