Questions tagged [cloning]
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Unable to clone laptop display on HDTV
I am trying to clone (not extend) my laptop to a Vizio HDTV. Facts:
1-Vizio HDTV
2-Eee Asus laptop
3-Wireless HDMI connection via Nyrius Aries Prime capable of 1080p.
I tried Fn/F8 and Microsoft (...
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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 clone Windows 10 Home from SATA SSD to new nVME SSD? [duplicate]
Here's my particular situation:
Have a new MSI Codex R desktop which came with a 500 Gb SATA SSD with Win 10 Home. I've booted up, pulled windows update, installed my G513 Carbon keyboard driver and a ...
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Is it possible to make a disk-to-disk clone via USB?
I have an internal laptop HDD which I wish to copy to another SATA HDD.
There is no spare storage for storing an image, so I wish to make a direct disk-to-disk clone.
I have connected the destination ...
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Steam deck ssd clone using dd, while following guide, ran out of battery. How to run command again?
So I was running a dd command to clone the ssd of my steam deck to a new one I have connected externally with an adapter enclosure. Problem is like a dummy I didn’t check my battery before starting ...
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Windows 11 does not boot even in safe mode after cloning
I have a new clear notebook, maked an ssd image on old notebook and restored on new.
On new notebook Windows 11 freezes on booting on startup screen in normal or safe mode.
I trying to enable bootlog, ...
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Cloning 128GB SSD to a new 240GB SSD [closed]
I suppose this is a duplicate, but I didnt find it. Sorry if it is obvious.
The situation is this. I am installing a new computer with a 128GB SSD, leaving only 40GB of free space. I suppose space ...
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How do I clone a larger drive on to a smaller one
Can Todo Backup clone from a 500 GB hard drive to a 120 GB? The 500 contains the OS plus 15 applications. The 120 is empty. A second 120 only contains the OS. I can clone using either.
Todo says the ...
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Cloning a hard drive [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Clone a Hard Disk Content to Another Hard Disk
Bit-for-bit copy of hard drive in Windows?
There is a hard drive in a laptop. I need to clone it (preferably bit-for-bit) onto ...
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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?
In other ...
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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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