ATIH2012 Plus Cloned HD does not boot Win 7 PGP WDE
I seem to be able to successfully clone a similar HD in an external eSATA enclosure from my int HD in Win 7 x64 HP 2560p EliteBook laptop using the ATIH boot CD build 6131. My HD is fully encrypted with PGP 10.2.0. The problem is that I cannot boot from the cloned HD. I get the PGP login screen, then get the Windows Boot Manager screen about windows failing to start. I get error code 0xc000000e, the boot seelction failed because required device is unaccessable.
If I connect the cloned HD via eSATA to inspect it after booting with the original HD, I get the PGP password login, but Windows complains that the HD partitions are not formatted. If I connect the cloned HD to a different PC, I get the PGP login, and it can see everything.
So I am unable to fully clone a bootable HD. They are Hitachi 7K750 500GB AF drives. Oddly enough, I can successfully clone a non-PGP encrypted drive that boots, so it is something about the PGP encryption that ATIH 2012 is having issues with.
BTW, I downloaded build 7133 and it refuses to see the external eSATA HD, so I cannot use it for the clone operation. What is up? Is ATIH 2012+ getting confused? How can I remedy this?
Also, I never had this problem with my prior HP 2530p laptop that also had PGP, but used different, non AF HDs.
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Karl Kachigan wrote:ATIH 2012 did clone the hard drive, Windows Boot Mgr was confused where windows was. Apparently, ATIH 2012 copies things but messed up the bcd info, and that caused the problem.
You may have inadvertently caused this yourself by allowing both disks to remain connected when you booted into Windows. We advise against that.
You've discovered why Clone is riskier than Backup and Restore. Truly, almost no one should use Clone. While Clone saves a step and saves a bit of time compared to Backup and Restore, it comes with risks as if you don't do it correctly you can end up with a non-booting system.
Clone should be used only by advanced users who know what they are doing. It is riskier and can result in a loss of data and a failed system. Use a full disk backup and restore, as it's far safer.
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