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How to Clone Windows Partition
Hi Experts,
I have a harddisk, which has two partitions C & D. C is system partition and D installing applications and MSSQL Database (engine and database files). I have added a new harddisk to computer because C partition doesn't have enough space. I am planning to have a byte to byte clone from partition D to new harddisk. After clone, delete partition D and assign new drive as D.
Now the question is, after this kind of clone, whether applications and MSSQL Database Engine can still work?
Second question, if it works, which software is recommended for byte-to-byte clone?
I have a harddisk, which has two partitions C & D. C is system partition and D installing applications and MSSQL Database (engine and database files). I have added a new harddisk to computer because C partition doesn't have enough space. I am planning to have a byte to byte clone from partition D to new harddisk. After clone, delete partition D and assign new drive as D.
Now the question is, after this kind of clone, whether applications and MSSQL Database Engine can still work?
Second question, if it works, which software is recommended for byte-to-byte clone?
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I will use Acronis to take image of system so if anything is wrong, I can restore the system. The maintenance time window will be 2 days (weekend). The size of partition D is around 150 GB. The new harddisk is 1TB so I think I am not going to worry about the migration again. Do you have any recommended software for byte-to-byte clone?
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I think Arnold has good point. I can backup the whole system and restore two partitions to two new harddisks. In case there is failure, I can simply reinstall the old harddisk to fail back the system.
The approach you outline if followed perfectly could work, but one misstep and you are in a heap of pain.
Do you have an option of setting this up on a separate system with properly allocated resources/storage such that you will not have to go through this process for at least a couple of years?
How long a window do you have to clone data?