Old win 10 computer, BIOS
New computer, UEFI, Win 11
Copied Win10 partition to new computer, requested "make boot menu".
Boot menu creation errored, not created. I have this fail a lot.
Manually created new directory [.002] and files.
Edited BCD items to point to Win 10
When booting Win10, boots to screen asking for keyboard layout, select US.
Then get screen "Choose an option", Troubleshoot or turn off. No attempt to repair drivers, etc.
Choose "troubleshoot", "startup repair", this fails to fix.
When I checked "rename directories" in Boot edit, this did allowed Win to try and repair/change drives, etc. Good.
But this also failed. Not so good.
I have transferred Win 10 to other computers before and Win 10 fixes/installs all necessary drivers for booting. Transfers work remarkably well.
Not this time.
This is not a TeraByte app issue, but expert Win transfer advice is welcomed.
Suggestions.
transfer Win10 to new computer
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Re: transfer Win10 to new computer
Run fixboot.tbs on it, then osdtool.tbs against it (remove drivers, install standard drives (ata/nvme)).
The create menu item only works when copying on the same drive since it doesn't go searching through all the different drives in the system, although, maybe that should be an option...
The create menu item only works when copying on the same drive since it doesn't go searching through all the different drives in the system, although, maybe that should be an option...
Re: transfer Win10 to new computer
Suggestion did not work.
I was able to transfer to another computer with BIOS simply by copy, then boot. Windows self-corrected. Does a computer with UEFI [vs BIOS] make a difference?
On UEFI computer booted into Win 11, Disk Manager sees transfer disk connected via USB as unallocated. BUI sees disk [USB]
In BIOS computer it is seen properly in both BIBM & Disk manager.
Why can the UEFI computer see disk from original computer?
I was able to transfer to another computer with BIOS simply by copy, then boot. Windows self-corrected. Does a computer with UEFI [vs BIOS] make a difference?
On UEFI computer booted into Win 11, Disk Manager sees transfer disk connected via USB as unallocated. BUI sees disk [USB]
In BIOS computer it is seen properly in both BIBM & Disk manager.
Why can the UEFI computer see disk from original computer?
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TeraByte Support
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Re: transfer Win10 to new computer
Your USB drive disk type should be MBR or GPT not EMBR (unless you want that on purpose).
When you run fixboot.tbs, you have to setup the boot item to use the new files if a new set was created. osdtool.tbs just ensures the drivers are reinstalled (you have to ensure the storage drives are installed). another way is copy over in MBR mode, then use chgdtype.tbs script to move from mbr to gpt. You can also use the osdtool.tbs script to disable automatic restart and repair mode so you can actually see what the bosd / problem is.
When you run fixboot.tbs, you have to setup the boot item to use the new files if a new set was created. osdtool.tbs just ensures the drivers are reinstalled (you have to ensure the storage drives are installed). another way is copy over in MBR mode, then use chgdtype.tbs script to move from mbr to gpt. You can also use the osdtool.tbs script to disable automatic restart and repair mode so you can actually see what the bosd / problem is.