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XPS 15 reboot from external drive
Computer will not start. I have a an external drive where I had cloned my drive. How to boot from the external drive?
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Computer will not start. I have a an external drive where I had cloned my drive. How to boot from the external drive?
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ejn63
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February 25th, 2025 11:56
A clone of the internal drive won't be bootable externally, but you should be able to prepare boot media from whatever you used to clone the drive, and reverse the process -- clone the external back to the internal drive, which should then boot.
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February 25th, 2025 12:16
Thanks for the prompt reply. I am not sure what to do. Blue screen asking for keyboard layout
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February 25th, 2025 13:37
What software did you use to prepare the clone of the internal drive?
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February 25th, 2025 13:39
I used the Macrium software
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February 25th, 2025 13:58
You may want to try making another image of the existing drive, and then restoring the original image to the boot drive. If you originally installed Macrium and made the image under Windows, you can prepare recovery media (under Tasks or similar) or use another system to do the same. Boot the system from the recovery flash drive and you can load the external clone to the internal drive from there.