Booting from CD or USB failure

Martin7

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I have a Dell Studio XPS, I have just installed an SSD for the boot / system drive and am using Windows 8.

I wanted to make an copy of the SSD for backup. I have tried a number of program which boot from CD or USB but they all start to load and then stop. The software tried is "Mini Tool Partition Wizard", "Driveimage XLM", and others.

I know the CD boot system works ok as that is how I installed Windows 8 to the SSD and the above software all starts to load and then locks up.

Any wisdom gratefully received.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Studio XPS
    CPU
    Intel Core i3-530
    Motherboard
    dh57m01
    Memory
    4Gb
Did you install Windows 8 in UEFI mode?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    ME, XP,Vista,Win7,Win8,Win8.1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Other Info
    Notebooks x 3

    Desktops x 5

    Towers x 4
Not sure, I just connected the SSD and did a clean install from the Windows CD
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Studio XPS
    CPU
    Intel Core i3-530
    Motherboard
    dh57m01
    Memory
    4Gb
Hi, thanks for the info. I had managed to make an image file by using a program from Seagate which is a cut down version of Acronis.

But I am interested in why a number of programs failed to run i.e. they started to boot up and then failed on my machine.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Studio XPS
    CPU
    Intel Core i3-530
    Motherboard
    dh57m01
    Memory
    4Gb
Do you have a uEFI/BIOS firmware?

If YES, do have Secure Boot ENABLED?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    ME, XP,Vista,Win7,Win8,Win8.1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Other Info
    Notebooks x 3

    Desktops x 5

    Towers x 4
It has bios firmware - the only settings for booting refer to boot priority for hard drives / CD/DVD / Other. There is nothing about secure boot.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Studio XPS
    CPU
    Intel Core i3-530
    Motherboard
    dh57m01
    Memory
    4Gb
Try redownloading the software & remake the disc's.
Make sure your DVD/USB drives are good.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    ME, XP,Vista,Win7,Win8,Win8.1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Other Info
    Notebooks x 3

    Desktops x 5

    Towers x 4
I have download "mini tool partition wizard" and it did the same - attached (hopefully) a screen shot of where it stops
 

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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Studio XPS
    CPU
    Intel Core i3-530
    Motherboard
    dh57m01
    Memory
    4Gb
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