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    Moving preinstalled windows 8 to new hard drive

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by utopian201, Mar 12, 2013.

  1. utopian201

    utopian201 Newbie

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    Hi
    I have just purchased a new Fujitsu T732. It has windows 8 Preinstalled, with no recovery discs or optical drive.
    I used macrium reflect to create an image of all uefi boot partitions and windows itself. I then wrote these partitions to a new, larger hard drive. When I installed this drive into the notebook, it doesn't boot and says "Boot Failure"

    Is there something else I need to do to move a windows 8 preinstall to a new drive?
     
    utopian201, Mar 12, 2013
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  2. S.SubZero

    S.SubZero Notebook Deity

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    I've CloneZilla'd my Windows 8 (not a pre-install) and it worked without issue. I did a straight disk-to-disk write, without an intermediary image. Try such an option in Macrium Reflect if it is offered.
     
    S.SubZero, Mar 12, 2013
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