Windows 10: Windows 10 Restore question?

Go here then if you're worried, it's only the installer you're downloading not the full programme. 3.4MB http://filehippo.com/download_macrium_reflect/

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Update: Instead of trying to clone my HD to the Seagate 2 TB drives, I cloned it with no problems to a Seagate "Free Agent 500 GB" external HD. The Macrium software worked super so far. Apparently the sectors are different on the Free Agent but acceptable.

Don G

 

Well a non-destructive partition resize (esp. enlarging one) is not something I would have expected to kill an OS. But to be fair on another system I got startup repair triggered earlier today after just using the standard windows defrag to trim an SSD, so for all I know MS may well be more to blame for the former than MiniTool. MS definitely has a few bugs to work out, and in the meantime it's more important than ever to have a system backup so this thread's quite apt!

 

http://www.ghacks.net/2015/06/19/mac...-verification/

Afer taking a look at the webpage URL above - I will be checking it out, as I really like the idea of differential backup and auto verification. GHACKS.net has some good info about it... all be safe and thanks. Cliff M.

 

Mark: I always appreciate you halp. Whee is info on being a VIP MEMBER//// Thanks Cliff M.

 

I would be interested if anyone else has had trouble cloning an internal HD to a Seagate Back-up Plus external HD? I can't help but feel like I didn't do something right while attempting to accomplish a simple task.

Don G

 

Cliff - this and more is covered here: Reputation and Badges

 

tks, and I had no idea before seeing this and reading some of it.. now I need to read a lot more. I have really had some good help and assisstance from many of the users here.

be safe and thanks.. Cliff M.

 

Word Man, Thanks for all your help to me and answering all my questions. be safe and thanks. Cliff M.

 

I'm happy to do so, Cliff. I'm enjoying learning myself.

 

Don, did you use the "clone" option or the "image" option?
There is a big difference. A "clone" makes an exact copy of a disk so the new disk can be use as a replacement. An "image" is a compressed copy of you system, saved as a file and can be used to restore a disk or move to a new disk.

Jim *Cool

 

I did dowload te FREE - 30-day Trial Macrium Reflect program last night and will be taking a good look at the documentation today, and checking it out during this 30 trial period. I wonder if there are any other backup programs available which could make a Windows Ten USB save - that would be bootable in case of a serious "no boot" Problem.
Thanks... Cliff M.

 

Many. One example, which I have experience with, is Image for Windows/Linux/DOS (license includes all three) from Terabyte Unlimited - every bit as reliable as Macrium Reflect. Many other examples I won't mention but I'm sure there are forum members who have experience with the others and maybe they'll chime in.

Note that the 30 day trial of Macrium Reflect is meant to give you same functionality as paid version for 30 days whereas the FREE version has plenty of but not ALL of the functionality that the paid/30-day trial version does. If you don't pay up at the end of 30-day trial, I expect (but don't know firsthand) the trial version reverts to free version functionality. In any event, the free version can do ALOT for a free version.

 

Hello dgreen,

I never tryed a hard drive clooning,
Maybe one hard drive is using 512K sectors, and other one 4096K,
Or a thing with controller inside the external bay...

I won't speack much, it's just things i read, days ago when i wanted myself to use:

Clonezilla, for future usage.

It's not possible for most tools or maybe all of them to clone 512k sectors to 4096k sectors.
I mean, if you read doc, from clonezilla, or other partition managers, they say the same thing.

There is maybe a tool doing proper cloning with different sector size,
HD clone 5 from Miray.

If reading informations from the main page:

They claim:
For over 30 years, 512 Bytes have been the one-and-only standard sector size for any PC mass storage media. Now modern drives in "Advanced Format" can have different sector sizes (512, 512e, 1Kn, and 4Kn). HDClone allows you to create clones and file images between disks with different sector formats and converts NTFS and FAT file systems automatically.