Samsung Data Migration tool corrupting Windows 8.1 system files

malan01

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I have used Samsung Data Migration software to migrate from a 2TB Seagate SSHD to 1TB Samsung SSD. Data size 500MB. When I run system file checker (Windows 8.1) on the source drive all files are fine but on the SSD drive the cloned version contains a multitude of .dll errors. That cannot be fixed. I do not want to do fresh install as there are a multitude of installed programs. I have done the clone twice with the same result. Is Acronis True Image clone or backup/restore likely to do a better job?
 

malan01

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Solved - Cloned the drive using Acronis True Image 2014 clone. They recommend the backup/retrieve method but cloning worked just fine, including automatically making 350MB system partition.