Clone of a bigger drive

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• I have a mac pro 3.1. How can I transfer the system to a new and bigger drive?

  I have a mac pro 3.1. How can I transfer the system to a new and bigger drive? The old drive is much too small.

  I'm not familiar with your model computer, but there are several ways to do so.  If the computer can accommodate multiple disks, you can install the new drive next to the former.  If she does not accept another disk, you can in these external adapters for about $30, which allow you to attach a bare drive to a computer with USB.  Then, you clone the internal drive to the new. Cloning is a special form of the copy.  It copies all files including startup system files so that your new drive is essentially identical to the first.

  Double clone - http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html

  SuperDuper - http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html (shareware)

  IBackup - http://www.grapefruit.ch/iBackup/index.html (free)

  The restore function of disk utility included in directions of OS X. alarm - http://discussions.apple.com/message/8799711#8799711 (a former post but can still work).

  Clone the old drive to the new, then install a new one.

• How do clone you a hard drive on a P6770T

  Background: I have a P6770T Office, number of product XX204AV #ABA, OS: Windows 7 Home 64 bit service pack 1.

  Partitions: C: 685 GB D: 12.7 GB (recovery), Q: 0GO (MS Office 2010 protected).

  Question: I would like to add a second hard drive to the PC as a clone.   First of all, a second internal hard drive can be added (is there a location for the drive and a SATA cable port)?    Second, how do clone you a hard drive with the three partitions, as described above?    I need instructions for cooking book style because I'm a newbee.      Thank you.

  It is usually best to make a clone with an external drive. It makes no sense given the power (spinning). Seagate and WD offer similar programs, called 'DiskWizard '.

  What you'll need:

  (1) software cloning (I'll link Seagate) download the utility and download from this page user's Guide.

  (2) buy a 1 t Seagate drive (like your hard drive is a nominal 750Go).

  more than you will need:

  (3) Sata Drive enclosure includes ESata rail.

• My Dell computer was running ok, but the drive was too small. After replaced by a bigger drive, I can not activate.

  The Dell PC came with XP. I bought Vista Home Premium and activated OK.  I installed a bigger drive OK, but I can't activate.  How can I activate the second installation?

  The problem is that you did a clean install with an upgrade disc and a key.

  See here for workarounds...

  http://www.winsupersite.com/article/product-review/Windows-Vista-installation-Super-Guide-part-3-clean-install-Windows-Vista

• new hard drive - what is the difference in performance between the new installation of Windows 7 or a clone of old hard drive?

  I get a new hard Hard Drive (SSD).  The new disc is the same size as my existing SATA drive.  I can do either a new

  the installation of Windows 7 or a clone old hard drive?  I would prefer to clone the old hard drive and keep all my settings, etc.   It's empirical data on the performance difference between a new installation of Windows 7 or to continue with the Windows 7 which was 3 or 4 years ago.

  I know the conventional wisdom is that the new installation is faster, but, no matter who actually tested and compared the differences?  I know I'll get better performance of the SSD the SATA drive, but I don't know if it's worth the hassle to do a fresh install and redo all my programs and settings.

  Others that the performance of the SSD you should not see any differences.  If you do, you can always do a clean installation later.

• Paragon/Ghost: Create a bootable clone between the (hard drives of different sizes to)

  I was web-searching options of backup in the last days and want to settle on a solution of freeware Paragon or Ghost (I know that the latter meets the needs, but I wonder if the first can do with relative ease for a beginner). Here's the scenario:

  My current Toshiba Satellite A660 (PSAW3C-047017 model) running Windows 7 Professional 64-bit. The HARD disk is the disk HARD MK6465GSX from Toshiba (http://storage.toshiba.eu/cms/en/hdd/multimedia/product_detail.jsp?productid=341). I bought a small (500GB) Seagate Momentus XT, which has apparently Advanced Format. I guess the Toshiba HDD 512 bytes/sector, because nothing comes up in a search on the web for Advanced Format for this HARD drive.

  I would like the Momentus XT allows you to create a bootable to my Toshiba HDD clone. The Momentus XT will be in a pregnant that will interface to the portable computer via eSATA. After cloning for the Momentus XT, I would replace my Toshiba HDD in the laptop with the Momentus XT due to its superior performance. The Toshiba HDD becomes my HDD auxiliary (in the external case) for the cloning of the weekly. If nothing ever happens to the Momentus XT in the laptop, I can then take the Toshiba HDD out of the enclosure and put it in the laptop. However, this mode of use of the means I have to be able to clone initially Toshiba HDD Momentus XL, then clone in the other direction later.

  I read a lot about needing to be trendy, but not having alignment issues do not image, cloned, or formatted a hard drive before (except obey blindly support), I'm foggy on the understanding. Seagate announced their SmartAlign technology, but there is no corroboration on its effectiveness and no info about HARD drive models have it. Because Windows 7 is described as supporting the AF, I guess that many of the issues identified by SmartAlign are nonissues to me.

  My concern is that if there are other traps due to the corresponding HDD sizes and sectors that could create problems for the cloning process, both the Toshiba HDD for the Momentus XT and vice versa. Consequences (and solutions) I'm trawling for are the inability to create a clone bootable, the completeness and accessibility of the clone and align content makes this performance impact (with the exception of those to avoid due to the use of Windows 7).

  A friend I know that Ghost will properly manage the HARD disk and differences in size of the sector gracefully, avoiding the above consequences. I was wondering if freeware Paragon will handle this scenario as well. Paragon is free, but apart from the functional qualities, I would also consider ease of use in order to take a decision on the two.

  Thanks for any comment on the ability of Paragon freeware to manage this scenario, the comparison of usability of Paragon & Ghost for this scenario, and anything else you think is relevant in the choice between them for my scenario.

  Hello

  > Thanks for any comment on the ability of Paragon freeware to manage this scenario, the comparison of usability of Paragon & Ghost for this scenario, and anything else you think is relevant in the choice between them for my scenario.
  In my opinion, this question should be forwarded to the Paragon supports.
  http://www.Paragon-Software.com/support/
  Check the knowledge base or the forum of the community.

  From my point of view, you must first create a Toshiba Recovery disk.
  In this case, you are always secure you can set the laptop back to factory settings, even if the HARD drive was going to die or the system would begin to run crazy.

  I have used Ghost in the past in order to back up my files. I created an image of my two partitions bootable file and this race smoothly unfortunately cannot say on Paragon or compare both applications.

• need bigger drive

  I have an old IBM Thinkcentre 6075-a5u with a 80 MB drive - wd800jd-08msa1.

  Not knowing much about the different types of readers, I'm trying to exchange this drive for a bigger, as double capacity. Any ideas?

  All current or recent operating systems can handle 500GB without any problem. On an older system, there are advantages to do a clean install of the operating system. There are a lot of guides and tools available on the Web to do this effectively.

• How to clone the current hard drive on the usb flash drive

  Hello, I would like to release our hard drives to the esxi 4.1 servers. Is it possible to clone the hard disk of 8 GB of flash with dd drives? How can I do if possible, that I know how to copy the small player to a larger but more for the little ones. Any help appreciated,

  You want to clone the install esxi on a USB?

  This could be done with dd - but only if the existing esxi does not use more of these 8 GB

• Pass Windows 7 install to bigger drive to a smaller

  I want to spend my Windows 7 install from its current 698 GB drive to a new 160 GB SSD.  What I read I can create a backup and install it in a new disk, but this new drive must be equal to or greater than the old drive.  Is there something I can do to work around this problem?

  Shrink the Windows partition under 160 GB with a program linked below, then you can image (backup) Windows 7 install and move it to the new drive.

  Paragon Partition Manager (free):
  A good program to make general changes to partitions of hard drive while Windows is running. Create, delete, format and resize partitions with this program. It can also defragment, check the integrity of system files and more. The resizing partitions is risky and still save something important before you edit partitions on your hard drive.
  http://www.Paragon-Software.com/home/pm-Express/download.html

  EASEUS Partition Master (free):
  Includes Partition Manager, Disk & Partition copy Wizard and Partition Recovery Wizard for Windows 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit). It allows users to resize/move Partition, drive system extend, copy Disk & Partition, Partition merge, Split Partition, redistribute free space, convert dynamic disk, Partition Recovery and more. The resizing partitions is risky and still save something important before you edit partitions on your hard drive.
  http://www.partition-tool.com/personal.htm

  The image of the installation:

  The two programs are completely free (and there are others available). Both allow you to make a boot disk to start the recovery, and the two programs allow you to divide the multiple DVD backup:

  Represent the Disk Imaging (free):
  http://www.Macrium.com/reflectfree.asp

  Paragon Backup & Recovery Free Edition:
  http://www.Paragon-Software.com/home/DB-Express/download.html

  Please be aware that in the computer imagery of the world does not always work, but your original data should not be adversely affected. You may need to reactivate after moving to the new hard disk.  If you have the recovery of 100MB partition do not forget to include that.

  If the SSD does not start:

  Try to repair the Installation of Windows 7

  1. Insert the DVD of Windows 7 and restart your computer
  2 boot from the DVD.
  3. choose your language and click Next.
  4. click on repair your computer, select the operating system you want to repair.
  5. click on the link to repair list system in the System Recovery Options recovery tools.

  More information and a how to guide:
  http://pcsupport.about.com/od/toolsofthetrade/SS/Windows-7-startup-repair.htm

  If this does not solve it:

  1. Insert the DVD of Windows 7 and restart your computer
  2 boot from the DVD. If you are prompted, press any key to start Windows from the installation disc.
  3. choose your language and click Next.
  4. click on repair your computer, select the operating system you want to repair.
  5. Select command prompt and type the following commands (press ENTER after each one):
   
  Bootrec /fixMBR
  Bootrec /fixBoot
  Bootrec /rebuildBCD

  Note: there is a space before the /.

  Questions about installing Windows 7?
  FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions from Installation Windows 7 & responses

• Hard drive crash upgraded to a bigger drive on windows 7 will not reactivate

  Last week, I got a 420 GB HDD in my PC he couldn't, so I replaced quickly with a larger hard drive reinstalled my Windows & Home Premium which has a 3 license, we're girls on my laptop, the other is on my Dell PC and the last of them was on this PC. I thought I could replace the hard drive and it would be acvtivate off the coast of the specification of the motherboard. I was wrong, and now I have a PC with a windows limited time on this subject. How can I fix this and get my reactive windows?

  Home Premium Family Pack is an 'Upgrade' 3 license version and as such is expected to find a previous version of Windows (XP or Vista) installed. In addition since all 3 licenses when used all re - install requires activation of the phone. You have 2 choices:

  (1) activation of the phone try (according to the instructions below), have your previous version of product key Windows handy before calling.

  (2) re - install the earlier version, and then upgrade to the Premium family edition; still will require the activation of the phone, but it can go much smoother.

  =================================================

  How to activate Windows 7 or Vista manually (activate by phone)
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/950929/en-us

  1) click Start and in the search for box type: slui.exe 4
  (2) press the ENTER"" key.
  (3) select your "country" in the list.
  (4) choose the option "activate phone".
  (5) stay on the phone * do not select/press any option * and wait for a person to help you.
  (6) explain your problem clearly to the support person.
  (7) the person must give you a confirmation ID, copy it down on paper,
  (8) check that the ID is correct in reading the support person.
  (9) to enter the ID number, then click 'Next' to complete the activation process.

  Activation and registration of a Microsoft product
  http://support.Microsoft.com/?kbid=326851
  Windows activation: (888) 571-2048
  (888) 725-1047 or 800-936-5700

  -Product key of letters and numbers-

  Not confused the letter B with the number 8, the letter Q with the letter O.
  the letter G and the number 6.

  A, E, I, O and u are not used.

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  To enable the use of the phone

  1. open Activation of Windows by clicking on the Start button, right click on computer, clicking Properties.
  then by clicking on activate Windows now. ?

  2. click on show me other ways to activate.

  3 type your Windows 7 product key, and then click Next.

  4. click on use the automated telephone and then click Next.
  If you are prompted for an administrator password or a confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.

  5. click on the location nearest you from the drop-down list, and then click Next.

  6. call one of the available phone numbers listed. An automated system will guide you through the activation process.

  7. When prompted, enter the installation ID that is listed on your screen in your phone keypad.

  8 Note the confirmation ID the phone system gives you.

  9. under the terms of step 3, type the confirmation ID in the space provided, click Next, and then follow the instructions.

  10. If the activation is not successful, stay on the line to be transferred to a product activation agent who can help you.

  How to contact a Microsoft Product Activation Center by phone
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/950929

  Microsoft Activation centers worldwide telephone numbers:
  http://www.Microsoft.com/licensing/existing-customers/activation-centers.aspx
  (This site is for activating Volume License, but if you call, they will help you)

  The phone number is not working:
  Microsoft Wordwide contacts: http://www.microsoft.com/worldwide/default.aspx

  Register Windows 7
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/help/register
  Register Windows 7 and you automatically receive a series of three welcome to Windows e-mails
  filled with tips, creative tips and other information to you help get the most out of Windows 7.
  You also get a subscription to the monthly newsletter of Windows Explorer,
  where you will find other tips and tricks, as well as special offers.

  Learn about Activation:
  http://TechNet.Microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff793423.aspx

  J W Stuart: http://www.pagestart.com

• Creating a clone to test the drive to the VM

  I recently installed an application on ESXi 4 with the VSphere client server.  I want to start the virtual machine as a test for a demo of client on your laptop with the VMPlayer.  Is this possible?  It seems that the only option to create a clone is to use VCenter Server, or is there another (easy) method.

  Use VMWare Converter standalone 4.0 and is also free. You will be able to convert back and forth ESXi Server VMs. Using this converter, you will also be able to P2V i.e. convert your physical server into a virtual machine.

• Best installation of the USB driver of practices for non-persistent clones

  Hello

  are there best practices using non-persistent clones and USB driver?

  Client A connects to a linked clone and connects a drive USB flash or something else.

  The installation of the driver is horrible slow on Windows 7:

  • New device found...
  • looking for a driver in driverstore...
  • installing the driver software...

  Tested now and it took more than 8mins.

  After installation, the appliance is ready and can be used. But after disconnecting from the desktop computer updates and each driver installation must be run again at the next connection. We have disabled the Windows updates and specified do not search Windows Update for device driver locations. (Policies-> models-> system administration / Installation of devices-> search order specified for the device driver source locations).

  Clues, why it is so slowly installing drivers and how to prevent the reinstallation of drivers every day

  Thank you and best regards

  Well,.

  We have set. VA was the problem...

  We excluded analyzes the demand for processes drvinst.exe.

  Thank you

• Clonning C:\ Drive only to VM for recovery purposes

  Hi all

  
  I have a Windows 2000 VM server and this server has 3 present different drives, C: D: and E:, we do not have much space left on the data store, and we try to clone the server for Recuperationcapacite. We only need to clone the C:\ to save space on the datasore.

  
  I read on the forum and other links and I noticed that some suggestions are as indicated below:

  
  1 - use the stand-alone converter VMware? What is the best approach?

  
  2-using the vMA according to this link ( http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US & cmd = displayKC & externalId = 1027872 ( )

  
  While I was checking the virtual Center, hence this virtual machine is to be mangaged, I managed to browse the DATA store and browse the files of the virtual machine and I see the C:\ drive, so I was wondering if I could copy this VMDK file and spent in the top folder (which she is the data store level where you can see all VMs records) ,

  
  It would be the same as these two methods or better and easier?

  
  Also would it work if I create new windows 2000 Server and use the clone disk as its drive?

  
  What is the best and simplest way to clone drive c:\ of VM that will work 100% is also taken from the server was necessary?

  Thank you for your time and effort

  esxlinux wrote:

  Hi all

  I have a Windows 2000 VM server and this server has 3 present different drives, C: D: and E:, we do not have much space left on the data store, and we try to clone the server for Recuperationcapacite. We only need to clone the C:\ to save space on the datasore.

  I read on the forum and other links and I noticed that some suggestions are as indicated below:

  1 - use the stand-alone converter VMware? What is the best approach?

  2 - using the vMA according to this link ( http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1027872 )

  While I was checking the virtual Center, hence this virtual machine is to be mangaged, I managed to browse the DATA store and browse the files of the virtual machine and I see the C:\ drive, so I was wondering if I could copy this VMDK file and spent in the top folder (which she is the data store level where you can see all VMs records) ,

  It would be the same as these two methods or better and easier?

  Also would it work if I create new windows 2000 Server and use the clone disk as its drive?

  What is the best and simplest way to clone drive c:\ of VM that will work 100% is also taken from the server was necessary?

  Thank you for your time and effort

  Hi the easiest way is copy & paste, then can use clone, it will ask you moved or copied at restore time if you used an option copy & paste.

  Yours,

  Satya

• (Redirected) An Inspirion N5110 will be able to boot from a clone of the external hard drive?

  Have the BIOS the USB one priority value.  Can't seem to get a clone of the external drive.

  DumbCluck

  As you have a laptop, better make this laptop in the computer Forum post here:

  http://en.community.Dell.com/support-forums/laptop/default.aspx

  Bev.

• Qosmio G20: How to replace a HARD drive

  I would like to replace the second HDD with a bigger and use the one replaced as a clone backup of my system drive.

  Just did the cloning and want to insert the clone as 1 HARD drive for testing purposes, but I don't know how to do really what.
  Where the hard drives and how to open the laptop, but how to remove and insert are described in the manual?

  There is a flap/bracelet plastic (sorry no native speaker) that looks like you have to shoot.
  Tried a bit of pull up, but I dare not.

  Would be nice, if someone has already done this and could explain it to me.

  Hello

  Since the disk HARD in the computer is connected to a special connector, Don t you need not worry. Simply, enter it gently and swap the drives, nothing great will happen.

  Just trust yourself and shoot the thing, it will go with just a little resistance, but he died.

  Welcome them