Perhaps, but I seem to remember seeing other posts / articles that Secure Boot should not be an issue for Macrium to clone a drive. Hopefully some of the experts in Windows security will chime in. I suspect it's Windows Secure Boot, but don't know enough to coach you. I had to back up to an image, restore from the image to the new drive, and still do some kind of mysterious repair. I have not attempted to revert BIOS back to 'RAID ON' because I don't want to risk it, and I don't think I need Intel RST for anything.Ĭonclusion: I finally achieved cloning a Dell Precision 3540 Micron 500 GB NVMe SSD, to a new WD 4TB SN850X NVMe SSD, but the Macrium Clone would not boot. But some software (Adobe) needs to be re-activated Finally it booted in to my cloned Windows 11. It automatically rebooted to Windows Recovery Options, I ran Run Windows Startup Repair without much hope.ĩ.

Reboot again from Macrium Recovery USB, and run fix Windows Boot - but it failed again.Ĩ. and BSOD Kernel_Security_Check_Failure again.ħ. Booted from Macrium Recovery USB (BIOS has to stay as AHCI) and 'Restored' from the backup image, verify ONĦ.

Install blank new 4TB SSD in the NVMe slot.ĥ. Shutdown, remove origininal 500 GB SSD.Ĥ. Created a Macrium image of the original drive (all partitions) on another external USB drive.ģ. Reinstalled the original 500 GB SSD, booted, and reformatted the new 4TB to start again.Ģ. Partions showed as 'healthy' but would not boot.ġ. Recovery Mode > Startup Repair, CMD > CHKDSK, etc, etc. Boot Macrium Recovery USB and repair Windows Boot issues (recreates BDC)Ĥ. System Configuration > SATA Operation > change 'RAID On' to 'AHCI'ģ. stop code 'KERNEL_SECURITY_CHECK_FAILURE'ġ. RESULT: Blue Screen with 'Your device ran into a problem.

Shutdown, swap the 4TB NVMe in to the Dell and reboot. I selected 'Copy Partitions' and 'Expand to fill space'. Macrium Reflect v8 clone 500 GB internal, to 4TB in external enclosure, Turned off Windows Defender, and Turned Off Device Encryption (Bitlocker)ģ. Make sure Windows 11 Pro all up to date, BIOS up to date, etc.Ģ. I purchased an Orico NVMe external USB-C to NVMe enclosure to do the cloning.ġ. Purchased a WD 4TB SN850X NVMe SSD to clone to as a replacement. It did not go smoothly.Ĭomputer: Dell Precision 3540 with existing 500 GB Micron NVMe SSD drive, Windows 11 Pro, which ran out of space.

I purchased Macrium Reflect to clone to a larger SSD in a Dell laptop. It's hard to fit all the details in the subject line.

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