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Sounds like it's not able to locate the recovery partition and is simply defaulting to Boot Manager.
There isn't anything related to Recovery in Advanced Boot Options, is there?
Sounds like it's not able to locate the recovery partition and is simply defaulting to Boot Manager.
There isn't anything related to Recovery in Advanced Boot Options, is there?
So plug in the old HD exactly as it was plugged at factory. Set it first to boot (shouldn't make a difference tho).
Again what is the key given on first screen or in Manual for running Factory Recovery? Try that key repeatedly.
If it will work on old HD it may work when old HD is cloned or imaged over to new one.
Have a look at the init.wcl and int.w00 files with a hex editor - hxd is free and easy to use.
HxD.zip
A .wim file looks like this:
The .sny files look like this:
Simple to replace those first 16 bytes with the correct ones.
Copy these and paste them in
4D 53 57 49 4D 00 00 00 D0 00 00 00 00 0D 01 00
Now if that worked, it is a .wim and opens fine with 7-zip.
Hopefully you will see these inside. If so, that is your Install.wim.
Just rename it to install.wim.
yesthis change can be made to the copy the OP added to a subfolder on the new drive
yes - he will need the wim he is installing from on a different patition than he is installing to.And then can be utilized from there?
It can be used again if needs to reinstall in the future.
I haven't seen a Samsung one before - it is extremely likely they have just changed the headers - like Sony do.