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   Message 29,338 of 30,566   
   Felix to RobH   
   Re: Cloned disk won't boot   
   20 Oct 25 18:42:39   
   
   From: none@not.here   
      
   RobH wrote:   
   > 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?   
   >>   
   >   
   > Probably, but I can't get to the desktop anyway   
      
   I don't know anything about NUC's, but if you can install a good hard   
   drive in it with a working install of LM, and it won't boot, then either   
   the computer itself is faulty,  the bios settings are wrong, or faulty   
   cables.   
      
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