Questions tagged [cloning]
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A tiered approach to cloning linux partitons
I'm looking at a strategy for cloning Linux (root) partitions without having to use a Live CD. Literature suggests rightly that the source and target partitions must be umounted to be able to get a ...
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How can I copy my Windows installation to a smaller HDD?
I'm almost certain my "new" hard drive I bought last August is the cause of constant BSODs. I've re installed Windows and they keep happening, so...
I have a smaller hard drive (320gb vs the "new" ...
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Restoring Windows Apps (UWP) after cloning an internal disk drive
I've just cloned an internal HDD 1TB to a different 2TB disk using Minitool Partition Wizard, also expanding the partition size to the full available space. This computer is running Windows 10 patched ...
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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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cloning software raid 1 x2 drives of an ubuntu server to many other identical hardware servers
I have an ubuntu server with x2 software raid 1 drives which took nearly 2 hours to set up.
The plan is that we need to make 10 more servers with the same configuration same hardware and number drives ...
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backup Linux partitions from within Windows 7
So I have Grub Loader installed with Windows and Debian installations.
If I use windows 7 backup to make an image backup of the drive will it also backup the other partitions and software?
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cloning pendrive to VHD file - need an exact copy including clusters marked in FAT as unused
I need to clone a pendrive to VHD file (preferably for free). I hoped it will be trivial (assuming VHD is not much different conceptually from the file made using dd under Unix, just a sectors copied ...
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Best xxcopy flags for one-time drive mirror/clone?
I’ve settled on xxcopy to do a one-time clone/mirror to my NAS before the source drive is reformatted.
Due to the amount of data and the desire not to impact daytime home usage, it’ll be run as a ...
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Windows 10: how to obtain, in another way, same results of Sysprep when it doesn't want to work
In my job, it often happens that I have to replicate a Windows 10 Pro installation, with certain softwares and certain configurations on it, on other computers. Now, usually I use Sysprep for ...
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I cloned my windows ssd and set target ssd as 1st boot priority, but there is no option to load second windows
How can I fix it? I used "macrium reflect" to clone.
Do I need to perform some extra steps now? Why it is not working?
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How to copy an entire server into another server?
I have two Linux servers, A and B. I want to transfer all the data from server A onto B, but I don't want to overwrite any server configurations on server B. What would be the safest and most optimal ...
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Issue's when cloning to a 64gb USB using a 32GB custom image as the source
I have been doing a lot of research lately in regards to how to clone the file system of one USB to another, and I have accomplished a lot, however I think the final piece of the puzzle is why I cant ...
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Can I transfer a Samsung Evo 850's SSD to another computer?
What I'd like to do is to use the SSD on the new computer I am building, but right now it has a copy of Windows on it from the old computer.
Is there a way to clone the SSD's Windows to another hard ...
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Unable to boot WIN7 from 2nd disc after cloning it with Aomei
I have an external hard drive (drive P=1.5TB) + two internal hard drives (drive C=2TB and drive D=1TB). All drives are 75% free.
I have upgraded my D drive from Vista to WIN 7 and cleaned up the D ...
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Clonezilla/partclone of an NTFS partition sees too much used space
I'm cloning an HDD using Clonezilla (which in turn uses partclone). When it reaches an NTFS partition of mine, it thinks the partition has many tens of GB of used space, despite the fact that the ...
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