Thought I'd document my experiences and journey with Hasleo products to upgrade the SSD on my Asus Zenbook A16 Snapdragon X2 device running Windows 11 ARM Pro 26H1.
When trying to create an Emergency Disk using Hasleo Backup Suite for Windows ARM (v5.8.2.0) using the "Enable support for 'WINDOWS UEFI CA 2023'" option I kept getting an error at the 5% mark that said "Failed to run system API. (0x02F4001500000003)".
Using the "Download WinPE components" option successfully created the ISO but I couldn't get the system to boot off it, it boot looped after trying to load. Tried turning off Secure Boot and a bunch of other things, nothing worked. Think the WinPE build needs updates to work with Windows ARM 26H1.
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Next, I bought Hasleo Windows To Go (because I have Windows 11 Pro, I think with Home it's free): https://www.easyuefi.com/wintousb/ And I was able to clone and boot a clone of the entire Windows 11 ARM 26H1 OS on my Asus Zenbook A16 off an external USB drive.
To get it to boot off the external USB SSD I had to:
1.) Turn off Secure Boot in the BIOS
2.) Get USB driver in Windows on the USB drive to init on boot, otherwise I got a 0x7b blue screen (attached screenshots with details of fix)
This is much nicer than a WinPE environment since it's a literal clone of the entire OS. I'm booting off the 2TB version of this external SSD I bought a year or so ago: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D47DZB1G connected to the USB3 USB-A port.
Sometimes the BIOS boot drive selector (hold down esc during boot process) wouldn't see the USB drive as an available option to boot from. I had to do a complete shut down/power off and start from a clean boot to get it to see it, or go into the bios, toggle something like fast boot, and force a complete restart.
Used the new USB drive to restore to a new SSD using the free version of Hasleo Backup Suite. First time I restored it froze/bluescreened at the 95% restore mark with a USB driver error. I ran the restore again and it succeeded on my second attempt. Just upgraded the SSD in the A16, just in time, was starting to delete things.
Also bought/used this thermal pad on the new SSD, seems to be running cool: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09V53W559. Since the Zenbook is a thin light I thought safest to go with thinnest 0.5mm available on the single sided SSD.
Note: I also have Bitlocker disabled since first setting up this system, in case that has an effect.
When trying to create an Emergency Disk using Hasleo Backup Suite for Windows ARM (v5.8.2.0) using the "Enable support for 'WINDOWS UEFI CA 2023'" option I kept getting an error at the 5% mark that said "Failed to run system API. (0x02F4001500000003)".
Using the "Download WinPE components" option successfully created the ISO but I couldn't get the system to boot off it, it boot looped after trying to load. Tried turning off Secure Boot and a bunch of other things, nothing worked. Think the WinPE build needs updates to work with Windows ARM 26H1.
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Next, I bought Hasleo Windows To Go (because I have Windows 11 Pro, I think with Home it's free): https://www.easyuefi.com/wintousb/ And I was able to clone and boot a clone of the entire Windows 11 ARM 26H1 OS on my Asus Zenbook A16 off an external USB drive.
To get it to boot off the external USB SSD I had to:
1.) Turn off Secure Boot in the BIOS
2.) Get USB driver in Windows on the USB drive to init on boot, otherwise I got a 0x7b blue screen (attached screenshots with details of fix)
This is much nicer than a WinPE environment since it's a literal clone of the entire OS. I'm booting off the 2TB version of this external SSD I bought a year or so ago: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D47DZB1G connected to the USB3 USB-A port.
Amazon.comSometimes the BIOS boot drive selector (hold down esc during boot process) wouldn't see the USB drive as an available option to boot from. I had to do a complete shut down/power off and start from a clean boot to get it to see it, or go into the bios, toggle something like fast boot, and force a complete restart.
Used the new USB drive to restore to a new SSD using the free version of Hasleo Backup Suite. First time I restored it froze/bluescreened at the 95% restore mark with a USB driver error. I ran the restore again and it succeeded on my second attempt. Just upgraded the SSD in the A16, just in time, was starting to delete things.
Also bought/used this thermal pad on the new SSD, seems to be running cool: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09V53W559. Since the Zenbook is a thin light I thought safest to go with thinnest 0.5mm available on the single sided SSD.
Note: I also have Bitlocker disabled since first setting up this system, in case that has an effect.
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