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   Message 29,328 of 30,566   
   RobH to Felix   
   Re: Cloned disk won't boot   
   19 Oct 25 11:01:15   
   
   From: rob@despammer.com   
      
   On 18/10/2025 12:39, Felix wrote:   
   > RobH wrote:   
   >> On 16/10/2025 10:54, Paul wrote:   
   >>> On Thu, 10/16/2025 5:33 AM, Edmund wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> Appart ftom you confusing abbriviations... NUC HO G4.....so   
   >>>> computers right?   
   >>>> Cannot get in BIOS? what does the manual tell you, F12 F10 DEL check   
   >>>> it out.   
   >>>> First thing I would do is somehow COPY the files you need to a safe   
   >>>> place.   
   >>>> Then try to fix the bootsector of the original SSD if it works   
   >>>> Then clonzilla   
   >>>   
   >>> I think there are now no files whatsoever on either drive, after a   
   >>> "dd accident".   
   >>>   
   >>> There is no point blaming the UEFI for something, if   
   >>> the drives are actually empty.   
   >>>   
   >>> Using a LiveCD to boot the computer, I would examine the   
   >>> disks for "signs of life". The "gnome-disks" program   
   >>> can show whether partitions are present. If the storage   
   >>> devices are both blank, that's the answer, they're both blank.   
   >>>   
   >>>     Paul   
   >>   
   >> Update:   
   >> No matter which ssd with either linux or win10 I tried, none of them   
   >> booted up in the Intel NUC. When I looked in the BIOS, it reported 'No   
   >> Boot Drive' with every disc  I tried   
   >   
   > do you not have a timeshift snapshot of the original disk?   
   >   
      
   I do somewhere, but it won't boot up anywaqy   
      
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