Any pros or cons on Clonezilla? I want to copy my current HD to a SSD. Both are the same size. For various reasons, I have not had luck with Partition Master, nor restoring a Windows image created with the built-in function.
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Used it for years, both personally and professionally.
It works great.
Do note that it is not important to have the same size drives, as Clonezilla creates compressed file(s) for the target drive. You can even make a clone image on a USB stick.
It works great.
Do note that it is not important to have the same size drives, as Clonezilla creates compressed file(s) for the target drive. You can even make a clone image on a USB stick.
Agree with Bryankkkk above. If going from HDD to SSD, try to do a clean install if possible.
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Agree with Bryankkkk above. If going from HDD to SSD, try to do a clean install if possible.
I have read both views. Rebuilding all of Windows installed applications is not a trivial task. I am going to try a clone. But I have aligned the SSD and will check out TRIM after the clone.
Agree with Bryankkkk above. If going from HDD to SSD, try to do a clean install if possible.
I have read both views. Rebuilding all of Windows installed applications is not a trivial task. I am going to try a clone. But I have aligned the SSD and will check out TRIM after the clone.
Have been satisfied with Casper for years and several versions, though not to SSD (from SSD works). Allows nice tuning for upgrading to large drives.
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Well Clonezilla cloned the drive fine, and it started to boot, but then failed. I did partition to partition of the C: partition only, not the 100MB reserved partition.
Another option is to restore one of my system image backups. However when the Win recovery DVD is booted, it cannot find the backup images on my external harddrive.
I may install it from scratch while I work on the problem with the backup images on my external harddrive.
Always something.
Another option is to restore one of my system image backups. However when the Win recovery DVD is booted, it cannot find the backup images on my external harddrive.
I may install it from scratch while I work on the problem with the backup images on my external harddrive.
Always something.
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I would do a tarball, but I have no idea how well it would work on a Windows machine, if at all.
I end up using Lenovo's (IBM) Rescue and recovery. It is basically Win NT 3.1 that boots and does the image and restore in similiar manner. Acronis, Clonezilla, Partition Master all failed me.
I do have a T500 but I think the software runs on non-lenovo machines.
I do have a T500 but I think the software runs on non-lenovo machines.
I am still with a fresh install. The vendor has not gotten back to me yet with what driver to select to get their external hard drive to show up when the Win 7 Recovery disk is booted. Why is it places will take forever to answer emails?
Does anyone know if when you build the Win 7 recovery disk is it always the same regardless of what computer its built on. Talking only the 64 bit version. Or does it look at all the attached devices and include drivers for them all?
Does anyone know if when you build the Win 7 recovery disk is it always the same regardless of what computer its built on. Talking only the 64 bit version. Or does it look at all the attached devices and include drivers for them all?
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I am still on the fresh install of Win 7 on my SSD. The install did not disable DEFRAG which it should have. Its not needed and will shorten the lifespan of your SSD.
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The Windows 7 install did set TRIM properly for my SSD.
I use Clonezilla very often, for years, to back up friends, family and neighbour's systems. No problems.
Having said that, trying to clone an entire system - OS and all (especially Windows, with copy protection tied to the HDD if I recall correctly...) may bring you trouble, going from a HDD to a SSD. I have never tried anything of that nature, and would not recommend it.
Having said that, trying to clone an entire system - OS and all (especially Windows, with copy protection tied to the HDD if I recall correctly...) may bring you trouble, going from a HDD to a SSD. I have never tried anything of that nature, and would not recommend it.
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I would do a tarball, but I have no idea how well it would work on a Windows machine, if at all.
If the backup and recovery were done in Clonezilla, the archival format wouldn't matter at all, no?
If it were just user data that could be extracted after a fresh Windows install, I am pretty certain that extracting a tarball in Windows uses the same commands and flags as in Mac or Linux.
I would do a tarball, but I have no idea how well it would work on a Windows machine, if at all.
If the backup and recovery were done in Clonezilla, the archival format wouldn't matter at all, no?
If it were just user data that could be extracted after a fresh Windows install, I am pretty certain that extracting a tarball in Windows uses the same commands and flags as in Mac or Linux.
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