From: Paul@Houston.Texas   
      
   ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ  wrote:   
   > Paul in Houston TX wrote on 1/6/2026 8:55 PM:   
   >>   
   >> My main windows machine two drives are cloned monthly.   
   >> There are 3 essential partitions that MUST be cloned:   
   >> 1)  Unformatted Primary, (no name) (none), 128.0 MB.   
   >> 2)  FAT32 (LBA) Primary, NO NAME (none), 100.0 MB.   
   >> 3)  980 (C:) NTFS Primary, 465.54 GB.   
   >>   
   >> The clone's first two partition names are the same as above.   
   >> The 3rd partition is named 980 (D:) NTFS Primary, 465.54 GB since it   
   >> is not the active drive.  If I booted from that drive then it would be   
   >> named C:.   
   >> The other machines are similar.   
   >   
   > #1, the Unformatted primary(128 MB) is the MSR partition   
   > #2, the FAT32 LBA primary(100 MB) is the System(EFI)   
   > #3  Windows   
   >   
   >   
   >   The usual setup for a GPT disk partition order is:   
   > #1 System/EFI (100 MB)   
   > #2 MSR (16 MB, 128 MB for large disks)   
   > #3 Windows   
   > #4 Windows Recovery   
   >   
   > Was this an:   
   > OEM device setup?   
   >   -(OEM deployments often use a diskpart script file to place MSR as the   
   > first partition rather than the GPT recommended guideline/location after   
   > the System/EFI partition)   
   > or   
   > User Clean Install(using Media Creation Tool media or iso)?   
   >   - There have been reports of the MCT or MCT ISO placing the MSR as the   
   > first partition.   
   >   
   > Note: Variation exists in the OEM deployments where the MSR partition is   
   > located in the GPT guideline/location(i.e. after the System/EFI and   
   > before Windows)   
      
   I'm not sure what the OP actually did but have the feeling that he   
   cloned only the C (windows) part and not the others.  Hard to figure out   
   from what he wrote.   
      
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