Sorry for a bit of a newbie question. I have a system with three identical SSD's (ie same model name, size, etc). I am backing up the disks using Clonezilla but wish to uniquely identify them. When they show up in Clonezilla, I see the three disks with unique names, and there seems to be a kind of a serial number identifier in Clonezilla at the end of the line when selecting the source disk.
I am trying to figure out how this relates to the disk ID's that I can view in Windows in order to identify the correct disk? For example, I can see in Windows when I check the Hard disk "Details" > "Hardware ID's" a set of information but this seems to be the same for all the three disks. If I scroll through all the details provided in the list, I cannot find the tokens that are shown in Clonezilla.
I've tried using wmic but this does not show the actual volume number (eg C:) so I'm struggling to figure out how to correlate a volume label to a drive serial number.
There must be an easy way to check the hardware serial number in Windows (I'm using Win 10)?
Any help please?!
Many thanks,
Brian
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I had the same problem.
In my case I had 2 identical ST1000LM024 disks.
To identify source disk I just run clonezilla without connecting destination disk and after that write down serial string showed by clonezilla for source disk.
After that I connected back destination disk and run clonezilla again and selected correct souce disk.
Good luck!
Last edit: Mr. TQ 2016-01-11
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I am getting ready to do my first device-device clone... from internal HD to another internal HD of the same brand/model and size, hence I found myself in this thread. (I'm comfortable with Clonezilla's device-image mode, having done it many times).
In the Linux Ubuntu system that I work around ANY of these commands ALL get a HD serial number effectively:
I've read tutorials about device-device mode, but am at the disadvantage of never actually seeing it work. I found Mr TQ's low-tech technique interesting, though a little cumbersome.
MY QUESTION: from within the device-device mode steps, how would I utilize command line to query which drive is SOURCE, and which drive is TARGET... and THEN apply that information to the beginner mode steps of disk_to_local_disk > CHOOSE DISK AS SOURCE (the critical, potentially dangerous step)..... I'm trying to conceptualize how it all hangs together. In other words, can I navigate to command line within Clonezilla to enter the above LINUX commands, jot down that critical info, them navigate back to Clonezilla's beginner mode disk_to_local_disk steps?
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This image is from a Clonezilla device-device tutorial where it gets to the step of choosing the SOURCE disk. What are those numbers that appear on the right. Will be something concrete that I can reference? ie; Are those serial numbers on the right in that image?
Nobody have any suggestions? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
My thinking, absent any suggestion, is to start Clonezilla out in device-image mode where I'll be sure to recognize my source disk's swap partition in GB, jot down the numbers in the display (What ARE those numbers on the right anyway??), control-C outta there, then cancel device-image mode.
I could then start the desired device-device mode armed with the jotted down information so I don't need to freak out about the risk of wiping a hard drive, representing years of work.
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There are other virtual console (VC) you can use. Clonezila job is started in VC 1, and you can press "Ctrl-Alt-F2" to enter VC 2, run the command to check which device is source, and which is destination. Then press "Ctrl-Alt-F1" to VC 1.
"What are those numbers that appear on the right. " -> As shown here: https://clonezilla.org/clonezilla-live/doc/03_Disk_to_disk_clone/images/ocs-07-source-disk.png
They are the serial number of the disk. You can check them by the command like:
udevadm info -q env -n /dev/nvme0n1 | grep ID_SERIAL_SHORT
Steven
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Hi all,
Sorry for a bit of a newbie question. I have a system with three identical SSD's (ie same model name, size, etc). I am backing up the disks using Clonezilla but wish to uniquely identify them. When they show up in Clonezilla, I see the three disks with unique names, and there seems to be a kind of a serial number identifier in Clonezilla at the end of the line when selecting the source disk.
I am trying to figure out how this relates to the disk ID's that I can view in Windows in order to identify the correct disk? For example, I can see in Windows when I check the Hard disk "Details" > "Hardware ID's" a set of information but this seems to be the same for all the three disks. If I scroll through all the details provided in the list, I cannot find the tokens that are shown in Clonezilla.
I've tried using wmic but this does not show the actual volume number (eg C:) so I'm struggling to figure out how to correlate a volume label to a drive serial number.
There must be an easy way to check the hardware serial number in Windows (I'm using Win 10)?
Any help please?!
Many thanks,
Brian
Nobody have any suggestions? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
I had the same problem.
In my case I had 2 identical ST1000LM024 disks.
To identify source disk I just run clonezilla without connecting destination disk and after that write down serial string showed by clonezilla for source disk.
After that I connected back destination disk and run clonezilla again and selected correct souce disk.
Good luck!
Last edit: Mr. TQ 2016-01-11
Is this what you are looking for?
http://superuser.com/questions/498083/how-to-get-hard-drive-serial-number-from-command-line/498109
(I am not really a MS windows expert...)
Steven.
I am getting ready to do my first device-device clone... from internal HD to another internal HD of the same brand/model and size, hence I found myself in this thread. (I'm comfortable with Clonezilla's device-image mode, having done it many times).
In the Linux Ubuntu system that I work around ANY of these commands ALL get a HD serial number effectively:
1) udevadm info --query=all --name=/dev/sda | grep ID_SERIAL
2) sudo hdparm -I /dev/sd? | grep 'Serial\ Number'
3) lsblk --nodeps -o name,serial
I've read tutorials about device-device mode, but am at the disadvantage of never actually seeing it work. I found Mr TQ's low-tech technique interesting, though a little cumbersome.
MY QUESTION: from within the device-device mode steps, how would I utilize command line to query which drive is SOURCE, and which drive is TARGET... and THEN apply that information to the beginner mode steps of disk_to_local_disk > CHOOSE DISK AS SOURCE (the critical, potentially dangerous step)..... I'm trying to conceptualize how it all hangs together. In other words, can I navigate to command line within Clonezilla to enter the above LINUX commands, jot down that critical info, them navigate back to Clonezilla's beginner mode disk_to_local_disk steps?
This image is from a Clonezilla device-device tutorial where it gets to the step of choosing the SOURCE disk. What are those numbers that appear on the right. Will be something concrete that I can reference? ie; Are those serial numbers on the right in that image?
My thinking, absent any suggestion, is to start Clonezilla out in device-image mode where I'll be sure to recognize my source disk's swap partition in GB, jot down the numbers in the display (What ARE those numbers on the right anyway??), control-C outta there, then cancel device-image mode.
I could then start the desired device-device mode armed with the jotted down information so I don't need to freak out about the risk of wiping a hard drive, representing years of work.
There are other virtual console (VC) you can use. Clonezila job is started in VC 1, and you can press "Ctrl-Alt-F2" to enter VC 2, run the command to check which device is source, and which is destination. Then press "Ctrl-Alt-F1" to VC 1.
"What are those numbers that appear on the right. " -> As shown here:
https://clonezilla.org/clonezilla-live/doc/03_Disk_to_disk_clone/images/ocs-07-source-disk.png
They are the serial number of the disk. You can check them by the command like:
udevadm info -q env -n /dev/nvme0n1 | grep ID_SERIAL_SHORT
Steven