Robert in CA wrote:
I tried testing #3 to see if it accepts the external #4 hd
but it doesn't.
https://postimg.cc/yDnDNHRN
https://postimg.cc/v1kH1HZG
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Do I need to insert #4 drive in the 8500 and do the same
repair boot menu procedure I did with #3?
Robert
When you clone an entire disk, Macrium is supposed
to already use random numbers for identifiers that
can get confused with the original.
To see what impact your two disks have on one
another, a picture of Disk Management is a good idea.
And then checking the new row, to see if it is in "Offline"
state, because the DiskID in the MBR happens to be identical.
When you use the Macrium boot repair, it can repair
the MBR, the PBR, some of the boot menu materials (rebuild BCD)
and so on. I don't particularly see that as changing an identifier
that "makes the disk magically work", but maybe it does.
I would hope some hint of what was wrong, was announcing itself
(somehow) via Disk Management. Maybe it's just overlapping
disk letters caused by the 4-in-1 card reader on the 8500 ?
It could be, it tries to open the "C" of the new disk as "E"
and "E" is taken by the card reader (E,F,G,H?). I wish I could
remember the setting to make those drive letters disappear until
media is present, as that would eliminate one more cause of
uncertainty.
Paul