Cloned MBR Drive to new GPT SSD System. Wont Boot.

jarrodnz · July 2022

Hi there,

I cloned an older Windows 10 hdd using MBR boot to run in a newer computer which requires GPT.

The clone went successfully, The i click convert MBR to GPT.

The drive still will not boot. in the UEFI it does not say "Windows boot manager" with the newly cloned SSD.

Am i missing something here?

Screen shot from Disk Manager -

Image: https://www.aomeitech.com/forum/uploads/editor/o7/g2g09t85fuc7.png

Disk O - Default Drive on new computer (windows 11 pro)

Disk 1 - Cloned SSD

Disk 2 - Source drive from the old computer.

I noticed disk 1 doesnt have "bootk, page file, etcetc)

Could this be related?

Thanks in advance

Jarrod

SIW2 · August 2022

Disk 1 partition 1 is not displaying as an Efi System Partition ( ESP).

admin · August 2022

@Jarrodnz, for system disk clone, you need to boot it as running system disk and then clone. Please connect disk 2 to the original computer to boot and then do the clone on original computer. And, the cloned disk also only can be boot on the original computer.

Cloned MBR Drive to new GPT SSD System. Wont Boot.

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