That all being said, when I totally failed to successfully clone a Windows 10 C: drive, it was pretty damn liberating to just start from scratch and completely reinstall the OS. I just didn't have enough configured on that Windows box (I barely ever use it) to fuss any further about preserving it. A virgin Windows install is as good as it's ever going to get; the whole mess unravels more and more each time you use it and install more crap. A linux install, though... mebbe there's more worth saving there.