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Created a clone on a new drive yet it doesn't boot.

Created a clone on a new drive yet it doesn't boot.

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FTGC_07
Junior Member
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06-28-2021, 02:55 PM
#1
okay so i just installed a m.2 gen4 on my msi mpg z690 carbon wifi motherboard, i went ahead and clones my windows drive from my ssd to my new m.2 , the drive shows up in windows and bios but i can not select the m.2 drive as a boot as there is no option for it, even if i disconnect my windows drive and try to boot up there is no option to select m.2, can anyone help me?
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FTGC_07
06-28-2021, 02:55 PM #1

okay so i just installed a m.2 gen4 on my msi mpg z690 carbon wifi motherboard, i went ahead and clones my windows drive from my ssd to my new m.2 , the drive shows up in windows and bios but i can not select the m.2 drive as a boot as there is no option for it, even if i disconnect my windows drive and try to boot up there is no option to select m.2, can anyone help me?

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Puppy_Power4
Member
167
06-29-2021, 06:46 AM
#2
You likely need to adjust the boot settings or partition to the new storage device.
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Puppy_Power4
06-29-2021, 06:46 AM #2

You likely need to adjust the boot settings or partition to the new storage device.

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jsdoyle
Member
77
06-30-2021, 01:23 PM
#3
Also, cloning means you must delete the existing drive before starting. You can't have two boot drives active at the same time in the standard setup.
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jsdoyle
06-30-2021, 01:23 PM #3

Also, cloning means you must delete the existing drive before starting. You can't have two boot drives active at the same time in the standard setup.

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Ectocraft
Junior Member
32
07-01-2021, 01:43 AM
#4
Yes i have disconnected my old boot drive but still no boot option selection for m.2
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Ectocraft
07-01-2021, 01:43 AM #4

Yes i have disconnected my old boot drive but still no boot option selection for m.2

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iNaomiPlays
Senior Member
609
07-02-2021, 09:27 PM
#5
I had a previous drive with a 2.5 MB, both are generated by GPT since the boot drive is GPT, RAID isn't set up and I used EasyUS to clone. This time I cloned just the boot partition to a new drive, now I'm attempting to clone the entire drive and observe the results.
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iNaomiPlays
07-02-2021, 09:27 PM #5

I had a previous drive with a 2.5 MB, both are generated by GPT since the boot drive is GPT, RAID isn't set up and I used EasyUS to clone. This time I cloned just the boot partition to a new drive, now I'm attempting to clone the entire drive and observe the results.

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DRV111
Member
147
07-04-2021, 08:06 AM
#6
The issue is that you must duplicate the EFI partition or manually set up an EFI partition on the new M2 SSD.
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DRV111
07-04-2021, 08:06 AM #6

The issue is that you must duplicate the EFI partition or manually set up an EFI partition on the new M2 SSD.

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Doeii
Junior Member
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07-04-2021, 09:17 AM
#7
Absolutely, I usually just made a full copy of the drive, and it never caused any problems. Windows doesn’t even seem to detect it.
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Doeii
07-04-2021, 09:17 AM #7

Absolutely, I usually just made a full copy of the drive, and it never caused any problems. Windows doesn’t even seem to detect it.

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cookiedough909
Posting Freak
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07-04-2021, 03:21 PM
#8
Yes this did work, but another issue i ran to , so im also cloning my d drive to another m.2 my d drive has all my other files and programs but the problem im encountered is with onedrive cloud sync i cant seem to get some programs to work correctly because i have onecloud synce on, is there a way to run it without cloud sync cus i cant figure it out.. i have over 80gb cloud files to sync and im not trying to wait for that.. lmfao
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cookiedough909
07-04-2021, 03:21 PM #8

Yes this did work, but another issue i ran to , so im also cloning my d drive to another m.2 my d drive has all my other files and programs but the problem im encountered is with onedrive cloud sync i cant seem to get some programs to work correctly because i have onecloud synce on, is there a way to run it without cloud sync cus i cant figure it out.. i have over 80gb cloud files to sync and im not trying to wait for that.. lmfao