From: Hank@nospam.invalid   
      
   Paul in Houston TX wrote on 1/8/2026 6:03 PM:   
   > ...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   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>  Â 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?   
   >>  Â -(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)?   
   >>  Â - 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.   
      
   ?   
   I thought he used samsung magician (several times), rejecting any other   
   solution.   
      
   Probably not worth wasting any more of your time.   
      
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