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  • 19-07-2024 03:46PM
    #1
    Bazzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,488 ✭✭✭


    Hi,

    I have a dell optiplex 3020. it had a small capacity SSD drive. I have purchased a larger one.

    I can fit it no problem I think I have backed it up properly and when I try to boot from USB where the back up is I am getting nothing.

    I have read online and I dont seem to have the UEFI boot option but can set it to boot from USB in the bios menu

    Anyone any ideas?



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  • #2
    Coyler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 576 ✭✭✭Coyler


    How did you clone it?

    Assuming the cloning was done correctly, hammer the F12 key after you hit the power button and you should have a menu to choose from



  • #3
    Jon Doe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 366 ✭✭Jon Doe


    Don't boot from USB. It's never trivial and it's even worse on machines with tricked out BIOSes such as Dell… Just be sure to clone the original drive - do a 1:1 copy and then physically replace the old drive with the new. Place the new drive in the same slot as the old one was. Don't leave the old one connected; remove it. If the machine boots place the old drive in the USB caddy.



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