Does the cloning software clone all hidden partitiions (such as OEM and recovery partitions) found on the existing hard drive?
789740
yes it did for me but when it did it made my recovery just big enough for the files on it and windows kept giving me error messages that recovery was out of space. So I used " paragon partition manager 2013 free " to expand my "factory_image (f:)" drive. No problems after that. Im not the greatest but I was able to figure this out just by trial and error. You might even have better luck. Hope this answers our question. Feel free to comment back.
789741
yes you can choose to clone a partition or the complete drive as far as i remember both options were valid , i chose to copy a partition not the drive it self.
789742
I can only provide a limited answer to the question. In my case it "adopted" the partitions I had even though I did not want the recovery partition since I do not feel I need it since I back up with a hard drive and and have mirror image on large thumb drives and 120 Gigs is not that much. My suggestion is you call the Kingston support technician. When I called there was no wait, and the technician spoke clear English, seem well-informed, was patient and courteous (a real "Eagle Scout" of phone IT technicians)
789743
The recovery partition was squeezed to accomodate the recovery software. Not sure about hidden partitions.
556788
Yes. I found out just the other day. You need to format the Target Drive before duplication. I did mine, took forever but, No Errors !
1211444
No, use your manufacture drive tool , third party software or simply reformat existing drive
1459477
I haven't actually tried the cloning feature - some of the other reviewers suggested that there were issues. I would typically use cloning sofware.
1551810
Yes, when I cloned my old drive to the new one everything was exactly as it was on the original and everything worked fine.I did have to clone each partition separately because my system had a recovery partition which will not copy correctly if you clone the whole drive. I used sector by sector for the recovery partition and regular clone for the main OS partition and all worked.
325784
Technically, yes, you can clone the source drive to a larger destination disk, but depending on the software you are using there is a chance you'd have issues using more space than was originally available on the source drive. There are tools and software (you were not OS specific, so I'll not call anything out) out there that can expand after the clone to take more available space, and there are disk tools that can address this, but be aware of the possible outcomes.
1190512
It mirrored the other drive exactly. You should only be concerned if the new drive is smaller than the drive you are cloning.
2235305
You'd be better off just installing a clean operating system. I did not try cloning. I wanted to leave behind any unwanted unknowns. Just save your stuff to a flash drive DVD or external HHD and put it back when operating system is installed.
535701
No, the new hard drive has to equal or larger size than the original if you are going to clone without computer. However, there is a way to clone partitions from the old drive to the new one if you use the free Home edition of Mini Tool Partion Wizard 9.0. Hook up the new drive to Port A and connect the included USB cable from this device to the computer that has the drive that you to clone. Do some research on web on "how to" so you don't mess up your original drive! GOOD LUCK on tinkering with it.
888980
Yes, you can MAKE a bootable CD, but for cloning only, why would you want to? If you only want to clone a hard drive, rather pay for a backup program, you can just get a cloning program. Also, if you ever want to replace one or more files, it is much easier and faster to restore those only from a backup set.
2112568
Yes, but not with the software since it is only for cloning an hdd. When you connect the drive to your pc with the cable provided you can easily access all the info or wipe it
536644
You will also need the cable to clone the new drive before you install it. Kit also has cloning software if you don't have it
2181340
I hadn't tried the provided software(i don't know which one was provided) as i had used OSXs Disk utility to clone/restore that. Hope that helps.
1773043
Mine didn't have either. Free software is available to clone drives but you'll need an additional SATA cable and available SATA power connection to connect the drive.
1972178
No it does not, but if you goto the seagate website you can download the data transfer program from their website to clone your old drive to this drive. Just get an external enclosure(they are very cheap, 8 dollars) download the software, hook up the drive, run the program and go from there. The cloning software is free as long as you use a seagate hard drive.
2239694
You need to load the registry hive of the cloned drive and edit that is what I meant. You have to swap the drive letters for the original drive and the cloned drive.
827173
After cloning (duplicating) an existing hard drive onto a new one with the hard drive duplicator, the new drive when installed in the original PC will boot up the operating system, identically to the original hard drive. After duplicating, the new hard drive is an exact duplicate of the original, and will work the same in every way. The software, and all data is all the same and will work the same in the PC as the original hard drive does.