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Is it possible to clone OEM Partition?

Anonymous
2019-12-18T15:27:11+00:00

Hi, I have a Acer Swift SF314-54G.  I have Windows 10 Home Single Language pre-installed by Acer. Recently, I bought new SSD (Adata SX8200 Pro) because the HDD had seemed too slow to run Windows Applications. I cloned the old disk with AOMEI Backupper to my new SSD. After the cloning process has completed, I opened Windows Disk Management and found that the Recovery Partition (OEM Partition) had been changed to Primary Partition in the cloned SSD. Is it possible to clone the OEM Partition? I was not able to boot to the new Recovery partition too.

A screenshot of the Windows Disk Management is attached. (Disk 0 is the old HDD, Disk 1 is the new SSD)

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  1. Anonymous
    2019-12-20T09:35:01+00:00

    Hi Mastereinyz,

    I'm also an independent advisor and hope this will help in your issue.

    Normally you don't clone the recovery partition. For your Acer computer, you should be able to follow this video to create a recovery drive - https://youtu.be/b-weclZqWX4.

    Note: This is a non-Microsoft website. The page appears to be providing accurate, safe information. Watch out for ads on the site that may advertise products frequently classified as a PUP (Potentially Unwanted Products). Thoroughly research any product advertised on the site before you decide to download and install it.

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  2. Anonymous
    2019-12-19T02:58:29+00:00

    Hi Master,

    I am Sumit, an Independent Advisor and a 2-Year Windows Insider MVP here to help.

    From the SS it looks like everything is what it should be - ignore the OEM reference as Disk Management as it has no significance.

    Were you not able to boot from the SSD?

    Well, I am able to boot from my SSD.

    Actually, Acer has a recovery partition in the laptop that can be used to recover Windows if the Windows has any trouble. The recovery partition can be used for system repairs such as startup repair, system backup, command prompt, etc. The recovery partition is integrated and could be accessed from BIOS by pressing Alt + F10 on startup.

    On my new SSD, I couldn't access the recovery drive so I'm afraid if the Windows has any trouble in the future, I can't fix the problem.

    So, is it possible to clone the OEM / Recovery Partition?

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  4. Sumit D - IA 169.5K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2019-12-18T15:49:17+00:00

    Hi Master,

    I am Sumit, an Independent Advisor and a 2-Year Windows Insider MVP here to help.

    From the SS it looks like everything is what it should be - ignore the OEM reference as Disk Management as it has no significance.

    Were you not able to boot from the SSD?

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