#MACRIUM REFLECT CLONE MBR TO GPT WINDOWS#

I don't know if these missing partition properties are causing the issue, but I suspect so.ġ. The restored system reserved partition is 'Active, Primary Partition' (missing 'System') the restored other partition is 'Primary Partition' (missing Boot, Page File, Crash Dump). The original system reserved partition is 'System, Active, Primary Partition' the original other partition is 'Boot, Page File, Crash Dump, Primary Partition'. There are other differences with restored partitions, compared to the original partitions here is a screenshot: I removed the drive letter associated with the partition, but that did not change anything on the new desktop - still won't start. Looking at the restored image on the old HD on my old desktop, I noticed the 'System reserved' partition was showing up as another hard drive (I expect this partition to be hidden). I've checked the bios setting, made sure the HD is first in the boot sequence, but the result is the same. However, when I plugin this HD into the new desktop, it won't boot the bios just says 'Checking Media Presence.', and won't start. I imaged my existing SSD (bootable c: drive), and then restored that image onto an older HD. Now, I'm a bit nervous about this move, so I figured I would do a dry run first. It seems that this could be as simple as just moving the drives over, maybe even without running sysprep. I'd like to move my existing SSD + HD over to the new Lenovo desktop. My existing desktop has a 460GB SSD + 3 TB HD. It comes with a pitiful 100 GB SSD + 1 TB HD. 2.2 TB).I bought a new desktop (Lenovo Gaming IdeaCentre Computer, Y710 Cube-15). GPT is required for drives over 2 TiB (approx. This was how the disk arrived 'out of the box' and I never gave it much thought. I only need one partition and the disk size is less than 4TB. On the other hand, it's really easy to convert a non-OS disk to GPT.Īnd GPT is required for disks larger than 4TB.

#MACRIUM REFLECT CLONE MBR TO GPT WINDOWS#

(The only exception would be if you were using a flash drive that had to be bootable in Legacy BIOS mode and/or needed the storage device to be readable by Windows XP, in which case you need MBR.) But for a disk that you've already got set up.on the one hand, the value proposition is minimal unless you need more partitions or more than 4TB. If you were initializing a new disk, I'd suggest GPT, which Windows now uses as the default these days, because it is a better layout scheme. If you want more than 4 partitions, you have to resort to an 'extended partition'.Īnd GPT is required for disks larger than 2TB (corrected from original 4TB claim, my mistake). Again, I'm a bit hazy here and don't remember any precise details.Īpart from that, MBR only allows 4 primary partitions. And I believe GPT gives it somewhat more resilience to issues, such as having a backup partition table in case the primary location is unreadable, which I don't think MBR has. MBR had a lot more variations in its implementation by various vendors in terms of partition IDs and such, so it was more subject to interoperability issues. From what I remember reading (and sadly I don't remember the nitty gritty details on this one), GPT as a 'spec' is much more precisely defined than MBR ever was.

Macrium reflect clone mbr to gpt