the 1TB hdd on my i7 iMac is about to fail (I got this error under windows) and I want to _clone _it before that happens. The hdd has 2 partitions: a 900GB partition with OSX and 100GB for Win 7.
I bought a new hdd that is 2TB. I'd like to clone everything in one fly so as to not having to redo the process, after all the hdd can fail at any time. So I'm asking for your help, I don't want to forget an option. What I'd like to know and do is:
-I suppose I need a USB keyboard, I can't use my wireless apple keyboard (?)
-I'd like to NOT create an image and then deploy that image to another hdd, I want a direct clone.
-I'd like to fully use the 2TB of my new hdd, the OSX partition should be 1.8TB while the win 7 partition 200GB. I suppose I can do this using the "-k" option? Won't this cause problems at boot time and at run time?
I know these questions may sound general, I apologize for that. I simply cannot afford to make an error. Hopefully someone can help me.
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"-I suppose I need a USB keyboard, I can't use my wireless apple keyboard (?)" -> That's true.
"-I'd like to NOT create an image and then deploy that image to another hdd, I want a direct clone." -> True.
"I suppose I can do this using the "-k" option?" -> The option "-k1" only works for MBR partition, not GPT. Mac has GPT…
Steven.
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Hello,
the 1TB hdd on my i7 iMac is about to fail (I got this error under windows) and I want to _clone _it before that happens. The hdd has 2 partitions: a 900GB partition with OSX and 100GB for Win 7.
I bought a new hdd that is 2TB. I'd like to clone everything in one fly so as to not having to redo the process, after all the hdd can fail at any time. So I'm asking for your help, I don't want to forget an option. What I'd like to know and do is:
-I suppose I need a USB keyboard, I can't use my wireless apple keyboard (?)
-I'd like to NOT create an image and then deploy that image to another hdd, I want a direct clone.
-I'd like to fully use the 2TB of my new hdd, the OSX partition should be 1.8TB while the win 7 partition 200GB. I suppose I can do this using the "-k" option? Won't this cause problems at boot time and at run time?
I know these questions may sound general, I apologize for that. I simply cannot afford to make an error. Hopefully someone can help me.
Steven gave this as reply to someone who had a similar problem:
Basically yes, but you have to do that: 1. Create the partition table on the destination disk first. The size is as what you have mentioned. 2. Boot Clonezilla live, select "device-device" menu and enter the expert mode: http://clonezilla.org/show-live-doc-content.php?topic=clonezilla-live/doc/03_Disk_to_disk_clone and http://clonezilla.org/clonezilla-live/doc/03_Disk_to_disk_clone/advanced/05-advanced-param.php Remember to check "-r" option, and choose "-k" option. Basically that's all.
Will this work for me? (I will partition in hfs and NTFS of course).
"-I suppose I need a USB keyboard, I can't use my wireless apple keyboard (?)" -> That's true.
"-I'd like to NOT create an image and then deploy that image to another hdd, I want a direct clone." -> True.
"I suppose I can do this using the "-k" option?" -> The option "-k1" only works for MBR partition, not GPT. Mac has GPT…
Steven.