[Paul R.]

Good Sir, your statement has me a bit befuddled.

(That’s ok, when it comes to delving this far into computers, I am often befuddled.)

I am not cloning to transfer the OS to a different machine, everything is integral to the N22 laptop. The only added factors are the cloning software itself and the recently installed SSD. The SSD works fine as a data drive “D” with the eMMC “C:” drive holding the OS (running a bit lethargic from the eMMC.)

[Myrddin]

Motherboards that have an integral TPM can employ the onboard crypto keys to encrypt the hard disk. If the disk is moved to another platform, the files will not be readable because the TPM with the correct decryption keys is not present.

If you perform an "image" clone on a TPM encrypted drive, it will only be readable by the system with the TPM that encrypted the "source" drive.