Drive cloning problem

pappa_golf

esuhl wrote: »

Hmmm... good thinking. Well... *hic* (oh dear, I'm getting a bit tipsy now!)

It's a 64-bit version of Windows 7, which apparently supports both MBR and GPT, but not "hybrid MBR" (whatever that is): https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2581408

Maybe (from your link) this was causing a problem when using the new GPT drive over USB:


I totally cleared the partitioning data earlier, before trying again to re-clone, and the new disk is inside the laptop, so maybe the cloning process that's running now will set the appropriate partitioning system. :-/

I assumed, with UEFI, you had to use GPT on the boot drive... Is that right, or would it work with old-style MBR?

that's the reason I kept saying to clone the whole drive and not the partition , and to do it to a non formatted (virgin) drive .


glad it worked , back to the merlot now :j