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Windows 10 fails to boot after HDD clone to SSD

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4 2 I have been trying to migrate a laptop from a HDD to an SSD. I initially cloned the drive with the latest version of TODO Backup and then tried with Macrium Reflect. Both have the same problem. The drive clones fine and all the files appear to be present, but Windows 10 won't boot. I have booted from a recovery disk, loaded a command prompt and run: bootrec /RebuildBcd bootrec /fixMbr bootrec /fixboot bootsect /nt60 SYS It still doesn't boot. If I load the Windows 10 recovery disk and boot from the CD I can then select to load Windows it will load. Likewise, if I select reboot rather than shutdown, the machine loads. This is how the SSD drive looks in drive manager: When trying to start the system after shutdown, it permanently sits on a black screen with a flash _ . The partitioning on the s