I went back to finish what I had started before the 8500
hung up. It let me delete the files I wanted this time but
when I went to copy/paste it hung up again! This is something
I've done a thousand times so I don't know why its acting
like this. Again, I tried to restart it but it was in a loop and
I had to power off.
In passing, when I sign on my page looks like this and I have
to click the link again to make it look normal.
https://postimg.cc/VJrQvx51
I have no idea what those other links are except the alt.smokers.pipes
which I use to frequent back in the day but its weird it shows this page.
Oh I see what your saying,. clone the 1TB to a 2TB and remove
the 1TB and replace it with the 2TB and clone another 2TB hd.
I always thought the procedure was to only install the clone to
see if it was bootable but this way it protects the original hd and
the Activation and is more streamlined.
However, just to make sure, when I call Microsoft to activate it
should I ask if its OK to clone the 1TB hd or will it trigger the
Invalid Windows OS again?
I download Seatools from your link and ran the tests:
https://postimg.cc/fVGfDH8q
https://postimg.cc/njk4KnpN
https://postimg.cc/KR4PLXVs
https://postimg.cc/LJLZBmVv
https://postimg.cc/sB2sfc1S
https://postimg.cc/rK9BdrB9
https://postimg.cc/cKP2qM3d
https://postimg.cc/QHjPrMFK
https://postimg.cc/RWDbfQXw
https://postimg.cc/q64m0mvH
https://postimg.cc/XXgW5mFF
I tried the short generic on the unknown but it didn't seem to work?
I could try again if you want.
Yeah the SpawnCLR you spotted is a bit jarring and gives
you an idea from my standpoint some of the weird things I
encounter like the 'Invalid Windows OS'. Definitely not user friendly.
The Startech case is the one you picked out for me way back when
but it has been superseded I see. It's a good external enclosure, I like
it allot. I still have (2) extra I've been using to test and clone and the
other (2) are the external hds with Mrimgs for the 8500 and the 780
each with a 2TB hd although the 8500 Mrimgs has the 2TB WD hd.
Robert