When your PC is off, none of the devices/partitions have any kind of letter id. I've lost count of the times when people have posted here something like "Help ! I just installed xxx to my D disk and now my Windows C disk has gone and I've lost ten years of my data" It's especially relevant and important when installing a new OS. hence the suck it and see response.Īs to your last point, I always advise use of the disk label. I don't have a database of which PM/command combinations do what. Some will make a true clone which will obviously contain an incorrect signature for the new h/w on which it now resides and will require a subsequent BCD repair. Some PM software will copy an OS and automatically correct the BCD for the change of disk signature. Reboot and check for proper booting using Easy BCD. Run Easy BCD and renter the 4 previous boot entries for drives 1 thru 4. Reconnect drives 1 thru 3 power cables and drive 5 power and data cables. When cloning is complete, disconnect 500GB drive 1 and connect new 2TB HDD to drive 1 cables (power and data). Here's what I think should be the correct procedure.ĭisconnect drive power cables for drives 2, 3 & 4ĭisconnect data and power cables for drive 5. I wish to clone and replace drive 1 with a 2TB HDD.
Drive 1 - 500GB HDD Primary Win7 Pro SP1 64-bitĭrive 2 - 1TB HDD Secondary Win7 Pro SP1 64-bitĭrive 3 - 500 GB SSD Win10 Pro version 1803ĭrive 4 - 500 GB HDD Win10 original release (2015)ĭrive 5 - 256GB SSD data drive - for data transfers onlyĭrive 6 - 1TB WD My Passport External USB 3 HDD - for nightly backupsĭrive 7 - 2TB WD My Passport External USB 3 HDD - for nightly backupsĭrives 1 thru 4 are bootable and are referenced in the Easy BCD boot tables which reside on Drive 1.
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