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File Explorer shows disk volume smaller than it is supposed to be [duplicate]

I cloned a 500GB SSD to 2TB SSD with Clonezilla 3.1.2 using instructions as listed here https://clonezilla.org/show-live-doc-content.php?topic=clonezilla-live/doc/03_Disk_to_disk_clone. I tried both ...
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How to activate Windows during a massive OS deployment + machine testing?

I need to install Windows on 200 Lenovo ThinkPad T460 and 200 Lenovo ThinkPad T470 laptops, which will then be delivered to various countries in Africa. These PCs are used and require a check of their ...
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Can Clonezilla work with Windows striped volume?

Let's assume I have striped volume in Windows 11 (two disks). Will Clonezilla be able to create and later restore images of both disks, so Windows will still recognize them properly as striped volume?
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Clonezilla - "The image repository directory is read-only, not writalbe: /home/partimag"

When I tried to backup the Windows 10 partition with Clonezilla I saw the error: "The image repository directory is read-only, not writalbe: /home/partimag " There are related questions to this, ...
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How to Copy an Operating System to Another HDD?

I found out my hard drive is slowly dying. It's certainly still usable, but I need to copy the operating system to another hard drive, which I don't know how to do. I would like to try to avoid using ...
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How to clone a virtual Windows disk to a physical disk on VMware - I changed ownership of my host's Windows disk by accident

I did not pay attention, to the following VMware warning, when mounting the drive as writable. Here's what I was trying to do: I was planning to mount a 16 GB VMDK file with Windows installed on it ...
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Can Clonezilla restore an image to a different partition number than originally?

Assume the following situation: UEFI-based dualboot system consisting of Windows and Linux. Partitioning: Partition 1: FAT32, EFI-Boot-Partition Partition 2: EXT4, Linux Root / Partition 3: EXT4, ...
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Cloned disk - duplicate disk signature, how to resolve?

I have cloned a hard drive to an SSD using Clonezilla. Both drives were of identical size, and the process appears to have worked successfully. I can boot into Windows 10 from the SSD without any ...
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Windows 10 will not boot with source of clone attached

I cloned a windows 10 installation from a 1T HDD to a 500G SSD using clonezilla. Everything is fine as long as I don't attached the HDD drive that I used as the source of the clone. Here is what I ...
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backup and restoration of my C drive only

I bought a dell laptop with 1 tb internal hardisk drive. I made 3 partitions in my hardrive and all having data like movies, songs and document. Now I want to take the backup of my C drive only with ...
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Images (e.g. with Clonezilla) of Windows and Linux on a UEFI computer

I use Clonezilla with success for many years to make images from partitions that host Windows 7 or smaller and Ubuntu and other operating systems. Making images and restore them was easy for me. But ...
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New hdd not detected in BIOS after CloneZilla

I did a disk to disk clone with clonezilla. I cloned all partitions and used the -k1 option. I put the new hdd in and it doesn't boot. BIOS does not detect an hdd. Why might that be? old hdd: 80gb, ...
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Removing All Windows Drivers

I currently use Clonezilla to copy an image of a computer that I've worked on to many computers (a job of formatting and reinstalling Windows on a large amount of computers). I can't remember the blue ...
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Can I move all data from secondary hard disk to another and then change the drive letter?

I am having trouble getting clonezilla to work so wondered. I have a secondary hard drive that has applications and data on it. I need to replace it with a bigger/newer model. If I simply copy the ...
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Clonezilla with an old Windows 98 machine

I need to backup an old desktop PC running Windows 98. It has one harddrive which is very old. Is it possible to run CloneZilla on an old windows 98 machine? Is it possible that CloneZilla produce ...
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