On 4/3/2015 7:34 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
SyncBack does not do cloning. For a free cloning app I recommend (as, thank you, someone did here recently) Reflect
from Macrium. You can find it here: <http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.aspx>
I have a another commercial application which is far more powerful than Macrium free edition but I've never needed the
power (and complexity). Macrium free does all that's needed if you simply want a complete clone of a drive. Fast and
efficient and very easy to use in comparison to my other tool.
Yup, yup. That may have been me recommending it. I'd looked at several and tried at least one other extensively,
Paragon, which had a confusing interface and didn't let me specify partition sizes properly without a fight.
Unless I build it and install the OS myself, my computers seem always to have a couple of extra little partitions, for
recovery or some such. When cloning to a larger drive, Paragon (and I seem to remember another app) wants to scale all
partitions up proportionately.
Macrim Reflect Free allowed me to easily keep those partitions their old size,
and was just generally easier to use.
I've never had occasion to use a close 'cause the original failed. I have, however, cloned a drive with many, many hours
on it onto a little used HD and swapped, retaining the older HD as back-up. That worked flawlessly.
I also cloned the mechanical HD on my netbook+ to a larger SSD. I did have trouble with that at first, but it turned out
not to be Reflect's fault. I needed another Intel driver, which was pretty easy to figure out with a web search. I guess
older hardware needed additional smarts, and all has been flawless since. The SSD hasn't really sped things up all that
much, still limited by the existing SATA hardware that doesn't take advantage of its higher speed interface. But it has
lengthened battery life and sped up access when the HD would have been spun down to save power.
Back Up Moose
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