Comments on: How to Clone Drives and Partitions with Clonezilla http://maketecheasier.com/clone-drives-and-partitions-with-clonezilla/2010/01/28 Uncomplicating the complicated, making life easier Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:45:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anonymous http://maketecheasier.com/clone-drives-and-partitions-with-clonezilla/2010/01/28#comment-28524 Anonymous Tue, 08 Nov 2011 16:07:00 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=11446#comment-28524 Disk-To-Disk should work fine.   Disk-To-Disk should work fine.  

]]> By: Brsabini http://maketecheasier.com/clone-drives-and-partitions-with-clonezilla/2010/01/28#comment-28523 Brsabini Tue, 08 Nov 2011 15:34:00 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=11446#comment-28523 multiple partitions ? I have a bootable usb flashdisk with two partitions : Dos and Linux ext2. I use Grub4Dos to select booting between the two partitions. Can Clonezilla clone this usb flashdisk ? multiple partitions ?
I have a bootable usb flashdisk with two partitions : Dos and Linux ext2. I use Grub4Dos to select booting between the two partitions.

Can Clonezilla clone this usb flashdisk ?

]]> By: Anonymous http://maketecheasier.com/clone-drives-and-partitions-with-clonezilla/2010/01/28#comment-28467 Anonymous Tue, 01 Nov 2011 18:18:00 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=11446#comment-28467 Almost.   Unless CloneZilla has changed since this was written (which is certainly possible, it's been almost two years) you may end up with a 34g partition on the new drive, the rest as empty space. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, as I generally recommend having a secondary media partition for things like music and movies anyway.  That way you can wipe the Windows partition any time without losing your media or having to back it up separately.    So if you do disk-to-disk clone, you'l likely end up with a 34g Windows partition and the rest as empty space which can be partitioned any way you see fit.   I'll just pretend I didn't see the "Pirated" part.  =P Almost.  

Unless CloneZilla has changed since this was written (which is certainly possible, it’s been almost two years) you may end up with a 34g partition on the new drive, the rest as empty space.

This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, as I generally recommend having a secondary media partition for things like music and movies anyway.  That way you can wipe the Windows partition any time without losing your media or having to back it up separately.   

So if you do disk-to-disk clone, you’l likely end up with a 34g Windows partition and the rest as empty space which can be partitioned any way you see fit.  

I’ll just pretend I didn’t see the “Pirated” part.  =P

]]> By: newbie at this stuff http://maketecheasier.com/clone-drives-and-partitions-with-clonezilla/2010/01/28#comment-28466 newbie at this stuff Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:14:00 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=11446#comment-28466 wait, let me get this straight. I want to upgrade my laptop from 34 gig HD to a 120 gig HD. so I need to download clonezilla onto a USB stick, launch it, connect an external hard drive, and following the steps above, it will clone not only the Win 7 OS ( Pirated Ultimate version) and the laptop drivers, but all the program files as well I.E. MS office 07, itunes, all documents, powerpoints, ect. then I can take out the internal HD and replace it with the bigger one, plug the USB and the external hard drive back in, press the power button, and clonzilla will do its thing putomaticly. wait, let me get this straight. I want to upgrade my laptop from 34 gig HD to a 120 gig HD. so I need to download clonezilla onto a USB stick, launch it, connect an external hard drive, and following the steps above, it will clone not only the Win 7 OS ( Pirated Ultimate version) and the laptop drivers, but all the program files as well I.E. MS office 07, itunes, all documents, powerpoints, ect. then I can take out the internal HD and replace it with the bigger one, plug the USB and the external hard drive back in, press the power button, and clonzilla will do its thing putomaticly.

]]> By: Na http://maketecheasier.com/clone-drives-and-partitions-with-clonezilla/2010/01/28#comment-28120 Na Fri, 30 Sep 2011 13:25:00 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=11446#comment-28120 thanks this helped me copy a failing HD to new one (same size different manufacture hd) and it worked like a charm.  i first tried to clone using dd but i couldnt get it to work then clonezilla worked great.  system booted up just like on old drive.  saved me hours of work redoing the server. thanks this helped me copy a failing HD to new one (same size different manufacture hd) and it worked like a charm.  i first tried to clone using dd but i couldnt get it to work then clonezilla worked great.  system booted up just like on old drive.  saved me hours of work redoing the server.

]]> By: Anonymous http://maketecheasier.com/clone-drives-and-partitions-with-clonezilla/2010/01/28#comment-28024 Anonymous Mon, 19 Sep 2011 20:04:00 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=11446#comment-28024 Sorry, I haven't done much testing with multiple partitions in a single image file.  What type of filesystem is it? Or are they different in the different partitions? Sorry, I haven’t done much testing with multiple partitions in a single image file.  What type of filesystem is it? Or are they different in the different partitions?

]]> By: Matta Fixed http://maketecheasier.com/clone-drives-and-partitions-with-clonezilla/2010/01/28#comment-28001 Matta Fixed Fri, 16 Sep 2011 17:19:00 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=11446#comment-28001 I read CloneZilla can NOT restore/re-create the partitions from an image file with more than one partition. I have an image file, with 4 partitions, and it fails to restore to a new HDD, "Unable to find target partition...." How can I recreate the partitions on the new disk, from the image files?? Any help is greatly appreciated!!! Thnx I read CloneZilla can NOT restore/re-create the partitions from an image file with more than one partition.

I have an image file, with 4 partitions, and it fails to restore to a new HDD, “Unable to find target partition….”

How can I recreate the partitions on the new disk, from the image files??

Any help is greatly appreciated!!! Thnx

]]> By: Anonymous http://maketecheasier.com/clone-drives-and-partitions-with-clonezilla/2010/01/28#comment-26932 Anonymous Fri, 03 Jun 2011 19:28:00 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=11446#comment-26932 Sounds like you've done everything right.  Disk-to-disk with identical drives should give you no hassle at all.  Sorry but I'm not sure I've got much to offer for help on this one.   Sounds like you’ve done everything right.  Disk-to-disk with identical drives should give you no hassle at all.  Sorry but I’m not sure I’ve got much to offer for help on this one.  

]]> By: Durus http://maketecheasier.com/clone-drives-and-partitions-with-clonezilla/2010/01/28#comment-26931 Durus Fri, 03 Jun 2011 19:23:00 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=11446#comment-26931 Both disks are Samsung HD080HJ 80GB from the same batch of Dell Optiplex GX520. Both disks are Samsung HD080HJ 80GB from the same batch of Dell Optiplex GX520.

]]> By: Anonymous http://maketecheasier.com/clone-drives-and-partitions-with-clonezilla/2010/01/28#comment-26930 Anonymous Fri, 03 Jun 2011 18:33:00 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=11446#comment-26930 How similar are the disks you're working with?  I should think it would be fine as long as the capacity is acceptable but it may give a clue.   How similar are the disks you’re working with?  I should think it would be fine as long as the capacity is acceptable but it may give a clue.  

]]> By: Anonymous http://maketecheasier.com/clone-drives-and-partitions-with-clonezilla/2010/01/28#comment-26929 Anonymous Fri, 03 Jun 2011 18:10:00 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=11446#comment-26929 What am I missing? Attempt to do a disk to disk clone following the steps available in this article or here... http://www.clonezilla.org/show-live-doc-content.php?topic=clonezilla-live/doc/03_Disk_to_disk_clone ... but the target disk received no data, won't boot. I even did a base install of windows xp on target disk, then attempted to do a disk to disk clone of a fully configured Windows XP disk, upon reboot of target disk the base install of windows xp was asking for further configuration to continue installing windows. CloneZilla stated the disk was cloned from the source and reported no errors. What am I missing? Attempt to do a disk to disk clone following the steps available in this article or here… http://www.clonezilla.org/show-live-doc-content.php?topic=clonezilla-live/doc/03_Disk_to_disk_clone … but the target disk received no data, won’t boot. I even did a base install of windows xp on target disk, then attempted to do a disk to disk clone of a fully configured Windows XP disk, upon reboot of target disk the base install of windows xp was asking for further configuration to continue installing windows. CloneZilla stated the disk was cloned from the source and reported no errors.

]]> By: Paul Braget http://maketecheasier.com/clone-drives-and-partitions-with-clonezilla/2010/01/28#comment-26428 Paul Braget Mon, 04 Apr 2011 06:09:00 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=11446#comment-26428 i clone a 73 gig hard drive with four primaries on it. When I restored this clone to a new 320 gig hard drive. The results gave me an exact copy and it also reduced the size of the 320 to 73 gigs. Is there a way to solve this. I was able to return the drive, they had the equipment to format it back. I didn't and it was a mess on the phone. So how do I clone a smaller size disk to a larger disk without reducing the size of the new drive. this could be costly and embarassing to a tech when explaining it to a customer i clone a 73 gig hard drive with four primaries on it.
When I restored this clone to a new 320 gig hard drive. The results gave me an exact copy and
it also reduced the size of the 320 to 73 gigs. Is there a way to solve this. I was able to return the
drive, they had the equipment to format it back. I didn’t and it was a mess on the phone.
So how do I clone a smaller size disk to a larger disk without reducing the size of the new drive. this could be costly and embarassing to a tech when explaining it to a customer

]]> By: Anonymous http://maketecheasier.com/clone-drives-and-partitions-with-clonezilla/2010/01/28#comment-26380 Anonymous Tue, 29 Mar 2011 17:12:00 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=11446#comment-26380 Clonezilla has updated a bit since this was written, and I'm afraid I've never tested it with Apple images at all. I have however cloned multiple logical partitions into a single disk image using Clonezilla, so as far as I know, the answer to both your questions is "yes". Clonezilla has updated a bit since this was written, and I’m afraid I’ve never tested it with Apple images at all.

I have however cloned multiple logical partitions into a single disk image using Clonezilla, so as far as I know, the answer to both your questions is “yes”.

]]> By: OZMacAce http://maketecheasier.com/clone-drives-and-partitions-with-clonezilla/2010/01/28#comment-26379 OZMacAce Tue, 29 Mar 2011 08:08:00 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=11446#comment-26379 Great review on a much appreciated utility. Is there a maximum-amount of partitions that Clonezilla will clone? ie. I have a 320GB HDD with ±28 partitions which I use for work (ACMT) and was wanting to clone entire disk as a backup. Also... can Clonezilla 'image' an HDD with multiple partitions to a single .dmg file (Apple Image) and then restore from same image to create multiple-partitions (aas per source) on new HDD? Great review on a much appreciated utility. Is there a maximum-amount of partitions that Clonezilla will clone? ie. I have a 320GB HDD with ±28 partitions which I use for work (ACMT) and was wanting to clone entire disk as a backup. Also… can Clonezilla ‘image’ an HDD with multiple partitions to a single .dmg file (Apple Image) and then restore from same image to create multiple-partitions (aas per source) on new HDD?

]]> By: Ralph http://maketecheasier.com/clone-drives-and-partitions-with-clonezilla/2010/01/28#comment-25949 Ralph Sat, 12 Feb 2011 17:37:00 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=11446#comment-25949 Very helpful that you included the screenshots! Very helpful that you included the screenshots!

]]> By: Anonymous http://maketecheasier.com/clone-drives-and-partitions-with-clonezilla/2010/01/28#comment-25494 Anonymous Mon, 03 Jan 2011 17:16:00 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=11446#comment-25494 A network drive, such as NFS or Samba share. If I remember correctly, Clonezilla might support SCP as well. A network drive, such as NFS or Samba share. If I remember correctly, Clonezilla might support SCP as well.

]]> By: Austin Owens http://maketecheasier.com/clone-drives-and-partitions-with-clonezilla/2010/01/28#comment-25489 Austin Owens Mon, 03 Jan 2011 08:41:00 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=11446#comment-25489 Oh, why thank you. Out of curiosity, what would then be considered remote? Oh, why thank you. Out of curiosity, what would then be considered remote?

]]> By: Anonymous http://maketecheasier.com/clone-drives-and-partitions-with-clonezilla/2010/01/28#comment-25487 Anonymous Mon, 03 Jan 2011 07:02:00 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=11446#comment-25487 local local

]]> By: Austin Owens http://maketecheasier.com/clone-drives-and-partitions-with-clonezilla/2010/01/28#comment-25486 Austin Owens Mon, 03 Jan 2011 06:50:00 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=11446#comment-25486 Is an external hard drive considered Local or Remote? Is an external hard drive considered Local or Remote?

]]> By: Ykemon http://maketecheasier.com/clone-drives-and-partitions-with-clonezilla/2010/01/28#comment-24492 Ykemon Thu, 23 Sep 2010 16:56:00 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=11446#comment-24492 Eeek! Had a amazing amount of problems running from a usb flash drive with clonezilla. Went to a cd copy much better! But I am still getting a "can't have a partition outside of disk" error. The partition I am copying to is much larger then the imaged partition. I have tried a mess of scenarios to no success. It also states that the image file may be corrupt. Eeek! Had a amazing amount of problems running from a usb flash drive with clonezilla. Went to a cd copy much better! But I am still getting a “can’t have a partition outside of disk” error. The partition I am copying to is much larger then the imaged partition. I have tried a mess of scenarios to no success. It also states that the image file may be corrupt.

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