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Can't start up a copy of an M2 drive

Can't start up a copy of an M2 drive

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FiggerPvP
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07-14-2026, 05:14 AM
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My wife's old laptop has all the tools she needs, but the M2 drive is only 250Tb and too small. I bought a 500Tb Crucial P3 Plus enclosure with USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports to hold it in. I tried Todo Home and some other cloning software, but neither works. Every time we put the cloned M2s into the laptop, it just keeps trying to start without any error message. Changing BIOS settings didn't help either. EaseUS Support looked at both drives over TeamViewer and said everything looks good on the clone except for something on the original laptop that costs $150 to fix. I don't like paying a fortune just because of a few hundred terabytes. I tried repairing the Windows 10 install, but nothing worked. What else can we try?
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FiggerPvP
07-14-2026, 05:14 AM #1

My wife's old laptop has all the tools she needs, but the M2 drive is only 250Tb and too small. I bought a 500Tb Crucial P3 Plus enclosure with USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports to hold it in. I tried Todo Home and some other cloning software, but neither works. Every time we put the cloned M2s into the laptop, it just keeps trying to start without any error message. Changing BIOS settings didn't help either. EaseUS Support looked at both drives over TeamViewer and said everything looks good on the clone except for something on the original laptop that costs $150 to fix. I don't like paying a fortune just because of a few hundred terabytes. I tried repairing the Windows 10 install, but nothing worked. What else can we try?

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NerdyGamer231
Junior Member
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07-14-2026, 12:08 PM
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Another program: Macrium Reflect's free trial. You can clone your disk or create an image of it. Macrium will either method work for you. If cloning breaks, try the other way around. It all depends on what works best. Both steps could go wrong at any time. Imaging needs two moves: first save a file, then restore it back. Cloning is just one move. I usually stick with imaging because it feels easier.
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NerdyGamer231
07-14-2026, 12:08 PM #2

Another program: Macrium Reflect's free trial. You can clone your disk or create an image of it. Macrium will either method work for you. If cloning breaks, try the other way around. It all depends on what works best. Both steps could go wrong at any time. Imaging needs two moves: first save a file, then restore it back. Cloning is just one move. I usually stick with imaging because it feels easier.

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xXChrisPvPzXx
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07-14-2026, 02:07 PM
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Thanks for letting me know. Being new and having an age of eighty makes things a bit hard to understand. Why can one special program let me create a bootable copy while my other two programs did not work that way?
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xXChrisPvPzXx
07-14-2026, 02:07 PM #3

Thanks for letting me know. Being new and having an age of eighty makes things a bit hard to understand. Why can one special program let me create a bootable copy while my other two programs did not work that way?

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LandonAero
Junior Member
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07-14-2026, 10:28 PM
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Here is a solution with clear steps on why it won't start and how to fix the problem. If you already know everything else, this might not help much for you. [SOLVED] - m2 ssd won't boot after cloning ("os not found") Hey guys, I have tried all the ways people find online, but I can't get this working. I have an Asus Z87-A board where I flashed a modified BIOS so my M2 SSDs work. I used Macrium Reflect to copy my current boot drive (a 128GB Samsung 860) to another place called... forums.
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LandonAero
07-14-2026, 10:28 PM #4

Here is a solution with clear steps on why it won't start and how to fix the problem. If you already know everything else, this might not help much for you. [SOLVED] - m2 ssd won't boot after cloning ("os not found") Hey guys, I have tried all the ways people find online, but I can't get this working. I have an Asus Z87-A board where I flashed a modified BIOS so my M2 SSDs work. I used Macrium Reflect to copy my current boot drive (a 128GB Samsung 860) to another place called... forums.

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MCReptor
Junior Member
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07-16-2026, 08:50 PM
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Fixed up a repair and installation that changed things, now my Win 10 computer boots fine. Thank you for your help.
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MCReptor
07-16-2026, 08:50 PM #5

Fixed up a repair and installation that changed things, now my Win 10 computer boots fine. Thank you for your help.