[URGENT] Copy OS from 1TB HDD to 500GB HDD with clonezilla?

[iamdarkyoshi]

I've cloned both partitons from the 1TB HDD to the 500gb hdd, (shrinking the 1TB partition to 400gb first) but the cloned disk won't boot, it sits there blinking the cursor. And like EVERY OTHER TIME I'VE USED IT, windows 10 install media's repair option doesn't do anything.

 

This technique worked before in windows 7, how do I get this damn win10 HDD cloned to a new smaller disk?

[Weak1ings]

Did you remember the "stupid trick" to check the Shutdown after completion option?  I've had this bite me many times when trying to move to an SSD using TODO

 

Yeah, tries using Win 10 repair disc, its totally useless...  "Please insert repair disc"

[jeffmeyer5295]

If it were me and you were capable I'd look into what you could do with Windows AIK image builder. I use that to do exactly what you are asking for at work and it is much smoother than Clone Zilla. But if you are using Clone Zilla for a particular reason and need it, I have no idea how to fix that!

[dalekphalm]

29 minutes ago, iamdarkyoshi said:

I've cloned both partitons from the 1TB HDD to the 500gb hdd, (shrinking the 1TB partition to 400gb first) but the cloned disk won't boot, it sits there blinking the cursor. And like EVERY OTHER TIME I'VE USED IT, windows 10 install media's repair option doesn't do anything.

 

This technique worked before in windows 7, how do I get this damn win10 HDD cloned to a new smaller disk?

You could try booting GParted, and marking the partition as bootable. That might help.

 

I've never had much issue with Clonezilla, it's pretty much worked flawlessly for me every time.

 

Is the 1TB drive still bootable?

[iamdarkyoshi]

Told clonezilla to ignore HDD sizes and to go from disk to disk.

 

Worked.