Build your Lenovo Ideacentre 520 with Windows 10 from the ground up and a brand-new SSD.
Build your Lenovo Ideacentre 520 with Windows 10 from the ground up and a brand-new SSD.
Hello everyone! I’m looking for advice on how to proceed. The Ideacentre stopped booting, and we’ve tried multiple fixes—RE automated repair, chkdsk, SFC, EFI checks in various ways—but nothing worked. We decided to replace the SSD and use Macrium to copy the system image. There are personal files and software that would be difficult to reinstall, so a clean install isn’t an option. The bootloader/EFI seems corrupted, so we need to install Windows 10 from scratch, creating the necessary partitions, then restore the Windows partition from the image. Could it be possible to install the new disk in another laptop to start the process, copy the required partitions, and then transfer the Windows installation? This would avoid licensing issues and potential damage during reassembly. Also, we’d like to run the restore image on the Ideacentre’s new disk connected to a PC with the image (SATA is faster than USB). Any suggestions?
USB2 is fine, USB 3 works less well, you can simply install or clone it using USB 3.
The issue is I only have a USB2 SATA bridge. Still the question is whether we can begin the Win10 installation from a thumb drive so that partitioning can start, allowing the installer to generate an EFI bootloader and additional partitions, then restore C:\ from the image. Ideally, the installation should go through partitioning on an old laptop, avoiding the need for an AIO PC. Then we could simply mount the SSD in Idecentre and finish.
You can recover the partition on the drive with boot partitions. Your license should be fine since the boot partition is meant solely for starting the system.
Thanks for the support. I needed to reinstall Windows 10 because the registry was damaged. Restoring from an image wouldn’t work, and RegBack no longer functions. Appreciate your help, Microsoft!