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Cloned hard Disc will not work in new machine
Hi,
I would be very grateful if someone could help with this:
I recently cloned my hard disc, which has Windows 7 and Ubuntu Linux installed, in order to transfer it to a new, faster machine.
The software that I used would only clone the Windows partitions so I cloned them and then created partitions for the Linux distribution and installed it.
I then tested the new hard disc in the machine I had just used and found that the new hard disc behaved exactly like the old one.
I then transferred the clone to the new computer and when I started it up I got the menu offering me a choice between Windows 7 and Ubuntu. When I selected Ubuntu the new machine booted into Ubuntu but when I selected Windows it got as far as "Starting Windows" and the coloured "bits" started to move and then it stopped.
When I rebooted I got a choice between "Boot Windows Normally" and "Run Startup Repair". I chose the latter and after about 20 minutes Windows announced that it could not repair the problem.
I then inserted the Windows installation disc and chose "Repair Computer" and selected the command prompt and 'bootrec /fixmbr' which didn't work them I did "bootrec /fixboot" that didn't work either.
Next I ran Paragon Rescue which said that it had fixed the problem but it hadn't - Windows still would not boot
What is there left to try to get this machine running?
If anyone could help I would be very grateful