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Offline titanic3

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Cloning OS
« on: August 19, 2013, 11:15:04 PM »
I bought a 2TB HDD to replace my 250GB which is filling up, used Seagate's DiscWizard to clone but for some reason, when I try to use the new HDD, it can't boot past the Windows logo. It's obviously something with the OS not being copied right, and I have no idea how to fix it. The drive is getting recognized and can be used (currently empty after I wiped it clean again). Any idea what's causing the problem?
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Re: Cloning OS
« Reply #1 on: August 20, 2013, 01:59:18 AM »
Which version of Windows?

If assuming W7: Seagate's DiscWizard is not a very good cloning system. However, if you let the Windows system attempt to boot it should reorganize and repair the boot process, or it will ask you to insert the Windows setup DVD and perform a startup repair. That should fix it, but still you might be better off going with a fresh setup. I only say that after reading tons of your posts in the forum here.
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Offline MrRiplEy[H]

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Re: Cloning OS
« Reply #2 on: August 20, 2013, 01:20:57 PM »
Quote from: titanic3 on August 19, 2013, 11:15:04 PM
I bought a 2TB HDD to replace my 250GB which is filling up, used Seagate's DiscWizard to clone but for some reason, when I try to use the new HDD, it can't boot past the Windows logo. It's obviously something with the OS not being copied right, and I have no idea how to fix it. The drive is getting recognized and can be used (currently empty after I wiped it clean again). Any idea what's causing the problem?

If you cloned the OS to the new drive your boot options may be configured incorrectly to support the new drive.

Boot from your windows dvd, go to recovery mode and run the command bootrec.exe /fixboot

More info on http://www.tomshardware.com/news/win7-windows-7-mbr,10036.html
« Last Edit: August 20, 2013, 01:28:19 PM by MrRiplEy[H] »
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Offline Bizman

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Re: Cloning OS
« Reply #3 on: August 20, 2013, 01:37:18 PM »
Another way to do it is to use the Windows7 backup system. Just create a full backup of your working system to an external disk. Even an USB stick will do if it's big enough. Insert the new disk, boot from the Win7 installation DVD - or a Win7 repair disk which you can also create from within the working 250 Gb system - and do a system rollback from the backup to the new disk.
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Offline 633DH98

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Re: Cloning OS
« Reply #4 on: August 24, 2013, 10:31:05 AM »
You could try clonezilla, a no cost free option.
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