Questions tagged [cloning]
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System files missing after copying an SD card in OS X
I copied all my files from a 4 GB to a 16 GB SD card via OS X Finder, and lost quite a bit of system files that my Android can't find. Is there a trick to get everything to transfer?
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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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Does cloning a drive overwrite all the info on the drive negating the need to zero the drive using a utility like Dban?
If I do a fresh install of XP and then run Eraser 6 (from Source Forge) to overwrite all the free space on the drive won't clonezilla write every bit of info from the cloned image to the new hard ...
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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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What software should I use to make a copy of my hard drive in ISO format?
I want to make a complete copy of my hard drive (and I have the capability to boot off external media to allow for unmounting of hard drive partitions). However, the majority of "ghosting" software I ...
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Creating Images for OS deployment
We are looking to start creating images of our workstations to use when deploying workstations or to speed up restorations of existing workstations. I've been doing some research into this and the ...
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Attempt to CLONE Mac OS X HFS+ main drive fails with "Restore Failure An error (32) occurred while copying (Broken Pipe)
For years I have been cloning the main drive on my MacBooks to make bootable external drives. This way I have a (reasonably) up-to-date, bootable, portable external drive that I can plug into any mac ...
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Clone a 2TB WD Green internal drive with bad sectors to a 3TB partitioned external
I have a 2TB WD Black drive and would like to simply do a straight clone from a failing 3TB drive to it. Both are SATA. Will I be able to just install the new drive alongside the faulty one and then ...
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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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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 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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Computer disk cloning/imaging [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to take an image of an hard drive partition
I am relatively new to the idea of disk cloning/imaging so bear with me.
I am trying to create an image of a computer that I ...
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protection from cable modem MAC cloning
I had a problem a few months ago where the MPAA accused somebody using an IP that my cable modem service provider attributed to me of illegally downloading (or uploading) a movie.
Originally, I ...
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Cloning xfs filesystem using cpio?
I need your help in cloning 28TB xfs filesystem I used the following script:
/backuptacs.sh >> /backuptacs.log
And the script is:
#!/bin/ksh
echo "++++++++++++++++ Start Date is `date`++++++++...
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how universal is hard drive cloning?
is there any universal software for reading a hard drive image so I know it's ok and don't have to rely in one particular piece of software? like ISO is universal for CDs and if one wanted, one can ...
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