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how do I clone a Win 7 drive? - mrbigstuff - 10-07-2013
can do it with an external, or use an internal drive that I have laying about. I've not researched this at all, so I'm asking on that basis to give me an idea of where to look for SW and direction. tx.
Re: how do I clone a Win 7 drive? - Filliam H. Muffman - 10-07-2013
Is it an OEM drive? What brand, product, and model? What version of Win7? OEM can be a lot more complicated due to special partitions. I was using a Win8 Lenovo that has 4 freaking tiny partitions and would not let me swap a drive in and install Win7 or Server 2008R2 because the BIOS needs special partitions before it would even boot to the BIOS screen. :banghead:
Re: how do I clone a Win 7 drive? - mrbigstuff - 10-07-2013
it is an OEM Dell drive (SSD), Samsung manufacturer.
Re: how do I clone a Win 7 drive? - decay - 10-07-2013
do you want to use a Mac application, or a bootable CD/DVD?
WinClone Pro from Two Canoes (for Mac)
Clonezilla (open source CD/DVD)
http://clonezilla.org/
Re: how do I clone a Win 7 drive? - mrbigstuff - 10-07-2013
this is on a Win 7 machine, and not a hackintosh (sadly).
waitaminnit: do you mean to imply that I could remove the drive and use my MBP to clone this?
Re: how do I clone a Win 7 drive? - decay - 10-07-2013
we have used Winclone Pro to image Windows drives onto Macs for Boot Camp.
http://twocanoes.com/winclone/
Re: how do I clone a Win 7 drive? - NewtonMP2100 - 10-07-2013
genetic manipulation.....???
Re: how do I clone a Win 7 drive? - onthedownlow - 10-07-2013
See my reply here: http://forums.macresource.com/read.php?1,1623866,1623932#msg-1623932