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What kind of Drive did you buy? &nbsp;You may be entitled to a free copy of imaging software.
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What kind of Drive did you buy?  You may be entitled to a free copy of imaging software.

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Hi, Clonzilla is a good solution. We use it as a company. One thing to be aware of for example. If you current drive is 500gb and you clone the drive to a new one which is 1tb, you will only see 500GB on the new drive. <br />
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You will need to go into Device Manager and resize the drive. <br />
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<a href="http://clonezilla.org/screenshots/?in_path=/00_Clonezilla" rel="ugc">http://clonezilla.org/screenshots/?in_path=/00_Clonezilla</a>&nbsp;this is a step by step screen shot of how to use it if you are unfamiliar.
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Hi, Clonzilla is a good solution. We use it as a company. One thing to be aware of for example. If you current drive is 500gb and you clone the drive to a new one which is 1tb, you will only see 500GB on the new drive.

You will need to go into Device Manager and resize the drive.

http://clonezilla.org/screenshots/?in_path=/00_Clonezilla [http://clonezilla.org/screenshots/?in_path=/00_Clonezilla] this is a step by step screen shot of how to use it if you are unfamiliar.

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John,<br />
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Thank you for the quick response. &nbsp;That is what I thought.<br />
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Bufferstop,<br />
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Thank you for the information. &nbsp;It is greatly appreciated.<br />
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Thanks,<br />
Mike
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John,

Thank you for the quick response.  That is what I thought.

Bufferstop,

Thank you for the information.  It is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Mike

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Thanks Mike, and I was happy to help.
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Hello,<br />
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I am using Clonezilla to image a Dell laptop with Windows 7 on it. &nbsp;I am suspicious that the HD may be failing, so I want to image it before it dies. &nbsp;I am going to restore the image to a new/replacement HD on the same system when it arrives. &nbsp;My question is, do I need to run sysprep at all for this scenario?<br />
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Same computer, new HD.<br />
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Thanks,<br />
Mike
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Hello,

I am using Clonezilla to image a Dell laptop with Windows 7 on it.  I am suspicious that the HD may be failing, so I want to image it before it dies.  I am going to restore the image to a new/replacement HD on the same system when it arrives.  My question is, do I need to run sysprep at all for this scenario?

Same computer, new HD.

Thanks,
Mike

HD to HD image, same system

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