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Shaddax · 16-09-11, 03:21 PM

I am upgrading the hard disc in my laptop from 400Gb to 1Tb.

I understand that to avoid problems the new empty drive should be installed in the laptop and my old drive attached externally via USB and then cloned. I will be using Acronis True Image Home and is it they who suggest the above setup.
The problem is that after setting my BIOS to boot from "external device" (my old hard disc), it hangs at the Windows start up screen and I am so far unable to clone my disc.
When I return my old hard disc back into my laptop it boots as normal. I'm using Windows 7 32bit.

Any ideas anyone?

lambo · 16-09-11, 05:00 PM

I think your supposed to backup your drive first, windows can not boot from usb.

nibblitz · 16-09-11, 05:16 PM

Clone to the 1tb external, then swap it for the 400gb in your laptop..

16-09-11, 03:21 PM	#1 (permalink)
Shaddax Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 156 Thanks: 3 Thanked 14 Times in 12 Posts	Hard disc won't boot from USB I am upgrading the hard disc in my laptop from 400Gb to 1Tb. I understand that to avoid problems the new empty drive should be installed in the laptop and my old drive attached externally via USB and then cloned. I will be using Acronis True Image Home and is it they who suggest the above setup. The problem is that after setting my BIOS to boot from "external device" (my old hard disc), it hangs at the Windows start up screen and I am so far unable to clone my disc. When I return my old hard disc back into my laptop it boots as normal. I'm using Windows 7 32bit. Any ideas anyone? Last edited by Shaddax; 16-09-11 at 03:30 PM.

16-09-11, 05:00 PM	#2 (permalink)
lambo Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Dublin, IRL Posts: 889 Thanks: 176 Thanked 89 Times in 83 Posts	Re: Hard disc won't boot from USB I think your supposed to backup your drive first, windows can not boot from usb.

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