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Can't clone a partition, perhaps because of bad sectors
I was trying to clone my Windows 7 system to a new larger HDD. First I was using Macrium Reflect and it failed on system disk partition (Disk C).
I ran CHKDSK C: /r and it did report about 4KB in ...
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Clone laptop SSD to bigger SSD via USB HDD - Windows 7
What would be the easiest way to do the above, having in mind that the usb HDD is not empty (but it has more than enough room for the SSD contents) and that it doesn't have a OS, and also, that I don'...
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What is the difference between a Windows system image and a clone?
What is the difference between a Windows system image (generated using Control Panel -> Backup and Restore -> Create a System Image) created in Windows 7 SP1, versus creating a clone using a tool like ...
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Can a partition size be changed between cloning and restoring the clone?
I need to do a full backup of a boot partition of Windows 7. I want to be able to restore it if needed.
My understanding is that the only way to do this is to clone the partition byte-for-byte using ...
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Cloned system partition on the same hdd, how to make it bootable? W7
Well, system partition was about 30Gb and now its running low, so i cloned the system partition in the same hdd and gave this partition a way more space, so i dont have this kind of problem again. But ...
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Cloning harddrive I/O errors after about 30 seconds
I am trying to clone a harddrive with important data to another harddrive to make sure we can keep those files safe.
Now my old HD is a 500GB 3.5" and the new one is 1TB 3.5". My old HD is plugged ...
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Is there a way to clone an NTFS hard drive but leave some files out?
I'm trying to find a nice way to do backups of my Windows 7 Media Center machine. Ideally I'd like to take periodic snapshots of the entire hard disk, but leave some files out of the selection. For ...
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