acronis true image clone to ssd black screen

#Acronis true image clone to ssd black screen upgrade#

I am leery about Windows 11, but I at least want to see it, without messing up my current system, and without that ridiculous ten day Windows 11 test period.

#Acronis true image clone to ssd black screen upgrade#

This is the machine where I want to upgrade the boot drive. All I did was to plug in the cables for the new drive. How Drive 0 became 'D' and Drive 1 became 'C' (boot drive) is a bit of a mystery. I installed the second internal drive before my first boot. Note: My Dell XPS 8920 come with the Intel Optane Memory already enabled. It appears to have the capability of resizing partitions during the clone. I will be using Seagate DiscWizard to perform the cloning operation. If possible, I would like to know what is in those partitions. The 1.12GB partition (end of the drive?) must be the Intel area, but why so big? The 12.9Gb partition must be the Windows Recovery area. Some of that information is on the HDD (to which users have no access*). If I am all wet about the clone/swap procedure, please give step-by-step instructions.Īpparently the system information is on the Optane SSD (to which users have no access*). The Intel Optane Memory Module 'appears' to be version M.2, but I could be wrong. In the image above, the 'SATA (932 GB)' is the current boot 1TB HDD drive. If the system will reboot from the cloned 2TB replacement, will the 'Rescan' process pick up the data for the new boot drive? Do I need to disable Optane Memory before swapping the drives, or will the system recognize the cloned (2TB) boot drive after the swap?Ģ. (I will temporarily remove the current 2TB 'D' drive.)Īssuming that I clone the boot drive while Optane Memory is enabled:ġ. I want to replace the 1TB HDD OEM drive with a new 2TB HDD drive, after I clone the OEM drive. I also have a second internal drive, 2TB HDD.

I have a Dell XPS 8920 (circa 2017) with the Dell OEM 1TB HDD as boot drive (Drive C), and with Optane Memory enabled ('paired' to the boot drive).