Cloning Windows® 7 and 8 with Logicube® Duplicators
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1. Cloning Windows 7 and 8 with Logicube Duplicators Logicube Inc Chatsworth CA 91311 USA Phone 818 700 8488 Fax 818 700 8466 Version 2 0 WIN7WIN8 GUIDE Date 02 13 Windows 7 and 8 Cloning Guidelines 7 Table of Contents CLONING WINDOWS 7 AND 8 WITH LOGICUBE DUPLICATORS TABLE OF CONTENTS nace nananana nananana nananana 28909052855 ll 1 OVERVIEW E 3 MOTO CU cuo LRIURE E 3 2 SCENARIOS 4 4 Scenario 1 Master and Target drives are the same size and the partitioning scheme is 4 Scenario 2 Master and Target drives are the same size and the partitioning scheme is 4 Scenario 3 When the Target drive is larger than the Master drive and the partitioning scheme is 5 Scenario 4 Target drives are smaller than the Master 5 3 REFERENCE 7 Introduction oso oce et 7 Partitioning Scheme Sasiain anina iaae a 7 Menem 7 Mirror Copy 2 7 Clever Copy Mode nct a aiai 8 Selective Mode caeno e ad einen ee etas entes aa a ee ERR ERR nga 8 Master Manager 0 18 8 4 T2. The older and currently more common partitioning scheme GPT GUID Partition Table A newer and at this time less common partitioning scheme Cloning Modes Different cloning modes are available on each of the Logicube products listed above Mirror Copy Mode All of the Logicube products listed above have the Mirror Copy mode and will support the cloning of Windows 7 and Windows 8 using this mode Mirror Copy mode performs a bit by bit copy of the Master drive producing an exact copy of that drive Please refer to the respective User s Manual of your Logicube device for complete instructions on how to use this cloning mode Windows 7 and 8 Cloning Guidelines 7 Clever Copy Mode Clever Copy mode may work with the MBR partitioning scheme The GPT partitioning scheme is only supported with the ZClone Clever Copy mode copies only the sectors with data from the Master drive The Target drives must be the same size specifically they must have the same number of available sectors as the Master drive The OmniSAS does not support Windows 7 or 8 via Clever Copy Also the Master drive must contain no more than 3 partitions NOTE Due to the various numbers of ways a Windows 7 or Windows 8 drive can created there are times when Clever Copy will not work even if the drives are the same model and the Master drive has 3 or less partitions In these cases Selective mode is recommended Mirror mode is always available a
3. ECHNICAL SUPPORT INFORMATION eren 9 Introduction Here is a brief overview on how to clone both Windows 7 and Windows 8 The first chart 1 Overview is for Master drives with the MBR partitioning scheme maximum capacity is 2TB The second chart is for Master drives with the GPT partitioning scheme The following chart is for Windows 7 and 8 with the MBR partitioning scheme Mirror Copy Mode Minimum Software Requirement Clever Copy Mode Only OS partition can be Selective Mode ZClone 1 05 P03 05 Yes expanded N A Same size drives and SuperSonix 1 83RC28 Yes only up to 3 partitions Up to 3 partitions Same size drives and OmniClone Xi 1 7RC55 Yes only up to 3 partitions Up to 3 partitions OmniSAS 4 08 Yes No No Same size drives and Echo Plus 2 5 Yes only up to 3 partitions N A Fig 1 Support chart for MBR partitioning scheme for Windows 7 8 The following chart is for Windows 7 and 8 with the GPT partitioning scheme Minimum Software Requirement Mirror Copy Mode Clever Copy Mode Selective Mode Only OS partition can be ZClone 1 05 P03 05 Yes expanded N A SuperSonix 1 83RC28 Yes No No OmniClone Xi 1 7RC55 Yes No No OmniSAS 4 08 Yes No No Echo Plus 2 5 Yes No N A Fig 2 Support chart for GPT partitioning scheme for Windows 7 and 8 Windows 7 and 8 Cloning Guidelines 2 Scenarios Introduc
4. e to a Target drive that is smaller in capacity than the Master drive the partitions on the Master drive need to be adjusted to be no more than the same size of the Target drives Windows 7 and 8 Cloning Guidelines 5 Windows 7 has a built in partition utility that can shrink volumes or partitions For more information on how to shrink volumes you can search the Internet for technet shrink volume Although there are several ways of shrinking a partition or volume we recommend using Microsoft s recommended method At this time Microsoft does not have a recommended way of shrinking a volume in Windows 8 Once the partitions have been adjusted to fit the Target drive you can use the same steps found in Scenario 1 or 2 and use either Clever Copy mode Selective mode or Mirror mode based on the scenario NOTE The capacity of a hard drive may be smaller than the capacity on the label For example the typical capacity of a 500 GB hard drive is 465 GB Windows 7 and 8 Cloning Guidelines 3 Reference Introduction This document provides guidelines on how drives with Windows 7 or Windows 8 can be cloned using Logicube disk drive duplicators The following products are covered in this article e Echo Plus SuperSonix OmniClone 2Xi 5Xi and 10Xi OmniSAS ZClone Partitioning Schemes There are two common partitioning schemes currently being used for Windows 7 and Windows 8 MBR and GPT MBR Master Boot Record
5. oning scheme is MBR e For the SuperSonix and OmniClone Xi with the NTFS Clever Copy option installed use Selective mode Please refer to the respective User s Manual of your Logicube device for complete instructions on how to use this cloning method The Logicube unit will report two or more partitions They should be cloned as follows a For all Recovery Boot Hidden Utility or Restore partitions Set the partition cloning mode to Mirror b For the Operating System partition Set the partition cloning mode to Clever Copy e The ZClone does not have Selective mode Clever mode can be used Set any Recovery Boot Hidden Utility or Restore partition to 0 and set the Operating System partition to 100 e The OmniSAS may work with Windows 7 For Windows 7 set all Recovery Boot Hidden utility or Restore partitions to Mirror mode Set the Operating System partition to Clever Copy For Windows 8 and the OmniSAS Mirror mode must be used e The Echo Plus does not have Selective mode Mirror mode must be used in this scenario Note 1 If the Master drive has the MBR partition scheme and has more than 3 partitions use Mirror Copy mode except on the ZClone where Clever Copy mode can be used Note 2 If the Master drive has the GPT partition scheme use Mirror Copy mode except on the ZClone where Clever Copy mode can be used Scenario 4 Target drives are smaller than the Master drive When attempting to clon
6. s a way to clone these drives Selective Mode Selective mode is available on the OmniClone Xi an additional option the SuperSonix and the OmniSAS Selective mode allows you to specify how each partition is going to be copied You can have one partition be copied using Mirror Copy mode while another partition using Clever Copy mode For more information on how Selective mode works please refer to the respective User s Manual of your Logicube device for complete instructions on how to use this cloning mode NOTE When using Selective mode Mirror Copy must be selected for any Recovery Boot Hidden Utility or Restore partitions For Operating System partitions Clever Copy or Mirror Copy can be used Master Manager Mode At this time drives with the Windows 7 and Windows 8 Operating Systems are not supported in the Master Manager mode Windows 7 and 8 Cloning Guidelines 4 Technical Support Information For further assistance please contact Logicube Technical Support at 1 818 700 8488 7am 5pm PST M F excluding US legal holidays or by email to techsupport logicube com Windows 7 and 8 Cloning Guidelines 9
7. tion The following are examples of what settings can be tried when Clever Copy mode does not work or if Selective Mode needs to be used Due to the various numbers of ways a Windows 7 or Windows 8 drive can created there are times when the examples in this section will not work For all scenarios Mirror mode is always available as a way to clone these drives Scenario 1 Master and Target drives are the same size and the partitioning scheme is MBR Use Clever Copy mode first If the Target drive does not boot try Selective mode if available Otherwise use Mirror mode Selective Mode is available on the SuperSonix and OmniClone Xi with the NTFS Clever Copy option installed For the ZClone set any Recovery Boot Hidden Utility or Restore partition to 0 and set the Operating System partition to 100 Please refer to the Cloning Modes section of the respective User s Manual of your Logicube device for complete instructions on using Clever Copy or Selective mode Note If the Master drive has the MBR partition scheme and has more than 3 partitions use Mirror Copy mode except on the ZClone where Clever Copy mode can be used Scenario 2 Master and Target drives are the same size and the partitioning scheme is GPT Use Mirror Copy mode except on the ZClone where Clever Copy mode can be used 4 Windows 7 and 8 Cloning Guidelines Scenario 3 When the Target drive is larger than the Master drive and the partiti
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