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Vas Crabb
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Re: Best way to clone and restore hard drive?
05/02/15 02:08 AM


> You probably could move stuff around and get a second partition on there but it would
> be pain to do.

Yeah, moving stuff and shrinking partitions is somewhat risky. The MS tools can do it under certain circumstances. You can also boot Linux and use gparted to shrink NTFS partitions, but it's definitely "at your own risk" (although it's worked perfectly for me the last few times I've tried it).

> Another way to do it is using the built in backup for window7 and 8.
> http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/back-up-files
>
> In windows 7 it will create a vdi file which is a clone of the drive.

This. It's free and it works.







Entire thread
Subject Posted by Posted on
* Best way to clone and restore hard drive? mike20599 05/01/15 11:15 PM
. * Clonezilla... PokeMAME  05/02/15 03:03 PM
. * Re: Clonezilla... Pi  05/02/15 05:06 PM
. * Re: Clonezilla... Vas Crabb  05/02/15 11:53 PM
. * Re: Best way to clone and restore hard drive? Pi  05/02/15 12:40 PM
. * Re: Best way to clone and restore hard drive? lharms  05/02/15 01:16 AM
. * Re: Best way to clone and restore hard drive? mike20599  05/02/15 02:32 AM
. * Re: Best way to clone and restore hard drive? Vas Crabb  05/02/15 04:10 AM
. * Re: Best way to clone and restore hard drive? lharms  05/02/15 04:36 PM
. * Re: Best way to clone and restore hard drive? Vas Crabb  05/02/15 11:51 PM
. * Re: Best way to clone and restore hard drive? lharms  05/03/15 02:05 AM
. * Re: Best way to clone and restore hard drive? Vas Crabb  05/03/15 03:10 PM
. * Re: Best way to clone and restore hard drive? redk9258  05/03/15 04:47 PM
. * Re: Best way to clone and restore hard drive? redk9258  05/02/15 06:02 PM
. * Re: Best way to clone and restore hard drive? StilettoAdministrator  05/03/15 06:01 PM
. * Re: Best way to clone and restore hard drive? redk9258  05/04/15 01:44 AM
. * Re: Best way to clone and restore hard drive? Vas Crabb  05/02/15 02:08 AM

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