I recently tried using Macrium Reflect to clone my hard drive from an older Dell computer running Windows 10 to a new machine that has Windows 11. After rebooting, I encountered a problem where the system entered Dell Support Assist and displayed a "no bootable devices found" error. I'm not sure if the difference in operating systems might be affecting this issue. Any advice on how to proceed?
4 Answers
When using Macrium Reflect, it's essential to clarify what you're doing. Did you create an image of your old hard drive, or did you attempt to overlay the new system with the old OS? If you created boot media on USB, you could try booting from that and using the ‘fix boot problems’ option.
If you clone your Windows 10 OS onto the Windows 11 machine, you'll overwrite the existing OS. Instead of cloning, consider just transferring your documents, pictures, videos, and other important files. Then, you can quickly reinstall your software and games without bringing over unnecessary Windows 10 files that might cause issues.
Cloning a system drive from one PC to another is usually a bad idea unless both machines have identical hardware. This can lead to a lot of errors because the old Windows install will look for the old hardware, while your new machine has different components. It’s generally better to clone a drive when you're just replacing an old one in the same PC rather than moving to a new one.
Just to clarify your process: it sounds like you took your old Windows 10 hard drive, plugged it into your new PC using a docking station, and cloned it to the new drive. If that's the case, it might explain the boot issues since the new hardware runs Windows 11.

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