Cloning Qs

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#1

So CB is able to clone (starting from windows 7 ) my active HDD to another HDD mounted in a removable tray?
Will CB auto-verify the created HDD clone?

Is it possible to update the clone, such as casper http://www.fssdev.com.
So no incremental or differential backup would be needed.
That way one always has a fully updated clone at the ready.

Thanks

#2

Hi

Answers below:

Yes

No, auto-verify is not included in this version.

You could run the same operation again, this will overwrite the existing clone.

Thanks

#3

Hi there Emauel

[quote author=Emanuel Sescu link=topic=69327.msg492587#msg492587 date=1297670338]

No, auto-verify is not included in this version.

Will there be an auto-verify option in the future, if yes do you have an ETA?
Until then what is the easiest way of verifying the clone without actually booting the clone?

You could run the same operation again, this will overwrite the existing clone.
Do you have any plans to implement this feature?

Thanks again

#4

Hi

There will be an auto-verify option, but I don’t have an ETA for this.

There is no need to implement this feature.
You can set a schedule for the clone operation, so it will run automatically.

Thanks

#5

Hi

A “new” clone takes about 90 min with my 230 gig HDD, the update 5-10 min.
So it is a lot faster, wouldn’t that be another “selling point”?

best regards
mr

#6

We will take this into consideration for future releases.

Thanks

#7

Hi,

i had just done a Clone backup of my hard-disk 1 (comprising of my Boot/OS drive C and my data drive D) to my external USB portable hard-disk.

But whenever I plug in this USB hard-disk, it goes OFFLINE because it has a signature collision with another disk that is online on my PC. Is this normal ?

(1) How do I make use this Clone backup if it is OFFLINE whenever I plug it into my PC ?

(2) How do I reverse this type of clone disk backup and do a similar disk image backup but using a CBU file backup instead ?

(3) You said that one could run the same operation again, this will overwrite the existing clone.
But if this conflict of the disk signature collision and itself going OFFLINE, how do you run the same operation again on the same USB Hard-Disk ?

Thanks ! ;D

#8

Hi

Answers below:

Yes.

You could change disk signature.
Please check this article: How to Change the Disk Signature of a Drive Without Losing Existing Data or Reformatting (howtohaven.com).

Cloning is not a reversible process.
To backup as a CBU file just choose CBU file (which is default option) in backup step 1 for disk, partitions and mbr.

If you run the same operation again you will have to change disk signature again.

Thanks

#9

Hi,

Thanks for your reply.

I resolved the problem by using Disk Management, highlight the , right click and select to that disk. No need to use Diskpart.

And it worked. It changed the disk signature and I can access the USB Hard-disk now.
I think they have the same disk signature because I had used the CBU to clone the System drive of my PC.

Questions :

  1. If cloning a drive by CBU will have the same disk signature by default, how are we going to use it to restore when the system drive fails ?

  2. Since now my clone drive can be ONLINE now, how am I going to use it to restore my system drive if it ever fails ?

  3. If I want to reverse/restore my USB Hard-disk back to its original condition BEFORE the cloning ? It now has Drive C & D in it. How do I do it ? Do I use FDISK & format or can CBU initialize it for me instead ?

THANKS again.

;D

#10

Hi

You can use clone operation in reverse or just directly boot from the disk (make the correct boot settings in BIOS)

For the OS to start properly the original disk signature must be restored or you can use the OS rescue disk to repair (this will fix the disk signature issue).

Cloning is not a reversible process, original data on USB Hard-disk can’t be restored.
You can repartition the USB Hard disk as it was before in Control Panel → Administrative Tools → Computer Management → Disk Management .

Thanks