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HDClone 4.3 User's Manual

1. FE BE SE PE EE USB 3 0 XHCI e Firewire IEEE1394 OHCI e SCSI hard disks o o o e e Copy modes Drive copy e e e e Partition copy o e e e SmartCopy o o e e PartitionSelect o o e e e MultiCopy 4x 8x 16x o o o o e File images Physical images e e e e Logical images Smartlmage o o e e e Compressed images o o e e Password protected images o o e e e Securely encrypted images o o o e e QuickCompress StrongCompress o o o e e RAW images o o o e Dynamic VMDK amp VHD images o o o e e Special modes HotCopy e e e Up sizing NTFS FAT ext2 ext4 e e e e Down sizing NTFS FAT o e e e e Livelmage o e e e SafeRescue mode o e e e Defragmentation NTFS FAT o o e e e Verification mode o o e e Advanced Format 4K conversion o o o e e Command line interface o o o e e FastCopy mode o o o e e Storing a clone report o o o e Copying speed Maximum speed in MB per sec 30 50 60 100 1000 Miray Virtual Disk Virtual volumes o 1 1 7 File image management Persistent virtual disks 12 Introduction FE BE SE PE EE Virtual volumes TrueSpeed Mounting VMDK amp VHD images o o o e License scope Private use e e Professionals corporations o o e Technician license o o o SATA hard disks Have to be connected to a SATA controller supported by HDClone and the controller has to be confi
2. m 71 7 1 1 Error 5002 and Disk error 2 2 71 AS eroas iis Conese O 71 7 2 Keyboard and mouse issus gegessen dae 72 73 General problems eate roten eb rep ede 72 7 331 Slowed down system i accessisse a uras 72 7 3 0 Read write and verification errors 0 00 00 72 FA IDE ATA SATA cooperar ei bts En ke PUE E 73 7 4 4 Hard disk not recognized o u un uunin eruan rru 73 7 4 2 IDE controller not found sss 73 7 4 3 Problems witlDMA isses Rat da REI E 73 LAA BIOS SCUIMGS ossis Pianos aa ia 74 7 4 4 1 Switch to a lower higher UltraDMA mode 75 7 4 4 2 Activate deactivate UltraDMA 75 7 44 3 Deactivate IO caching 0 0 04 75 AAA Set BIOS defaults eee e er ed terreni irs 75 725 SC SI A E EE DUSU 76 TSA RES esas etes e Mada ceed RIA RES quA 76 7 5 2 Deactivate unused controllers 0 0 00 000 76 7 5 3 Deactivate unused drives ilius 77 7 5 4 Minimum configuration of the controller 77 7 5 5 Minimum configuration of the systems 77 7 6 UI Bici ru gui xd x tp HUE ERE AERE teen EN Te 77 7 6 1 Storage device not recognized 0 0 77 7 6 0 Other device problems oooocooccccccccccccccco 78 7 6 3 Controllermot found ci dst arde EE Pede unde 78 1644 SpeedlOss i neci mere ne T pu ed easing tees 78 7 65 Other controller problems
3. u 6 x 8 m Upgrading hard disks amp migrating an OS 13 2 Fields of application HDClone is specialized on creating physical copies Therefore HDClone offers particular advantages for copying resp rescuing defective media 2 2 Data rescue In addition HDClone is able to work independent from partitioning scheme file system and operating system This allows to copy entire operating system installations gt 2 1 Upgrading hard disks amp migrating an OS or to be able to create an exact copy in case of unknown proprietary file systems 2 6 Pro prietary hard disk formats Altogether HDClone covers a wide spectrum of pos sible applications by its universal copying technology In the following you find descriptions of the most common areas of application of HDClone The individ ual chapters contain instructions as well as further advice regarding accomplish ment of the respective application Hint HDClone allows you to copy data arbitrarily between all types of media recognized particularly between different types of drives 2 1 Upgrading hard disks amp migrating an OS Since HDClone works independent of file system formats and operating systems you can use it to migrate entire installations including the installed operating sys tem to another hard disk This is especially useful if you want to migrate an exist ing installation to a new hard disk without having to install the operating system and applications
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5. Activate All drives selectable below the details to see the details of drives which are recognized by HDClone but not supported by your edition gt 1 4 Edition overview 5 7 4 Drive information On the right side of the selection list for the source drive source partition resp the target drive target partition you find a frame containing details on the cur rently selected drive When selecting a partition the data of the corresponding drive is shown here The following information is available Field Description Controller Type IDE SCSI and number 0 15 of the controller Channel De Channel used by the drive primary secondary and vice Connection of the drive master slave resp 0 15 LUN Logical number of the drive 0 255 Name Name of the device as specified by internal drive data Serial number Device serial number as specified by internal drive data Manufacturer Name of the manufacturer as specified by internal drive data Firmware Version of the firmware as specified by internal drive data Supported Drive type supported by the edition used o Note Supported will show Yes if the edition you use supports the se lected drive Otherwise HDClone indicates here from which edition on that drive is supported 5 7 5 Selecting a file image When selecting a file image as source or target gt fig 14 and fig 15 the recognized partitions are listed Parti Gaye ant tions of a certai
6. It of fers the fastest possible access comparable to physical media access This mode will immediately and irrevocably change the RAW image in contrast to normal read write access 8 5 2 Read write access default Therefore you may consider creating a copy of the original RAW image before using direct read write access 88 Miray Virtual Disk o Note This mode can only be applied to RAW images If required you can convert other image types into RAW images 8 6 Converting to RAW image 8 6 Converting to RAW image One main advantage of Smartlmages is the strongly reduced size they require for storing When using Miray Virtual Disk RAW images offer a clearly higher ac cess performance of the virtual drive If required you can convert a Smartlmage to a RAW image via Extra Create RAM image 8 7 Copyto other Image formats Use HDClone to create a copy of a virtual drive into a new image of any format required Full Smart RAW VMDK VHD independent of the original image for mat the virtual drive is based on Especially in cases where an image has been mounted with 8 5 2 Read write access default the changes made on the virtual drive are not stored in the original image In this case you can use such a copy to create a new image of the desired type which will then contain all changes made to the virtual drive m Terms of license 89 9 Miscellaneous 9 1 Terms of license HDClone is designed to
7. 1 User abOEE sedeo duree o Rr sPUe ats ote HERPES 48 5 102 Regular termination 2 4 ssisepepe Re rp erre ines 48 5 10 3 Adjust media parameters 49 5 104 Finaldialog iisssssssssssss errr 50 5 11 Closing the program isisssssssssss sss 51 SITT End dialog serre cel E beak bie ed deeded 51 5 12 Good Bye SCTGer oce rone pepe RI be aude E ssl 51 6 Operating principles eno durchs bey rap ore Fra te er ares 52 6 Table of Contents 6 1 COPyiMBiMOdES x sueisdeiserrixeetefpvRexesTiRe ie pieds 52 GAT BIEGODV sus cesser asada e iaa 52 6 1 2 SmarttCODV sori sasoien e i pa iad pan DENU ED ERE 52 6 1 3 Drive to drive u s ssuusa eerus sss 53 6 1 4 Partition to partition 2 2 00 seen 54 6 1 5 Drive to Partition 0000 2 54 6 1 6 Partition to Drive iiec ciel tabi det dee PR Der epe eds 55 6 27 SizeGifferemcesc naues vos T TE e eosque quA Ret cds 55 6 2 T iEqualsize a cnc torso abonos ibas Mibi 55 6 22 Small tO large zx sorore E re URP DIM qvis 55 6 2 3 Large tossmallcas uoce ad trial pU Ars 56 6 3 Automatic troubleshooting 00 0 00 0020 56 6 3 1 Intensive reading writing l sli 56 6 32 Rede uvas added UE 56 6 3 3 A dle EORR e dut ange BOSE E wa eid 57 6 3 4 MenificatiOll errOIS ones seek seg nance cT EN ceifreiser 57 6 4 Area CODY cssc Ra hu seh RR pE AANDE EEE EEA dea aes 57 6 441 Usage ise A A 57 64 2 FUNCTIONING stuns dai le erre epu rS Peg dd 58
8. 3 2 Removing an image Select one or more file images you want to remove from the image list There are four ways to remove them o Control button Remove o Menu bar File gt Remove image o Context menu Remove image o Hotkey Shift F2 o Note If images or individual partitions you want to remove are still mounted as virtual drives the file image cannot be removed A corre sponding message will appear 8 3 3 Empty image list There are three ways to remove all images from the image list o Menu bar File gt Empty image list o Context menu Empty image list o Hotkey Ctrl Shift F2 o Note If one or more file images to be removed from the image list or individual partitions thereof are still mounted as virtual drives the im age list cannot be emptied 8 3 4 Mounting an image You can mount previously added file images or individual data areas volumes as Windows drives When mounting an image it will be made available as a Win dows disk and will behave just like a physical disk When mounting an entire file image which contains several partitions you obtain several drive letters one for each partition containing a file system Windows is able to access When mount 84 Miray Virtual Disk ing an individual partition you may obtain one drive letter for this partition if Windows supports the file system it contains There are three ways to mount an entire file image or an individual
9. HDClone cannot store file images directly on CD DVD but read file images from there for restoring Insert the CD DVD into the drive before starting HDClone or when the first screen appears Choose Image to Drive or Image to Partition mode and click on Next When selecting the source image the CD DVD drive will appear in the list and you can choose a source images from there o Note When writing an HDClone image to CD or DVD it is required to use an ISO file system Please consider the manual of your CD writing software in this case The CD DVD media has to contain the entire im m Command line interface 63 age So called spanning of the file image is not supported by HDClone But you can choose a file block size matching the capacity of the target medium optimally 5 8 7 Options for source and target 6 8 Defragmentation HDClone can perform a defragmentation for NTFS and FAT file systems during copying On the Options dialog page 5 8 Selecting the options select Defragmentation fig 39 fig 39 Defragmentation Apart from the general advantages of a de fragmentation in particular the acceleration of file accesses and the boot pro cess HDClone offers the special advantage of performing the defragmentation process with only little additional time required Downsizing or defragmenting can also be selected when restoring from file images if it has been created using the options Store downsizing info or St
10. New Hardware Wizard Welcome to the Found New A The software you are installing for this hardware Hardware Wizard Miray Virtual Disk Adapter Windows will search for current and updated software by looking on your computer on the hardware installation CD or on the Windows Update Web site with your permission has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility floret with Windows XP Tell me why this testing is important Continuing your installation of this software may impair or destabilize the correct operation of your system either immediately or in the future Microsoft strongly O Yes this time only recommends that you stop this installation now and Yes now and every time connect a device contact the hardware vendor for software that has O No not this time passed Windows Logo testing Can Windows connect to Windows Update to search for software Click Next to continue Continue Anyway J STOP Installation fig 2 Hardware Installation dialog fig 3 Hardware Wizard dialog 26 Installation Note If you received HDClone on a physical medium you may addition ally use setup exe to install HDClone on Windows A software package in the ZIP file format has to be un zipped first In case you have download ed the setup exe file selfextracting please start it directly 4 2 2 Boot Setup boot media When starting the Boot Setup program Hocione Boot Setup the main wind
11. Note In case your PC does not boot from the HDClone boot medium press F8 F11 or F12 BIOS dependent immediately after turn ing on the PC to enter the boot menu and select the HDClone boot device Or press F2 F10 or Del BIOS dependent to enter BIOS setup and set the required boot device order there m Program screen 31 5 2 2 Windows program Start HDClone from the Windows start menu at Programme HDClone Start HDClone or by starting the executable file hdclone exe from the genuine HDClone medium or directly from your software package 5 2 3 Command line program You may include HDClone in automated workflows like shell scripts or time trig gered tasks For this kind of usage there is a command line version of HDClone hdclone cl exe to be found in the program folder of HDClone It is especially suitable for the following fields of application o Calling it from shell scripts or batch files o Creating a permanent link on the Desktop or in the Start menu o Creating time triggered tasks by calling HDClone through the Task Scheduler This allows to integrate HDClone seamless into existing scripts or batch process es You can also create Desktop links for frequently used cloning configurations to call them easy manually or automatically on demand Usage of hdclone cl exe is described in detail in 6 9 Command line interface 5 3 Program screen Status field gt page Help Operating field Se
12. QuickCompress fig 38 QuickCompress offers a lower compression ratio than Normal compression but in run it requires almost no additional runtime To create back ups quickly while saving some space please choose QuickCompress To maxi mize the amount of saved space please choose StrongCompress which needs more time for its maximum compression StrongCompress When using file images in HDClone there is except file sizes no difference between compressed and uncompressed file images from the user s point of view Creating compressed file images will consume more time than decom pressing file images when restoring Therefore transfer speed when restoring compressed file images is usually faster than creating compressed file images o Note Activating compression usually leads to a lower copying speed since compressing data consumes extra time But in some cases creat ing compressed file images may even lead to a higher copying speed Especially when the medium containing the file image is relatively slow for example slow USB keys mass storage media connected via USB 1 1 or slow network drives and when using QuickCompress 62 Operating principles 6 7 7 Password Protection When creating file images you can protect them with a password option Pass word protection 5 7 5 1 File image as a target HDClone will not restore a file image that is password protected unless the correct password is specified
13. RIED Un RR PS bs 90 9314 Consultancy sesso Rad rl px etr aie 90 9 2 Certificate of authentic x esce con wesw RP ER Ed 90 92 1 Security hologram vicioso e dai od do edet eae 91 9 2 2 Valid product license cies ra 91 9 3 Disclalfrier i cri io al eo ed 91 94 Feedba kesni tenre pee oie bo ee eil cara Eds 92 9 5 SUPPO sce exero poe de E RP A RUPEE iba 92 m Chapter overview 9 1 Introduction Thank you very much for choosing HDClone It is our expressed goal to offer a product that fully meets your requirements and expectations In case of having suggestions or not being satisfied with the software we kindly ask you send your suggestions and criticism to feedback miray de 1 1 Chapter overview 1 Introduction Offers general information about this manual and the program Particularly it contains an overview of the available editions and their abilities 2 Fields of application By supporting physical copies HDClone is suitable for many different areas of application Here you find descriptions and hints for the most common areas of application of the program 3 Supported hardware In this chapter you find a list of supported controllers and media as well as information about which aspects to consider when using certain types of controllers or media 4 Installation For using HDClone you can install it as a normal Windows program and or create a bootable medium This chapter describes how this can be done within
14. SATA SATA II controllers 3 3 1 IDE ATA controllers HDClone supports standard IDE controller ISA and PCI IDE controller These may be internal onboard controllers as well as external PCI ISA adapter cards In case of ISA Standard IDE controllers the first two channels are scanned for hard disks HDClone recognizes available PCI IDE controllers automatically and scans them for connected hard disks tem ISA controllers that are possibly present too will not be taken into account and drives connected to them will not be listed o Note If there are one or more PCI IDE controllers available in the sys HDClone supporting PCI IDE controllers refers to a standardized programming interface which is supported by a large majority of IDE controllers See 3 2 1 Compatibility test about how to check if your PCI controller complies with PCI DE standard 3 3 2 SATA SATA II controllers Precondition for the support of SATA drives is an SATA controller with IDE inter face or an SATA II controller with AHCI interface All popular chipsets from Intel with ICH 5 6 7 incorporate such an IDE compatible SATA controller Regretta bly many other SATA controllers only offer a proprietary programming interface Nevertheless it may be possible in case of onboard SATA controllers to activate 20 Supported hardware a compatibility mode in BIOS setup which would allow HDClone to access the SATA controller As for SATA II con
15. The USB storage device has been connected too late or exchanged after wards USB storage devices should be connected to the computer before starting HDClone 5 1 Preliminary steps o The USB storage device is not directly connected to the USB controller but via a hub e g at the monitor Always connect the USB devices you wish to use with HDClone directly to the USB controller or to the computer o The used device is no standard conform USB mass storage device and does 78 Troubleshooting there fore not belong to the supported devices gt 3 5 1 Mass Storage Class o The USB storage device is defective or works faultily You should then test its functionality by using it with another PC or another operating system o Note If no USB storage device is recognized and if the above men tioned possibilities are excluded the corresponding USB controller has probably not been recognized gt 7 6 3 Controller not found 7 6 2 Other device problems Some devices especially USB sticks can show malfunctions in case of tempera ture rise or continuous operation i e in case of continuous reading or writing big amounts of data With HDClone these problems manifest in read or write errors on the respective USB storage device which do not always occur at the same location but after a certain operating time Sometimes these hardware problems also lead to very long breaks during the copying process which can be up to several m
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17. again For this type of application the 6 1 3 Drive to drive mode is most suitable Use the PartitionSelect feature 6 6 PartitionSelect to choose individual partitions to be cloned o Note Please take care to have only one hard disk connected after completing the copy and before starting the operating system It should be plugged to the same channel as the original Hence either remove the copy or connect it instead of the original medium 2 1 1 Unused disk space Free disk space on the target medium can be converted into a partition and used as an additional drive from within Windows by using the fdisk tool or the Windows Computer Management C WINDOWS system32 compmgmt msc 14 Fields of application 2 1 2 Smaller target medium In general you can also copy from a larger to a smaller medium For NTFS and FAT file systems HDClone can perform downsizing automatically For other file sys tems you may downsize the partitions on the source medium before cloning us ing appropriate third party tools before cloning 2 2 Data rescue In case of hard disks with defective areas it is especially important that they are being rescued to an intact medium before starting any recovery attempts Oth erwise depending on the kind of defect the recovery procedure may cause further defects resulting from the inherent exposure of this procedure Of course using HDClone also cases exposure for the hard disk But the physic
18. an image to CD DVD or BD later you may specify a different value CD 700 MB DVD 4 700 MB BD 25 000 MB 5 8 6 Restore options These options are only displayed when restoring images 42 Program instructions Option Meaning Defragmentation NTFS FAT only Reorganize file system during copying 5 8 7 Options for source and target These settings refer to the drives selected as source and target Option Meaning Sector area Exactly definable copying area 6 4 Area copy 4k alignment Target only Will align the partitions copied automatically to 4 KB borders on the target medium Driver adjustment Target only Activate inactive AHCI and IDE drivers MediaDirect Dell Target only Deactivate MediaDirect software Error threshold Target only MultiCopy Sector error threshold Media encountering more than the specified number of errors during copying will be suspended from copying to allow the remaining media to be copied at maximum speed For example a good value for practical use is 32 000 5 8 8 Advanced options Find more settings via Advanced op MEA tions This will open a dialog you find ge coe ae j j j M SafeRescue Homa Eoma more settings It OPENS dialog with I CachedMemory lil Read ahead E Read ahead more option gt fig 17 The separa Buen occi Mie rey d tion into different columns is the same E HotCopy Livelmage W Recovery via PIO Ml Recovery via PIO O Avoi
19. by step after one another to find out which hard disk possibly causes an interference Make sure that the last SCSI de vice is always terminated also during the tests 7 5 4 Minimum configuration of the controller The configuration of the SCSI controller over its BIOS setup or the BIOS setup of the PC in case of onboard controllers can also solve the problem Set the lowest resp the securest values for the SCSI bus e g transmission in the narrow mode of a wide controller 7 5 5 Minimum configuration of the systems Try to connect the SCSI hard disks used in the system in a different way espe cially if you use several SCSI controllers Proceed as follows if possible deacti vate all SCSI controllers except one This controller should have one SCSI chan nel only if possible and be part of the controllers listed in 3 4 3 Manufacturer information Connect then the needed drive or drives only Apart from defective drives this strategy mostly allowed us to find a functioning configuration during our tests to execute the planned job 7 6 USB Despite the vast support of USB controllers and storage devices 3 5 USB there are some cases where these controllers and devices do not function as expected The following subchapters provide you with hints and solutions 7 6 1 Storage device not recognized Mostly there are four possible reasons why a USB storage device supported by HDClone 3 1 Overview is not recognized o
20. correspond Furthermore read errors which occur during the verification run in one or both of the areas to be compared are also counted as verification er rors The number of verification errors gives you absolute information on how exact source and target correspond to each other after cloning o Note Verification will only be performed on sectors that have been copied previously Since SmartCopy only will copy data from used sec tors verification will only compare these sectors 6 4 Area copy In case of an area copy not the entire storage medium drive partition of source or target or both will be used but only a partial area 6 4 1 Usage The dialog page Options provides the possibility to specify an exactly definable sector area for source and target 5 8 7 Options for source and target To specify a sector area activate the check box Sector area and enter the starting from and the ending to sector of the area These sectors are interpreted as the first and the last sector of the area i e they are included with the area sector numbers have to be decreased by 1 e g from 0 to 99999 defines the first 100000 sectors on the medium as an area o Note Counting starts with 0 1st sector of the medium so all further tioning A sector area which has not been defined properly may lead to data loss or render the result unusable Warning Only use area copy if you are complete
21. exactly the same size HDClone is also capable to create physical copies if the size of source and target differs But the result will not be an absolutely identical clone Hint The following subchapters refer to the usage of 6 1 1 BitCopy Q With 6 1 2 SmartCopy the contents of the source can usually be ad justed automatically to the size of the target 6 2 1 Equal size f source and target have exactly the same size 6 1 3 Drive to drive mode is selected and a complete BitCopy is set up HDClone creates an absolutely iden tical copy On this clone provided the process was error free all sectors on the target are 10096 identical with the source 6 2 2 Small to large f the source is smaller than the target HDClone clones all source data from the beginning of the source onto the target medium The area at the end of the tar get medium which is larger than the source remains unaffected The unaffected area remains possibly unused during a later usage such a copy is usually compa rable to a real clone as far as the capacity of use is concerned because the target contains entirely all data of the source in contrast to 6 2 3 Large to small 56 Operating principles 6 2 3 Large to small If the source is bigger than the target HDClone copies only the data which also fits onto the target This data is copied from the beginning of the source to the beginning of the target medium The data which is larger than
22. few minutes using the installation package 5 Program instructions This chapter contains the actual manual for operating HDClone It is a step by step description of how to operate the program for cre ating a copy with HDClone 6 Operating principles Here you find useful descriptions and hints for gaining optimal performance when using HDClone with different types of media as each media type can have its very own characteristics 7 Troubleshooting In case you encounter any problems when using HDClone you find detailed descriptions and support here By means of these information you will be able to solve or bypass occurring problems in most cases 8 Miray Virtual Disk The HDClone software package includes the Miray Virtual Disk application With this software you can mount file images as virtual drives 9 Miscellaneous In the last chapter you find miscellaneous information particu larly regarding our support and HDClone licensing terms 10 Introduction 1 2 Character conventions In this manual keys on the keyboard are printed with a gray background for ex ample Esc forthe escape key or Return for the return key Some keys are represented by a corresponding symbol e g t forthe up key Visual controls on the screen particularly buttons are represented by brackets and and semi bold type e g next back 1 3 Features HDClone lets you make physical and logical 1 1 copies clones as well as physi cal and logica
23. file to document and analyze cloning processes The report con tains the following Information o Program and license o Device data CPU memory etc o Copying mode o Source and target s including device details o Option settings o Duration and result including errors m Load errors 71 7 Troubleshooting This paragraph describes possible problems when using HDClone and offers pro posals for solution If there should be no proposal for solution for a problem you can gladly contact our 9 5 Support 7 1 Load errors During the start of the program before HDClone is loaded itself a message and a progress bar will appear on the boot screen In case of an error one of the fol lowing error codes will be indicated here 7 1 1 Error 5002 and Disk error This error will be displayed if the boot medium is not readable when booting the program The error is reported by the BIOS of the computer and points to a de fective data carrier or a problem with the used boot drive In many cases in par ticular when booting from a floppy disk an incompatibility between drive and data carrier is the cause Principally this problem can be fixed Please try the fol lowing steps at best in the indicated order 9 Try again to boot the program perhaps with without cold start o Create once again a bootable disk 4 Installation o Floppy disk format the Floppy disk no quick format before creating a new one o Floppy disk
24. if no USB storage device is connected Remove the corresponding USB controller if it is not needed during the use of HDClone Otherwise there a no negative effects apart from the speed loss o Note In our tests this problem showed up with only one USB controller VIA VT6212 and also persisted on other computers and operating sys tems with this controller The measured speed loss on the PCI bus was at about 40 I 7 6 5 Other controller problems Another problem is an incompatibility with certain USB storage devices caused by the USB controller Especially older USB devices do not function flawlessly in such USB controllers Use another USB controller if possible o Note In our tests this problem showed up with only one USB controller Acer ALi M5273 and was also reproducible on other computers and operating systems 7 7 Mapped network drives When using mapped drives in Windows HDClone may not find the mapped drives in some cases since HDClone is running in administrator mode To use the established mapped drives a small change to the Windows Registry is required Usually 4 2 1 HDClone Setup will handle this automatically But you can also make the change manually as described below o Open the registry editor regedit exe o Move to the following registry key in the tree structure HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion Policies System o Create the DWORD value EnableL
25. of the operating field 5 7 Selecting data source and target When selecting the copy mode HDClone starts its device and drive recognition A small popup will be displayed before the next dialog page will be shown This can take one minute or more The time required depends on the number of drives connected If it takes more than five minutes there may be technical problem In this case you find further information in 7 Troubleshooting 5 7 Selecting data source and target In the two following steps you select the data source and the target for the copying process The left half of the operating field shows a selection list On the right side is an info box containing details on the currently selected element Ac cording to the selected copying mode you can select either an entire drive or a single partition The following sub chapters give you more detailed information After having selected the data source in the first step another dialog page ap pears for the selection of the target After these two steps you come to the se lection of the options 5 8 Selecting the options 36 Program instructions 5 7 1 Selecting a drive When selecting a source or target drive fig 11 you see the devices recognized by HDClone in the selec tion list The info box on the right side shows more details on the selected el ement 5 7 4 Drive information Select the desired drive and confirm your selection by pressing N
26. offer you the highest possible technical flexibility and also the HDClone license conditions are designed not to limit your flexibility when using HDClone Since you usually don t know at the beginning on how many computers and how often you will use the software we offer you a very simple and cost effective license model which restricts you the least possible 9 1 1 License model The following table shows you the minimum number of licenses necessary for the respective area of use Edition Private users Companies Institutions Professionals Free Sufficient Insufficient Insufficient Basic 1 license Insufficient Insufficient Standard 1 license 1 license per location Insufficient 1 license per 5 PCs Professional 1 license 1 license per location 1 license per dedicated PC 1 license per 25 PCs 1 license per techni cian Enterprise 1 license 1 license per location 1 license per dedicated PC 1 license per 100 PCs 1 license per techni cian 1 License is taken into account for the respective other indicated criteria Existing PC work stations regardless of actual use of HDClone Technicians are all employees who use HDClone simultaneously or for field service PC which is exclusively used for HDClone for example as copy server In practice the use of HDClone can involve a different number of PCs accord ing to the area of use despite a similar use Either the program is p
27. open file images and create virtual eem drives It contains three major ele ments menu bar 8 2 2 Image list and control buttons at the bottom 2 You may also control Miray Virtual t a amp See y Hy Ta J Ki ine 31 968 3 3168 13560 19168 iN Oi Pi Q 34268 29070 39168 24468 10468 Disk using the Context Menu right click on the image list or keyboard shortcuts hotkeys 8 3 Operation 7 3168 19568 35168 4 368 scemPOOETUEZOTAeDS You can use the control buttons to t5 m add an Image Add see 8 3 1 fig 40 Program window m Program startup 81 Adding an image to or to remove an Image Remove see 8 3 2 Removing an image from the image list Press OK to close the program window Miray Virtual Disk will though stay active in the background 8 2 3 Tray icon o Note Adding an image to the image list does not automatically create Tl a virtual drive The image list shows the partitions an image contains so you can mount them separately 8 3 4 Mounting an image Hint If you have several images in the list you may want to resize the program window freely by clicking and dragging the lower right corner 8 2 2 Image list The image list serves to manage the images added before and offers an over view of the partitions they may contain Partitions are always displayed right be low the image
28. partition Se lect one or more images or partitions first o Menu bar Image Mount o Context menu Mount image o Hotkey F8 As soon as an image or a partition has been mounted successfully this will be displayed in the image list as follows o The icon of the image or partition mounted will be displayed in color o The capital M is displayed in the column next to the icon o The drive letter s assigned to the virtual drives will be displayed in the row of the mounted image or partition o Note The capital M always appears in the row of the object which has actually been mounted For example mounting an image containing two partitions M will appear in the row of the image If mounting both partitions individually the capital M appears in both partition rows 8 3 5 Persistent mounting You can make mounted virtual drives persistent This means that these virtual drivers will be mounted automatically with any start of Miray Virtual Disk They will remain mounted as long as the program is active In case this feature is used in combination with the option 8 3 7 Autostart the respective virtual drives will be available at any time while Windows is running o Note Password protected images cannot be mounted permanently Tl since the password would have to be stored This would compromise password security and therefor is not supported If you want to mount images or partitions thereof permanently there are t
29. result values in the environ ment variable ERRORLEVEL This allows to evaluate and to react to the copying result automatically for example by using batch files Option Meaning 0 Copying process finished successfully with no errors of any kind or the program was called using parameters help or list 1 Errors in call missing duplicate invalid parameters 2 Invalid license or license expired 3 At least one resize parameter gt 6 9 6 Optional pa rameters is invalid does not match the target size or contains invalid characters 4 Could not access source or target properly for exam ple device or file image not found access denied 5 Password not specified or invalid password 6 User abort Ctrl C 7 Copying finished with verification errors 8 Copying finished with read write errors overrides 7 9 Some other error occurred A specific error code is displayed with the console output of HDClone 6 9 8 Resizing In case of copying or restoring you can use the resize option gt 6 9 6 Optional parameters to specify how to adjust the sizes of individual partitions on the tar get medium The resize option without any further parameters will cause all par titions to be resized proportionally to their original size You can specify one or more additional parameters to specify the resizing for individual partitions in their natural order on the medium These parameters are size Increases or reduces
30. size Never use SmartCopy mode gt 6 1 2 SmartCopy for this type of application 2 8 Image files In HDClone working with physical and logical images follows the same basic logic as physical and logical copies which are performed directly from medium to medium File images offer the following advantages o Simple storing and managing in your file system o Optional compression for minimum space required o Password protection and AES encryption to protect data o Distributing without physical media via networks and the Internet o Accessing individual files via virtual drives 8 Miray Virtual Disk o Use with virtual machines gt 6 7 4 Dynamic VMDK and VHD images Example To rescue a defective hard disk you may create a physical image gt 6 1 3 Drive to drive instead of a physical 1 1 copy gt 6 2 Size differences In both cases a bit wise identical clone of the master hard disk will be created 2 9 HotCopy amp Livelmage HDClone supports creating clones or images of a Windows drive while Windows is working even of the Windows system partition itself To use this feature it is not necessary to take certain steps When using HDClone W the appropriate mechanisms for using HotCopy and Livelmage will be activated automatically m Overview 17 3 Supported hardware This section contains detailed information about the hardware and hardware standards supported by HDClone Furthermore there are special referen
31. smart ON off Faster copies by using logical file system information 6 1 2 SmartCopy freespace on OFF Copy unused areas gt 5 8 3 General options swapfiles on OFF Copy pagefile sys and hiberfil sys 5 8 8 Advanced options Command line interface 67 Option Meaning defrag on OFF imagetype fulllSMART raw vmdk vhd timestamp ON off compression on OFF quick strong resizeinfo ON off password password encrypt maxsize size skip pnr pnr resize resize lt size gt resize fixed resize skip resize AUTO resize p11 p21 p31 adjust ON off preferlock allowlock allowlazy NTFS FAT only Also perform a defragmentation when copying or store defragmentation information when creating a file image gt 5 8 3 General options Image type to be created according to the available image formats 6 7 File images Automatically extends the names of image files by a time stamp For labeling periodic backups and to avoid identical naming of file images Without this option the command line version will cancel the process in case of identical names Create a compressed image on for standard compres sion quick for QuickCompress and strong for Strong Compress gt 6 7 6 Compressed Images NTFS FAT only Store information for downsizing when creating file images 5 8 5 Backup options Specify a password to protect the
32. they belong to To distinguish the individual entries in the image list there are different symbols as listed below File image Image is not mounted File image Image could not be found qu File image File image 3 Image is mounted perma Image is mounted nently SuperFloppy no MBR Partition Volume is not mounted Partition is not mounted Partition Partition is mounted SuperFloppy no MBR Volume is mounted VOOR LR 7008 ES SuperFloppy no MBR Partition Volume is mounted perma Partition is mounted perma nently nently Note In addition to the symbols listed above there is a column Status where a mounted image or volume will be marked with letter M or if permanently mounted with MP Eel 82 Miray Virtual Disk Hint You can directly open mounted partitions in Windows Explorer by Q double clicking in the File image column This may be especially useful if there is no drive letter available to be assigned to the partition 8 2 3 Tray icon You can see whether Miray Virtual Disk is active or not from the program icon appearing in the System Tray Show program window Tray icon You can open the program SUE MIN Vet On window by double clicking the Tray icon Right clicking the Tray icon opens fig 41 Tray icon and context menu the context menu gt fig 41 which gives you direct access to the following four functions Autostart Add image o Autostart Same functions as 8 3
33. usages and the period of valid ity It can be used as often as desired and without a time limit However the li cense is limited with regard to the also potentially parallel use on several com puters and the size of the company or the institution concerning the number of existing PC work stations 9 1 4 Consultancy If you have questions concerning the license situation in your specific case please contact us at products Q miray de We will be pleased to advise you on volume licenses or more complex cases and offers you attractive discounts make you an individual offer 9 2 Certificate of authenticity The following notes exclusively refer to the boxed versions of HDClone and not to the versions available as download or via email m Disclaimer 91 9 2 1 Security hologram For the protection against bootleg copies our software is equipped with a secu rity hologram among others Each of the original data carriers you received bears a security hologram Please keep the data carriers with the security holo gram in any case because this is your license proof 9 2 2 Valid product license The condition to have a valid product license is that the number printed on the security hologram corresponds to the number shown within the program If this should not be the case for your software package please email us at products miray de Please indicate the number displayed by the program the number on the security hologram and where you ac
34. want to quit HDClone now gt fig 6 or by pressing Esc The end dialog appears gt fig 30 where you Yes No can quit HDClone by clicking Yes or return to the program by clicking No fig 30 End dialog 5 11 2 Good bye screen After the termination of HDClone ei ther via the end dialog 5 11 1 End dialog or via the dialog window with the final report 5 10 4 Final dialog a good bye screen appears fig 31 You can then shut down the computer or reboot it fig 31 Good bye screen Note If you dont want to start HDClone when starting the computer Tl the next time remove the HDClone boot medium from the boot drive 52 Operating principles 6 Operating principles HDClone can handle entire hard disks as well as individual partitions Clones can be created directly to target disks or via file images HDClone offers different modes and options for these use cases Important For data rescue create a full BitCopy 6 1 1 BitCopy or a RAW image gt 6 7 3 RAW images of the entire disk first You can then try different recovery attempts without putting the original data on risk 6 1 Copying modes The copying modes offered by HDClone aim to cover as many use cases as pos sible As long as you do not overwrite any areas containing data which is still needed you can try every copying mode without any risk since the original drive remains unchanged 6 1 1 BitCopy BitCopy physical
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36. 0a After few seconds a dialog window appears fig 5 Please enter the path to the Windows XP instal lation files in the input field on top They are to be found on your Windows XP installation CD Hence this field usually contains the drive letter of your CD DVD drive except you have copied the installation files to another location You can now choose a name and a location for the boot image by clicking on Create ISO image in the box Media output If another CD DVD writer is available you can immediately create a CD by clicking on Burn to CD DVD Otherwise please cre ate an ISO image first After clicking on Start PE Builder creates the CD Depending on your system this may take a few minutes If you did not select Burn to CD DVD in the previous step it is necessary to write the newly created ISO image to CD with your re cording software Please note that the file has to be written to CD directly as an image Normal writing will not be sufficient in this case Instead please start your recording software and choose Create from image file or similar description depending on the recording software used Start your PC from the CD created HDClone is to be found at Go Programs 28 Installation 4 3 Installation with other operating systems 4 3 1 Creating a bootable floppy disk You can also create a bootable HDClone floppy disk without the installation pro gram with any operating system For this purpose the HDClone so
37. 7 Autostart o Add image Same functions as 8 3 1 Adding an image o Open program window Opens the program window or brings it to the front o Quit Miray Virtual Disk Same functions as 8 3 9 Quit program Hint If you want to open the program window double click the Tray Q icon If the Tray icon is not visible Miray Virtual Disk is not active and there are no virtual drives available 8 3 Operation You can operate Miray Virtual Disk using the menu bar on the top of the win dow the control buttons on the bottom of the window or the context menu gt 8 2 1 Program window The context menu opens by right clicking on entries or on the free area of the image list You open the tray context menu by a right click on the program icon in the System Tray 8 3 1 Adding an image At first you can add a file image to the image list of the program window There are five ways to achieve this o Control button Add o Menu bar File gt Add image o Context menu Add image o Tray context menu Add image m Operation 83 o Hotkey F2 o Drag and drop from any Explorer window The image list also displays information on the partitions and file systems of each file image in the list gt fig 40 o Note Depending on the version of the program you will be allowed to El add one or more images When you quit the program Miray Virtual Disk will memorize these images for the next program startup 8
38. A 7 4 1 Hard disk not recognized If HDClone does not recognize a hard disk there can be several reasons Perhaps the controller which the disk is connected to has not been found 7 4 2 IDE controller not found A further possible reason can be a non standardly con nected hard disk This is for example the case if a hard disk is configured as slave and if a CD DVD drive or no drive at all is connected at the same IDE channel as master Normally HDClone can handle that too o Note If an SATA hard disk is not recognized this can also be due to the used SATA controller 3 3 2 SATA SATA II controllers 7 4 2 IDE controller not found There are the following three reasons why HDClone has not automatically rec ognized an IDE controller o The IDE controller channel is deactivated e g on an onboard IDE controller Activate the IDE controller channel via the BIOS setup o Standard IDE controllers ISA are not taken into account if PCI IDE controllers are available Connect the respective hard disk to a PCI IDE controller in this case or deactivate the PCI IDE controller or controllers o The used controller does not correspond to the PCI IDE standard Although most controllers support this standardized programming interface there are some controllers which have only a proprietary programming interface More detailed information can be found in 3 3 1 IDE ATA controllers Connect the corresponding drives to anoth
39. Auto start This allows to have persistently mounted drives permanently available without having to start Miray Virtual Disk manually There are two ways to switch the Autostart function on or off o Menu bar Image Autostart o Tray context menu Autostart The menu item indicates whether the Autostart function is currently active If the menu item Autostart is displayed with a leading check mark the Autostart function is already activated Without a check mark the Autostart function is not active o Note If Miray Virtual Disk is started automatically at system startup only the gt 8 2 3 Tray icon will appear Double click it to open the pro gram window 86 Miray Virtual Disk 8 3 8 Close program window You can close the program window at any time Miray Virtual Disk will though stay active in the background There are two ways to close the window o Menu bar File Close window o Hotkey Ctrl W 8 3 9 Quit program To quit Miray Virtual Disk completely there are three ways o Menu bar File gt Quit Miray Virtual Disk o Tray context menu Quit Miray Virtual Disk o Hotkey Ctrl Q o Note When quitting Miray Virtual Disk all active virtual drives will be unmounted after a corresponding dialog has been confirmed They will be unavailable until next program startup 8 4 Drive not visible If there are no drive letters or less drive letters than partitions displayed after mounting an
40. CD DVD writing software may refuse writing an ISO image to a DVD The HDClone installation program writes DVDs without any prob lem Booting from a DVD created this way also works smoothly 4 4 Booting from USB key To start HDClone from a USB key the PC has to be able to boot from USB media m Booting from USB key 29 Usually the easiest way is to enter the BIOS Boot Selector BBS and select the USB key to start from The PC then boots directly from the USB key instead of the installed operating system Depending on the regarding BIOS of the PC the USB key is displayed in the BBS menu under its name e g Miray USB as USB medi um USB HDD Removable Device or a similar caption f the USB key is not listed in the BBS menu at all it is required to activate support for USB boot media in the BIOS setup first This setting is to be found under dif ferent captions and menu items depending on the regarding BIOS In most cases they are to be found under captions like USB Boot and Legacy In BIOS setup you can also preset booting from USB firmly usually under the menu item Boot Hint You can enter the BBS menu directly when starting the PC with a certain key on the keyboard depending on the BIOS In most cases the startup screen shows which key to press For the BBS menu it is F8 or F12 in most cases rarely F11 BIOS setup usually is called with the F2 orthe Del key 30 Program instructions 5 Program instructions The fol
41. I controllers Sporadically encoun tered problems are bypassed by the software as far as possible The following subchapters contain useful hints on how to solve further random or sporadic problems These hints should be applied in the described order to minimize the effort if possible The following problems occurred during the tests and could be bypassed with the hints from the following subchapters o HDClone stops during device recognition 5 6 Selecting a copy mode o No SCSI hard disks are recognized o Not all SCSI hard disks are recognized 7 5 1 Restart If HDClone stops during the startup or does not show the desired SCSI drives try to restart with a warm boot reset button Only if this does not fix the problem you should try a cold start switch off the PC and switch it on again after 30 sec onds Both forms of restart may solve signal problems of SCSI controllers 7 5 2 Deactivate unused controllers If a restart does not lead to the desired result you should if your system dispos es of several SCSI controllers deactivate unused controllers This is also recom mended if a controller is principally used but the hard disks connected to it are not needed for using HDClone m USB 77 7 5 3 Deactivate unused drives In some cases SCSI hard disks which are connected to the same controller can interfere with each other or even with the controller itself Deactivate individual hard disks as a test or connect them step
42. It is also not possible to open or mount a password protected file image with 8 Miray Virtual Disk without specifying the correct password first age HDClone and Miray Virtual Disk will deny any access without the Correct password For secure protection of the file image data choose the Data Encryption option 5 7 5 1 File image as a target important Password protection is a simple access protection for file im 6 7 8 Encryption If you select the Data Encryption option when creating a file image 5 7 5 1 File image as a target the data in the image will be encrypted HDClone uses a 128 bit AES encryption for this purpose The image data then cannot be read without the specified password neither with HDClone or 8 Miray Virtual Disk not with other software tools Warning Since the data encryption used in HDClone is a secure meth 3 od without a displacement password image data created with encryp tion will be definitely irrecoverable if the password gets lost o Note Currently encrypted file images cannot be opened and mount Tl ed as virtual drives with Miray Virtual Disk restoring file images significantly Select Data Encryption only if it is re quired Otherwise the password protection mechanism may also be suf ficient and it will not increase the duration of the process O Hint Encryption will usually increase the time required for creating and LE 6 7 9 Images from CD DVD
43. Miray Software AG m HDClone 41 3 Copy Backup Migration Rescue WwWw miray de HDClone 4 3 Users Manual Table of Contents 3 Table of Contents 1 introduction eor ced Sex RR REFERRE E da TR ER ex we SE 9 13 Chapter owervieW co ica ld ubere see eie 9 1 2 Character Conventions x sess en edP ER Pine RERO EPA 10 Ta Feats vo entr pies ea 10 1 4 Edition overview ooooooccocoocccco aunar ar aene 10 2 Fieldsiof application 22s ke adu in ta ido eh ka aep b Edad 13 2 1 Upgrading hard disks amp migrating an OS 13 2 1 1 Unused disk Space ooocoococccccccocccccc cc 13 2 1 2 Smaller target medium 14 22 Dale rescue M Cn 14 2 3 Installation DACKUD so id rhon UD PUE Dee aa pe 14 2 4 Mass COPYING s c detRrzeducer adi iia 15 2 5 Master installations a ect e rentre arica 15 2 6 Proprietary hard disk formats usuusu 0 000 sese 15 2 7 Forensic data safekeeping 2 s2 c0 020k essc entre weed 15 2 8 ImageTiles coa pipe ebrei zeae gan d bet Stak 16 29 HotCopy amp Livelmage ooooccccocccccccccc reran 16 3 Supported hardware 2 06 0 c cece cece 17 Bel OVENVIEW soe cidem deride eR ach Det ee iaa isa 17 3 1 1 Hardware requirements 0 0 00 000000200000 17 3 1 2 Supported media 0 0 00 sess 17 3 1 3 Supported controllers a se naasa esses 18 32 Compatibility ciao Leeds We DS a EEEE as FREE h 18 32 1 Compatibility tesE scene score pi
44. Use another floppy disk o Use if possible another boot drive o Note If you didn t receive HDClone as an installation package but on a l bootable disk and if a disk shows this problems also after multiple trials on different devices please contact our 9 5 Support and indicate your license number 7 1 2 Other errors If other errors in the form of number should occur when loading the program please contact our 9 5 Support 72 Troubleshooting 7 2 Keyboard and mouse HDClone supports keyboards and mice with PS 2 standard or USB connector gt 3 Supported hardware This also includes many wireless mice given they are connected as a true USB device Input devices connected with Bluetooth are currently not supported In this case please connect a separate USB device If keyboard or mouse or both do not function with HDClone this is usually due to a wrong legacy emulation setting in BIOS setup On most computers you can fix this problem by changing activating or deactivating depending on the cur rent setting the emulation for PS 2 devices in BIOS setup Please consult your computer manual on how to change this setting since it may be named differ ently according to the respective BIOS In most of the cases you can find it un der the name USB Legacy Support or USB Keyboard Support often under Inte grated Peripherals or Advanced Options o Note In some of the cases problems with PS 2 keyboards or mic
45. _ srcvol source dstvol target and the image name srcimg image dstimg image HDClone then creates or searches for imag es in the HDClone Images folder on the specified drive A different folder can optionally be specified with srcdir path or dstdir path 6 9 5 Network shares File images can also be created directly on network shares or be recovered from there Just use srcvol source dstvol target to specify a path for the network share instead of a drive letter The network path must have the form domain computer share For example MyComputer sharedfolder Subfolders on network shares can be optionally specified using srcdir path or dstdir path 6 9 4 Folder paths Otherwise the default folder MyComputer sharedfolder will be used for network shares too 6 9 6 Optional parameters There is a number of further optional parameters allowing you to enable or dis able certain features of HDClone for the copying process They are provided in the form option on off The following table lists the available options The values printed in capital letters ON or OFF represents the default value for the respective parameter This val ue will be used if you do not explicitly provide this parameter The individual op tions correspond to the options of the graphical HDClone program Option Meaning verify on OFF Perform an additional verification 5 8 1 Verifying
46. al copying causes much less exposure than any other usage due to its linear operation i e only continuous movement of the disk s heads Furthermore the option SafeR escue gt 5 8 8 Advanced options is able to reduce exposure to an absolute minimum In very critical cases you can also just copy single partitions to reduce exposure for the medium even more 6 1 4 Partition to partition After hav ing rescued the data from the defective hard disk you can perform a recovery on the functional target medium without having to fear any further damages o Note Only a physical copy allows to rescue all of the data except ir Tl recoverable areas even if there are logical errors resulting from defec tive areas For this reason never use SmartCopy mode 6 1 2 Smart Copy for rescuing data Hint Alternatively you may create a RAW image or a physical image You then can restore the image to another hard disk later or perform J the recovery directly on the image by mounting it as a virtual drive us ing Miray Virtual Disk 8 Miray Virtual Disk 2 3 Installation backup HDClone can also create a local backup of an entire system installation If re quired a simple restore from the backup partition brings the system installation back into its original state without any dead freight faulty program installations viruses etc For this purpose create an unused partition in addition to the system partition of at least
47. amic VMDK and VHD images On addition to its own image formats HDClone is also able to create dynamic VMDK and VHD images These only contain used areas of the source and there fore are usually much smaller than 6 7 3 RAW images analog to 6 7 2 Smar tlmage Due to their technical characteristics VMDK and VHD images are often a little bit larger than Smartlmages And it is not possible to exactly calculate their final size in advance During creation this may lead to a deviation from the pre dicted size VHD images In this case select a Smartlmage and the appropriate op tions instead gt 5 8 5 Backup options o Note Compression and encryption are not available for VMDK and VMDK and VHD images created with HDClone can be used as virtual drives in virtual machines For further information please refer to the manual of your ver sion of VMware or VirtualPC From Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 on you can also mount VHD images as virtual drives using the Disk Management tool diskmgmt msc gt 8 Miray Virtual Disk can mount both formats under Windows as virtual drives This allows you to access the files and folders stored in them without opening the image in a virtual machine can be read AND written But changes are not stored directly in the im age But you can use the virtual drive to create a new image including all changes 8 7 Copy to other Image formats o Note A virtual VMDK or VHD
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49. at by just clicking Continue Otherwise select which partitions to exclude from copy ing by clicking on the check symbol M beneath the partition number The check symbol will then change to a lock symbol It signals that the partition will be excluded from copying When clicking on the lock symbol you can acti vate the partition again and the check symbol appears again When you have selected all partitions as desired click on Continue In case you want to copy all partitions and to skip the adjustment step 5 9 2 Adjusting partitions use Skip adjustment Any previous partitions selection will then be ignored and all partitions will be copied in their original size and original location as given on the source For more information see 6 6 PartitionSelect 5 9 2 Adjusting partitions In case partition sizes can be altered a dialog window appears before start ing the copying process fig 20 It allows you to adjust the size of several or all partitions to fit on the target me dium as desired Positions and sizes of the partitions on the target medium are displayed graphically in a bar Each partition has a cipher or from the tenth partition on a letter assigned to it If you click on a partition in the bar ion sizes by clicking and dragging ar with cursar keys an used si 1 20 GB File system NTFS name cancel cor fig 20 Adjust partitions dialog the box on the lower left wil
50. ata from the Master Boot Record MBR 1 H 2ss s 63 and of the boot sector s are also copied to austen crenata the target medium As this characteristic of a Adopt partition ID 1 1 copy may yield problems in some cases old 0x7 HPFS NTFS new OxB FAT32 HDClone offers to adjust media parameters Adjust partition size old 27 227 MB new 2 346 MB HDClone automatically sets parameter val m ues which are optimal for the respective me m dium in most cases They usually just need to Boot sector s be confirmed A manual change of the preset Adjust offset parameters is only needed in exceptional cas Adjust CHS layout es The parameters refer to the Master Boot eect Coot eC Record MBR GPT and to any known boot Shenas volume gp sector s and are grouped correspondingly EE v0 changes fig 27 Adjustment dialog 0 Important In case you adjust the target medium it will no longer be an absolute 1 1 copy Especially in case of forensic analysis you might want to abstain any adjustment Parameter Meaning Geometry used To boot from the medium the device geometry has to match the geometry set in BIOS Adopt partition ID Use same partition type as on the source medium Adjust partition size Set the space reserved for the target partition to the size needed for the partition copied Adjust CHS layout Use the values set under Geometry used for ad justing the MBR or the boo
51. be calculated separately for each target 6 5 2 Speed Mass copying yields an enormous advantage in speed compared to single cop ies In case of optimal connected media 6 5 3 Different media speed in creases straight proportional with the number of target media For example a fourfold copy yields about four times the data throughput of a single copy 6 5 3 Different media MultiCopy can be used with an arbitrary combination of drive types Differences in performance of different media types may have an impact on the total per formance It is recommended to use IDE drives configured as master only m Fileimages 59 6 6 PartitionSelect Partitions on the source are displayed in a graphical bar fig 37 and num bered with letters after the ninth par tition Beneath the partition number there is a check symbol Y default poder rd setting if the partition will be includ s v ed in or a blocking symbol C if this partition will be excluded from the clone Click on these symbols to in fig 37 PartitionSelect dialog clude or exclude any partition individ ually Changes to the total size by selecting and de selecting partitions will be displayed gt skip adjustment s PartitionSelect provides a way to transfer only certain partitions and to leave others out Hence you can use PartitionSelect to reduce the storage size re quired for the target 6 7 File images Besides direc
52. c o Drive by port You can also specify the port that is used to connect the drive not for USB and Firewire If you specify the 2nd SATA port for the source the drive connected to it will be used regardless of the Windows ID assigned to it o Drive by name serial number Alternatively a drive can be selected by its type name and or serial number regardless of the Windows ID assigned to it or over which port it is connected But it has to be unique in the context of the Copy to be created and the Edition used Hint You can use hdclone cl list to display a list of the available physi cal drives and their respective indications Windows ID port number and name serial number In case there are several targets available under the identification provided HDClone Enterprise Edition will take this specification as unambiguous if the number of drives is smaller than or equal to the maximal number of targets Example If you specify a drive name as target which matches five drives in the system HDClone Enterprise Edition 8x will use all five drives as targets while the Enterprise Edition 4x will refuse cloning due to the ambiguity or identification specified HDClone will abort the process with an error Note If HDClone cannot make an unambiguous selection for the port 66 Operating principles 6 9 4 Folder paths File images are specified as source or target 6 9 2 Program call using the drive name
53. ces to be found regarding the usage of certain device types 3 1 Overview Subsequent you find a listing of the hardware requirements concerning the hardware used to run HDClone as well as additionally supported devices o Note The devices listed below represents the entire spectrum of hard T ware supported by HDClone Which of them can be used with a cer tain edition is listed in 1 4 Edition overview 3 1 1 Hardware requirements o PC 80586 or higher 500 MHz 128 MB RAM VGA optimal VESA support Keyboard amp mouse PS 2 or USB o Bootable floppy or CD drive or bootable USB medium o 3 1 2 Supported media o Under Windows HDClone W any mass storage media supported by Windows DE ATA hard disks CompactFlash via IDE SATA hard disks internal amp external SCSI hard disks internal amp external USB hard disks internal amp external o o o o o Firewire hard disks internal amp external USB keys CompactFlash CompactFlash Il MicroDrive SD MMC gt o xD Picture Card Memory Stick Memory Stick PRO Memory Stick DUO o CompactFlash media with TruelDE support Must support the USB Mass Storage Class protocol Via an appropriate USB card reader w 18 Supported hardware 3 1 3 Supported controllers o Under Windows HDClone W any controller supported by Windows o PCI IDE controller and Bus Master IDE controller o PCI SCSI host adapter gt 3 4 2 Com
54. copy creates a complete or partial 6 4 Area copy clone of a storage medium This clone is bit by bit identical with the source since each sector of the source will be copied exactly to the same sector on the target A BitCopy will always be created automatically if the SmartCopy option 5 8 4 Cloning options has not been selected Important For a complete BitCopy of all areas of the source also select the Copy free areas option This is especially required when performing data rescue or forensic safekeeping of data 6 1 2 SmartCopy For cloning disks with SmartCopy fig 32 _ SmartCopy activate the SmartCopy option gt 5 8 4 Clon MA ES ing options SmartCopy mode can be ap accelerated cloning plied to entire hard disks or other media as well as to single partitions SmartCopy cur rently supports NTFS FAT ext2 4 file systems Partitions with other file systems will be copied in BitCopy mode even if the SmartCopy option is activated fig 32 SmartCopy With SmartCopy logical copy HDClone only takes those areas of a storage me dium that are occupied by the operating system and other files Any unused ar m Copying modes 53 eas will not be copied Since in most cases only a part of the total capacity of storage media is occupied SmartCopy saves depending on the amount of data stored some of the time needed for a BitCopy For this reason SmartCopy usually is by a multiple faster than BitCopy o No
55. d exclusive read access Cooling phase W Cooling phase as on the dialog page Options W copy swap files fig 17 Advanced options 5 8 8 1 General These options refer to the general features of a copying run Option Meaning FastCopy Special copy algorithm May increase the regular copy speed up to the double SafeRescue Special algorithm for data recovery Tries to recover large areas first Can also stay turned on for normal copies CachedMemory Use fast intermediate memory SharedMemory Use fast data transfers Animation Switch off copy animation Copying data 43 Option Meaning HotCopy HDClone W only This option allows for clones or file Livelmage images of the system drive or of media which are used by other programs at the same time Avoid exclusive read HDClone W only In Windows HDClone usually tries to access Copy swap files reserve the source drive for exclusive access at first If this option is selected HDClone will try to use HotCopy mode or Livelmage mode first Creating images only Usually it is not necessary to store the files pagefile sys and hiberfil sys in the file image For cloning this option is always activated 5 8 8 2 Source and target Specific Options for source and target They are not available under Windows and therefore are not showing up under HDClone W Option Meaning IRO In IRO mode source and target are optimally synchro nized Only this lea
56. de it is possible to select up to 16 drives or partitions at the same time For doing so click on all desired list entries The selected entries then will be marked with a dark blue background To remove a marked list entry from the selection it simply has to be clicked again You can then use the 5 7 6 SpeedTest to measure the data throughput of the selected drives or partitions in parallel operation Copying to multiple drives in parallel is only possible with the Enterprise Edition It allows to copy to up to 4 8 or 16 targets at a time depending on the stage used Enterprise Edi tion 4x Enterprise Edition 8x or Enterprise Edition 16x o Note You can activate the MultiCopy option in all editions of HDClone even in the Free Edition to check the achievable speed of the Enter prise Edition on a certain system Please note that the achievable speed strongly depends on the interfaces used most suitable IDE SATA and SCSI and the drive combinations only use master drives with IDE Hint MultiCopy mode can also be used for restoring from file images to Q restore the contents of an image file to up to 16 targets at a time Oo gt 5 7 5 2 File images as a source 5 8 Selecting the options On the dialog page Options you can set the options with which you want the following copying process to be executed The individual options are described below After choosing the required options click Next to proceed to the n
57. disk 000 oo o 28 4 3 2 Creating a bootable CD DVD 28 44 Booting from USB key ooocooccccccocccccco I 28 5 Program instructions sccis cem erra RR OR RESO cea aes 30 Sal Preliminary Stepss coteoes enr naea et obe nds boni uS e eR gen 30 5 2 Starting the progra Miss y oec tee rra d nee ea opens d ade 30 5 2 1 Self booting prograM ooococccccccccccccccc 30 5 2 2 Windows program 0 00 0 02 31 5 23 Command line program 00 000000000 31 5 3 POSTA SC ucc eR crei Oa a die ce 31 5 3 1 AUSTRIA iiie iori cedet ebbe doped 32 532 Operating field 2i zit score bete emt reacts thes 32 5 4 Operation sere rerni a i ipe RR TG RS ERES SERE RE 32 5 4 1 Graphical control elements 00002 2000 ee 32 5 4 2 Operation with keyboard and mouse 33 5 4 2 1 Keyboard operation 33 5 4 2 Mouse operation 000 20 eese 34 O deserere itm celeste iaaa uenti dde et Ead 34 5 6 Selecting a copy mode 0 34 5 6 1 Category VIEW sis 25 32cine day alias all Nee WE 34 5 6 2 Classic VIEW saa avene ptem unie eque Hanau dads 35 5 7 Selecting data source and target 0 0 00 0 02 00 0022 eee 35 Sl Selectng ei dive us maras rCON NE DIR d Ud 36 m Table of Contents 5 5 1 2 Selecting a partit oesecotpebR no rp sra 36 5 7 3 Deactivated list entries 2 02 00 22 36 574 A A emet eei pas 37 5 75 Selecting a file image 0 00 0
58. drive mounted with Miray Virtual Disk When creating a RAW Image gt 6 7 3 RAW images a VMDK file will be created automatically Opening the HDClone file image with VMware you will be dis played a VMDK file of the same name You then can select and use it The VMDK files HDClone creates comply with HWversion 4 and are specified to be used with the following versions of VMware o VMware Player starting from version 1 x o VMware Workstation starting from version 5 x m File images 61 o VMware Server starting from version 1 x o VMware ESXi starting from version 3 6 7 5 Usage When choosing a copying mode gt 5 6 Selecting a copy mode you can specify Image as source restore image or target create image You can create Fulllmages of any media supported by HDClone For creating Smartlmages it is required that the source medium is formatted with FAT NTFS ext2 ext3 With HDClone S you can use FAT32 or NTFS formatted media for reading and writing image files HDClone W also supports network drives and network shares 6 7 6 Compressed Images When creating a file image the dialog page P i sa Compression Options gt 5 8 Selecting the options offers MY smaller fle made you to create a compressed image Please choose the option Compression to have Normal compr HDClone compress the file image You will Qu then be able to choose between normal compression default OuickCompress and StrongCompress fig 38
59. ds to a maximum copy transfer rate DMA For highest transfer rate and the shortest copying time Read cache Use fast read buffer Write cache Multi sector PIO Recovery via PIO Cooling phase Use fast write buffer Increases speed in PIO mode by about 10 Optimal recovery of defective sectors Only if problems occur gt 7 6 2 Other device problems 5 9 Copying data The dialog page Copy data fig 18 lets you start the copying process Check in the status field if copy mode source target and options are select ed correctly If needed go back with Back in the lower left corner and ad just the settings Click Start to start the copying process fig 18 Dialog page Copy data 44 Program instructions 5 9 1 PartitionSelect The PartitionSelect dialog gt fig 19 will prompt you to choose the parti tions to copy and which to exclude from copying If the total size of the partitions to be copied exceeds the total capacity of the target the graph ical bar will be marked in red In this case exclude partitions you do not re quire on the target until the remaining partitions fit on the target Alternative Space needed 143 MB Target size 3 73 68 fig 19 Dialog Select Partitions ly you can click on Cancel to choose a different combination of source and target for creating the copy The default setting is to have all partitions selected so you may accept th
60. e called quickly and easily at any time 64 Operating principles Hint When calling hdclone cl help or without any parameters a list of Q supported parameters in combination with a short description of their usage will be displayed The following chapters list and explain the supported parameters The order of individual parameters when calling hdclone cl is arbitrary 6 9 1 Start Menu To facilitate use of the command line version it has its own Start Menu entry Under the HDClone entry you find the sub folder CLI It contains two subitems o HDClone CLI Opens a privileged Windows Shell in the program folder so you can directly start the command line version from here o Scripting templates Opens a folder with templates for batch scripts in the Windows Explorer You may customize them according to your needs Important Along the scripting templates there is an hdclone cl bat file M Use it instead of calling hdclone exe cl especially in complex scripts to ensure you obtain the correct result values 6 9 7 Return values Re place the call of hdclone cl exe from earlier versions with hdclone cl bat 6 9 2 Program call The command line version of HDClone expects the following calling syntax o D2D Copying an entire drive hdclone cl mode d2d srcdrv source dstdrv target o P2P Copying a single partition hdclone cl mode p2p srcvol source dstvol target o D2I Creating a file image of an entire dr
61. e oc cur with active emulation for PS 2 devices If you don t use any USB de vices please switch off PS 2 emulation in the BIOS setup 7 3 General problems 7 3 1 Slowed down system If you think the speed of the total system or the copying speed also with IDE and SCSI devices is too slow a USB controller can be the cause even if it is not used 7 6 4 Speed loss o Note In case the working speed of a copy is significantly below the source medium and the technical performance data of the target me dium imply a significantly higher performance the target medium might be a drive with a deviant internal block size In this case try to use the automatic alignment option gt 5 8 7 Options for source and target 7 3 2 Read write and verification errors When HDClone reports errors this usually means defective areas on the medi um General hardware problems can also cause read and write errors usually indicated by a very high number of errors Try to fix the problem using the trou bleshooting instructions for the hardware type IDE SCSI USB If the problems cannot be fixed this way deactivate step by step the following options o CachedMemory o Read cache and write cache im IDE ATA SATA 73 o FastCopy o DMA o SharedMemory If the problem does not occur any more after having deactivated a certain op tion the previously deactivated options can be reactivated as a test 7 4 IDE ATA SAT
62. e refers to the amount of copied data The actual throughput is twice as high x MB copying x MB reading x MB writing Verification errors This indicator is only used if the Verifying option is on 5 9 6 Percentage indication The percentage indicator fig 8 is located below the copy animation show ing the progress of the current run gt 5 9 8 Course of the process in percent 5 9 7 Progress bar The progress bar fig 8 below the percentage indication visualizes the prog ress of the current run Which run 5 9 8 Course of the process is currently processed is shown on the left above the progress bar 48 Program instructions 5 9 8 Course of the process The process consists of up to three runs the copying process itself an optional error recovery run option SafeRescue active 5 8 3 General options and an optional verification run option Verifying active 5 8 3 General options 5 9 9 Interrupting the running process You can use Stop at any time to in Te terrupt the process fig 25 and You can abort the copying process irrevocably fig 26 You may then continue the process click on Continue copying Gontinue copying Abort copying or Continue verifying or abort it completely click on Abort copying or Abort verifying 5 10 1 User abort As long as you select neither option the current copying process remains interrupted The target medium will not contain a comple
63. er controller PCI IDE controller 7 4 3 Problems with DMA The following principal problems can occur with Ultra DMA o The achieved speed is too slow despite DMA Please consider that the achiev 74 Troubleshooting able speed 3 3 5 Speed depends on many factors and that this is not ab solutely due to a problem with DMA o DMA mode is not available When selecting the options 5 8 7 Options for source and target the option DMA is deactivated and locked in this case o Read write or verification errors occur when using DMA In all cases the problems can be due to the same reasons When having prob lems with DMA you can principally use PIO mode at any time Deactivate the option DMA of the concerned drive when selecting the options 5 8 7 Op tions for source and target Since PIO mode is usually much slower than DMA we recommend to try first of all the following hints and help instructions to pos sibly be able to use the DMA mode Please consider the notes in the subchapter 7 4 4 BIOS settings o Check if the concerned drive really supports DMA Some older drives and es pecially older CompactFlash media do not support DMA o Make sure that from Ultra DMA Mode 3 on an 80 wire data cable is used to connect the drive s o If two drives are connected via the same cable the DMA mode of the slower drive is also used for the faster drive Remove the slower drive temporarily if possible or connect the dri
64. er is supported gt 3 2 1 Compatibility test If HDClone recognizes the SCSI drive HDClone will also support the SCSI controller 3 4 8 Manufacturer information The drivers integrated in HDClone support the following SCSI adapters AHA 2930U AHA 2940 Ultra AHA 2940UW AHA 2940AU AHA 2944UW ASC 19160 ASC 29160 ASC 29160LP ASC 29160N ASC 39160 3 4 4 Driver information HDClone supports even more controllers either as onboard chipset AIC or as addon card AHA ASC They are determinable by their respective vendor and device IDs which are listed in the following table Vendor Model Device Vendor Model Device 9004h AHA 2930U 3860h 7 AHA 4944UW 8678h AHA 2930CVAR 3868h AIC 7887 8778h 3869h i AIC 7888 8878h AHA 4944 U W 3B78h li AHA 4944 U W EC78h AIC 755x 5x75h 9005h AHA 2940 50U2W 0010h AIC 785x 5x78h AIC 789x 001xh AIC 7560 6075h i 002xh AIC 786x 6x78h P 003xh AIC 7870 7078h j AHA 3940 50U2x 0050h AHA 2940 W 7178h AHA 3950 U2x 0051h AHA 3940 W 7278h AIC 7896 7 U2 OO5Fh AHA 2944 7478h AIC 789x 006xh AHA 3944 W 7578h 007xh AHA 4944 U W 7678h AIC 7892 A B U160 008xh AIC 7877 7778h AIC 789x 009xh AIC 7860 7860h OOAxh AIC 7895 7895h j i OOBxh AIC 7880 8078h AIC 7899 A U160 OOCxh AHA 2940U W 8178h AIC 789x O0Dxh AHA 3940U W D 8278h i OOExh AHA 2944UW 8478h i ii OOFxh AHA 3944U WD 8578h 7 AHA 2930U2 0180h The IDs of your controller can be det
65. er row refers to copying modes for individual partitions If you select a copying mode by clicking with your mouse it will be displayed high lighted If you want to use the select ed copying mode click on next A detailed description of the copying modes their operation and impact can be found in 6 Operating principles fig 9 Selecting copying mode categories m Selecting data source and target 35 5 6 2 Classic view The classic view fig 10 offers you a more functional selection of the available copying modes You have eight options altogether This is two more than with the category view since the classic view also allows for choosing 2 1 1 Unused disk space and 6 1 5 Drive to Partition Ac cording to your choice a physical copy a logical copy or an image file will be created or restored You find a detailed description of the copy modes and how they work in 6 Operating principles o Note The copy modes drive to partition and partition to drive are de signed for mutual use In general it is not possible to copy a working hard disk installation onto a partition and to use it from there The instal lation rather has to be copied back to a hard drive first We recom mended to rather use a file image in this case gt 5 6 1 Category view fig 10 Selecting copying mode classic After selecting the copy mode move to the next step by clicking next in the lower right corner
66. erifying m Selecting the options 41 Option Meaning Copy free areas On a partly partitioned source HDClone works faster if free areas are not included In case of special media for example dynamic disks RAID it may be though be re quired to include free areas though 5 8 4 Cloning options This column only appears in the cloning modes not when creating an image Option Meaning SmartCopy Copying only Create a logical copy 6 1 2 SmartCo py Defragmentation Copying only NTFS FAT Reorganizing the file system 5 8 5 Backup options These options are only displayed when creating images Option Meaning Store downsizing Store information needed to downsize NTFS and FAT info partitions when restoring otherwise partitions can only be restored at their original size or larger Store defrag info Store information needed to defragment NTFS and FAT partitions when restoring otherwise partitions cannot be defragmented during restoring Compression Creates a file image with the selected compression Nor mal Quick Strong gt 6 7 6 Compressed Images Password protec Use a password to protect your file image 6 7 7 Pass tion word Protection and choose to use file image encryp tion gt 6 7 8 Encryption Maximum image Defines the maximum size of the file blocks stored within file size an image To be compatible with different file systems the default is 2 047 MB For burning
67. ermanently used on one single or several few computers which the media to be copied is connected to when needed Or HDClone is always used directly on the re 90 Miscellaneous spective computers which the media to be copied is connected to mostly with only one usage per computer To find a fair regulation for all use cases you can choose between a license per dedicated PC and a license for a lump number of work station PCs where HDClone could be used Furthermore you need additional licenses if you use HDClone potentially in parallel on several PCs for example if several service employees use HDClone independently from each other That is why you need at least one license per branch office because this also represents a potentially parallel use 9 1 2 Examples The following examples refer to frequently occurring license situations o A company with 50 PC work stations needs two licenses of the Professional Edition whereof each covers 25 PC work stations o A company with 100 PC work stations needs four licenses of the Professional Edition one for 25 PCs each o A service provider with two PCs that serve as HDClone copy station needs two licenses of the Professional Edition one for each copy station o Aservice provider with two field service employees who use HDClone needs two licenses of the Professional Edition one for each independently working technician 9 1 3 Scope A license is unlimited concerning the number of
68. ermined by PCISniffer It can be download ed for free at http www miray de download sat pcisniffer html For the SCSI controller in question the values displayed by PCISniffer for the fields Vendor ID and Device ID have to match the values specified above for your SCSI controller E Firewire IEEE1394 23 3 5 USB The following chapters contain information regarding utilization and compatibil ity of USB storage media and controllers o Note Please take care to connect USB devices already before starting ES HDClone 5 1 Preliminary steps and if possible directly to the PC or to the USB controller addon card 3 5 4 Hubs 3 5 1 Mass Storage Class USB storage media to be used with HDClone has to support the USB Mass Stor age Class protocol an official standard supported by almost all current USB sticks card readers hard disks etc If you are not sure if a certain USB storage medium is supported proof it using the Free Edition 3 2 1 Compatibility test 3 5 2 UHCI OHCI and EHCI n case of USB devices it is crucial that HDClone supports the USB controller used HDClone is capable of all three common USB standards UHCI and OHCI for USB 1 0 1 1 EHCI for USB 2 0 as well as XHCI for USB 3 0 In the area of stan dard PCs all current USB controllers onboard controllers as well as adapter cards offer one of these three interface standards In case you are not sure though you can use HDClone Free Editio
69. et area will be irretrievably deleted by starting the copying process Then even a data recovery software will not be able to retrieve the overwritten data E Copying data 47 5 9 4 Copy animation In the center of the operating field there is the copy animation Especially if oth er indicators only change rarely for example in case of read or write errors the copy animation shows that HDClone is still running 5 9 5 Status indication On the left and right side of the operating field you see the status indicators They contain information on the current status of the copying process Status Meaning Sectors processed Absolute number of sectors already copied Buffer size Size of the internally used buffer Read errors Number of the read errors occurred May decrease if errors can be fixed When starting the optional verifica tion run this value is set back to zero Write errors Number of the write errors occurred May decrease if errors can be fixed When starting the optional verifica tion run this value is set back to zero Running time Time passed since the start of the copying process Time remaining Estimated time remaining for the entire copying pro cess incl the optional verification run based on the cur rent copying speed Note The rest time can strongly increase in case of occurring read or write errors Data rate Average data rate which has been attained up to this point of time The indicated valu
70. ext dialog page where you can start the copying process 5 9 Copying data 40 Program instructions 5 8 1 Verifying The option Verifying is an exception to the options described in this chapter gt 5 8 3 General options This option has no influence on the copying perfor mance itself but offers the possibility to synchronize the data of the source and target after the copying process However the whole process of copying and verifying then normally takes approximately the double amount of time Choose this option according to your needs of copying and your time available Warning You should not activate verification when you copy hard disks containing defects data rescue Physical damages on the drive could spread faster due to the additional stress Furthermore a verifica tion of hard disks with defects has no real expressiveness 5 8 2 Locked options The options show different availability and selectability depending on the copy mode selected Locked options cannot be modified but the displayed setting is valid fig 16 shows the different states A inactive inactive amp locked fig 16 Selecting the options creating an image 5 8 3 General options The column General contains options that refer to all modes Option Meaning Verifying Compares the data of source and target after copying Not to be used for data rescue as it yields unnecessary additional stress for a damaged drive 5 8 1 V
71. ext in the lower right corner of the operating field and go to the next step fig 11 Selecting a drive 5 7 2 Selecting a partition When selecting a source or target par tition gt fig 12 the partitions found are displayed indented under the re spective drive shown in the selection list The frame on the right side of the selection list shows details for the drive where the currently selected partition is located on Select the desired partition and con firm with Next to proceed to the next step fig 12 Selecting a partition 5 7 3 Deactivated list entries There are four cases in which entries in the selection list for source or target are deactivated and therefore cannot be selected o When selecting a source or target partition the list entries for the correspond ing hard disks are always deactivated only partitions can be selected o Since source and target must not overlap the already selected source drive or the drive that contains the source partitions is deactivated when selecting a target drive o When selecting a target partition the already selected source partition or all partitions of the source drive are deactivated o If HDClone recognizes drives which are not supported by the edition used the m Selecting data source and target 37 partitions are also deactivated For further information on the different edi tions please go to gt 1 4 Edition overview or http www hdclone com Hint
72. file image Encrypt image only in combination with password Limit the size of files in the image folder to a maxi mum Value for size plus K M C T for magnitude for example 650M 4G default is 2C Copy and create image only Numbers of the parti tions to be excluded from the copy or not stored if an image is created Numbering starts with 1 the parti tion order equals the order listed by the command hdclone cl list NTFS FAT ext with copy and image restore only Resizing partitions automatically or manually when copying or restoring from a file image 5 9 2 Adjust ing partitions excluding individual partitions gt 6 6 PartitionSelect size value for size plus K M G T for magnitude for example 650M 4G default is 2G Automatic adjustment of disk parameters Reserve source for exclusive access otherwise VSS 2 9 HotCopy amp Livelmage will be used Only use exclusive source access if VSS 2 9 HotCo py amp Livelmage is not available Use unsecured drive access if exclusive access or VSS are both not available 68 Operating principles Option Meaning report drvletter Generate a report and store it to the specified drive 6 10 Store final report list Lists all drives and partitions recognized as well as their internal numbering port number name and serial number gt 6 9 3 Drive identification 6 9 7 Return values The command line version CLI of HDClone returns
73. ftware pack age contains a floppy disk image in the file hdclone img You can create a bootable 3 5 1 44MB floppy disk from this image with any appropriate disk im aging program After having created a bootable floppy disk you can start HDClone on any PC as described in chapter 5 2 Starting the program Hint Under UNIX and Linux you may use the tool dd which is available on these systems with the following syntax dd if hdclone img of dev fdO 4 3 2 Creating a bootable CD DVD The HDClone software package contains an ISO image hdclone iso It can be used to create a bootable HDClone CD in any operating system and with any software supporting creation of CDs DVDs from ISO images Further information can be found in the manual of your CD DVD authoring software o Extract the file hdclone iso from the HDClone software package o Start your CD writing software and choose Create CD from image file or sim ilar caption according to the respective CD writing software o Specify the file hdclone iso as image file o Insert a blank CD into the drive and write the CD Hint The easiest way of creating a bootable HDClone CD under Linux is using the software tool cdrecord with the following syntax cdrecord hdclone iso After having accomplished these steps you have created a bootable HDClone CD From this CD you can start HDClone directly on any PC with a bootable CD DVD drive as described in 5 2 Starting the program o Note
74. gured correspondingly 3 3 2 SATA SATA II controllers Hard disks 2048 GB HDClone supports hard disks above 2048 GB 2 Terabytes from the Professional Edition on SCSI hard disks Have to be connected to one of the SCSI host adapters supported by HDClone gt 3 4 SCSI Copying modes You find further information regarding the different modes in chapter gt 6 Operating principles Drive copy Allows to make a copy of entire drives Partition copy Allows to make a copy of single partitions SmartCopy Creates a logical 1 1 copy usually faster by a multiple gt 6 1 2 SmartCo py MultiCopy Mass copying to up to 4 8 16 targets at a time multiplying transfer ratio ac cording to the Enterprise Edition used 4x 8x 16x 6 5 MultiCopy Special modes Increased copying speed FastCopy data integrity and safety verifica tion SafeRescue use within Windows at runtime HotCopy Livelmage Further informa tion to be found in chapter 5 8 Selecting the options Copying speed Due to technical differences between the individual editions there is an upper limit for the actually achievable copy speed of each edition gt 100 MB sec Up to 133 MB sec using Ultra DMA 6 up to 300 MB sec using SATA II 1000 MB sec Mass copying to up to 16 targets at a time Virtual volumes TrueSpeed Use of RAW images at almost hardware speed License scope See also chapter 9 1 Terms of license 2 3 4
75. hree ways to achieve this Select one or more images or partitions first o Menu bar Image Mount permanently o Context menu Mount image permanently Mount volume permanently right click on the desired image or partition in the image list o Hotkey Ctrl F8 Persistent mounting can be applied to mounted and unmounted images or parti m Operation 85 tions As soon as an image or a partition has been successfully mounted persis tently this will be displayed in the image list as follows o A mall green point 8 appears in the icon of the mounted image partition o The capitals MP are displayed in the column next to the icon o Note To cancel persistent mounting mount the regarding image or Tl partition normally gt 8 3 4 Mounting an image or unmount it com pletely gt 8 3 6 Drive unmounting 8 3 6 Drive unmounting There are three ways mounted images and partitions and the regarding virtual drives can be unmounted Select one or more images or partitions first o Menu bar Image Unmount o Context menu Unmount image Unmount volume o Hotkey Shift F8 As soon as an image or an individual partition have been unmounted the re spective icon in the image list will be displayed in gray and the capitals M or MP in the column next to the icon as well as the related drive letters will disappear 8 3 7 Autostart You can select to start Miray Virtual Disk automatically at system startup
76. image there may be several reasons o Windows drive recognition of one or more virtual drives has been delayed In this case they have a drive letter assigned but Miray Virtual Disk does not display it yet Press the F5 key or select Image Refresh list from the main menu to update the image list o One or more partitions contain file systems Windows is unable to use e g Linux file systems In this case the behavior is normal since Windows is not able to use these file systems o There are no more Windows drive letters available Windows recognizes the mounted partitions but cannot assign drive letters to them In this case free one or more of the drive letters currently in use o f there is a drive letter displayed but the drive has no content or Windows prompts to format that drive the file system is damaged The image may have been created from an inconsistent or damaged file system 8 5 Modes of operation There are three different ways to mount file images in Miray Virtual Disk m Modes of operation 87 o Write protected Menu bar Image gt Advanced gt Mount R O o Writeable with undo option Menu bar Image Mount o Direct reading amp writing Menu bar Image gt Advanced gt Mount R W 8 5 1 Write protected access In this mode virtual drives can only be read In previous versions of Miray Vir tual Disk this was the only mode available In this mode no changes are made to the moun
77. inkedConnections o Set its value data to 1 and restart your computer Note To undo the changes simply delete the registry value Il 80 Miray Virtual Disk 8 Miray Virtual Disk HDClone contain the software Miray Virtual Disk which allows to mount file im ages created with HDClone even VMDK and VHD images as virtual drives under Windows You then can access files and folders stored within a file image directly Miray Virtual Disk can be started on demand or autornatically at system start up File images may be mounted either just on demand or persistently o Note You can also open and mount file images as virtual drives directly T from the network using network drives or network shares 8 1 Installation Miray Virtual Disk is included with the 4 2 1 HDClone Setup During setup you can choose to install 4 1 3 Miray Virtual Disk It will be installed to a separate location in the Program Files directory 8 2 Program startup You find Miray Virtual Disk in the Windows Start menu in the HDClone folder At startup the program window will appear fig 40 Since Miray Virtual Disk works in the background the program icon will appear in the System Tray Miray Virtual Disk will remain active in the background even if you close the program window You can open the program window again using the System Tray icon 8 2 1 Program window Use the program window gt fig 40 Brenes to
78. inutes When selecting the options gt 5 8 3 General options try to deactivate the option FastCopy in this case Only if the problem persists activate additionally the option Cooling off break for the concerned device Thus the copying process takes a bit longer but usually the data transfer works better o Note The described problems are mostly due to deficient hardware and also occur under other operating systems We recommend you to have the concerned device replaced by your vendor 7 6 3 Controller not found HDClone should recognize all current USB controllers which offer one of the USB standard interfaces 3 5 2 UHCI OHCI and EHCI If HDClone recognizes USB devices on one PC but not on another PC or on another controller the USB con troller can have one of the following problem o The USB controller does not meet to the UHCI OHCI or EHCI standard In this Case use another compatible 3 5 2 UHCI OHCI and EHCI USB controller o The USB controller is deactivated e g in case of an onboard USB controller Activate the USB controller via the BIOS setup o The USB controller does not function correctly or is defective Use another USB controller or another PC for the copying process 7 6 4 Speed loss USB controllers can have a negative effect on the speed of the whole system This particularly affects the copying speed of all device types also IDE and SCSI m Mapped network drives 79 even
79. irectly on Windows into a program folder This will by choice of the user also create an Start menu folder as well as links on your desktop and in the Quickstart bar 4 2 1 HDClone Setup The HDClone software package also contains an installation program for creat ing a bootable floppy disk or CD DVD with only few mouse clicks 4 2 2 Boot Setup amp boot media To use the boot setup program please run setup exe first Then start All Programs HDClone Create bootable medium in the Win dows Start menu Note Alternatively in case you have a software package in the ZIP file j format you may extract all files to an empty folder Then execute the file setup exe from there 4 2 1 HDClone Setup Start setup exe gt fig 1 and select the desired options on the first screen Then follow the instructions displayed to install HDClone on your Windows PC After setup has finished you are asked in the final screen to choose whether to start HDClone directly Note HDClone Setup also will install the software Miray Virtual Disk as far as you did not deselect it on the first screen This will also include a software driver to be installed For this reason a Windows dialog win dow regarding driver installation gt fig 2 may appear during setup Confirm it with Continue Anyway In case Windows will display the Found New Hardware Wizard fig 3 close it with Cancel Hardware Installation Found
80. isting operation system installation o Data rescue only in combination with 6 1 1 BitCopy o Backup and restore o Rolling out installations on individual systems deployment o Copying proprietary file systems and data formats o Safekeeping data for forensic analysis and evaluation 54 Operating principles 6 1 4 Partition to Partition creates a direct clone of an individual partition either as a Smart Copy or as a BitCopy depending on the Partition to partition gt setting for the SmartCopy option gt 5 8 4 Cloning options Target size can be ad justed manually or automatically before fig 34 Partition to partition copying 5 9 2 Adjusting partitions Partition to Partition is suitable for the following areas of use o Relocating a partition o Rescue of an individual partition only in combination with 6 1 1 BitCopy o Backup and restore of an individual partition o Copying of proprietary partitions o Safekeeping data of individual partitions for forensic analysis and evaluation 6 1 5 El Note In case of doubt always use Drive to Drive mode It also adjusts the partitioning scheme yielding the same or even better results in most cases for example regarding bootability Drive to Partition Drive to Partition stores the contents of an entire hard disk or any other storage me dium on a partition This mode uses a par tition as an intermediate
81. ive hdclone cl mode d2i srcdrv source dstvol target dstimg image o P2I Creating a file image of a single partition hdclone cl mode p2i srcvol source dstvol target dstimg image o 12D Restoring a file image to an entire drive hdclone cl mode i2d srcvol source srcimg image dstdrv target o 2P Restoring a file image to a single partition hdclone cl mode i2p srcvol source srcimg image dstvol target o Note When using Enterprise Edition with more than one target the Tl calling syntax is extended as follows the parameter combinations m Command line interface 65 dstdrv target dstvol target or dstvol target dstimg filename have to be specified iteratively one for each copying target Providing the parameters described above is mandatory If one of the parame ters is missing or has an invalid value the call will be canceled with an error o Note Drive to Partition and Partition to Drive modes are not available Tl in the command line version Please use the functions for creating and restoring file images instead 6 9 3 Drive identification To allow more areas of use for physical drives srcdrv source dstdrv target there are different ways to specify a drive o Drive by Windows ID Physical drives are usually specified by their respective ID assigned by Windows at run time This ID is to be found in the Disk Man agement of Windows diskmgmt ms
82. l display additional information on the selected par m Copying data 45 tition Below each partition number there is either a double arrow ca the de fault setting showing that the partition size can be altered or a lock symbol F indicating that the partition size is fixed By clicking on these symbols you can toggle between both modes This allows to keep the original sizes of certain par titions while changing others or have them adjusted autornatically D Example Given are system partition C and two data partitions D and E When migrating to a larger hard disk only the latter two are to be up sizead but not the system partition First click on the symbol be low the system partition to have it change to the lock symbol This will keep the system partitions s size fixed Then choose Automatic adjust ment to have the data partitions resized proportionally to the newly available space Then click Continue FAT NTFS and ext2 ext3 ext4 partitions can be increased FAT and NTFS parti tions can also be decreased in size Each partition can be shrinked to the mini mum amount of space required by the data stored on this partition Up and down sizing can be accomplished either automatically proportional to the size of the target medium or manually to an arbitrary size The original size of the partition is displayed in light green the minimal partition size achievable by downsizing in dark green The additionally a
83. l file images of hard disks and partitions Physical 1 1 copies ensure that the copy is sector by sector 10096 identical with the source This allows HDClone to create copies or file images of hard disks regardless of the respec tive partitioning scheme the used file system and the installed operating system s Thus HDClone is especially suitable for the tasks described in 2 Fields of application as well as for many other tasks El Note The physical copying process of HDClone for exact bit wise 1 1 copies and 1 1 images makes it suitable for many areas of application HDClone s features make it a valuable tool even in special and extraor dinary scenarios 1 4 Edition overview There are different editions of HDClone They differ from each other by the amount of features they offer particularly supported device types performance and special options The following table offers you a comparative overview of the editions and their features Subsequent there are short explanations refer ring to some of the topics listed in the table o Note Within the table the following abbreviations are used to identify the different editions FE Free BE Basic SE Standard PE Professional EE Enterprise Device support IDE ATA SATA hard disks AHCI SATA II USB UHCI OHCI EHCI Hard disks gt 2048 GB 2 TB oe e o e e e o e e e o e e o o e e o o Edition overview 11
84. lection graphic hz fig 6 Program screen The HDClone program screen gt fig 6 contains two fields in a lighter blue They are the active area of the program where all information is shown and all op eration steps are executed 32 Program instructions 5 3 1 Status field The upper field is the status field fig 6 It shows the parameters selected for the copying process Copying mode Source Target and Options Thus you at any point of the program which parameters you have already selected Further more the right side of the status field also shows license information 5 3 2 Operating field The lower field is the operating field fig 6 In the upper left of the operating field is the title of the currently shown dialog page together with a correspond ing symbol In the upper right are two general operating elements with the help button you can call up the interactive help at any point of the program gt 5 5 Help With the quit button X you can quit the program at any time 5 11 Closing the program At the bottom of the operating field you find the buttons Next and Back for navigating to the next or previous dialog page 5 4 Operation To create a copy you are led through five consecutive dialog pages where you can select the individual parameters for the copy and start and control the copy ing process These five dialog pages are shown in the operating field 5 4 1 Graphical con
85. lowing chapters provide a detailed description on how to operate HDClone from the start to the end o Note Depending on the edition you use there may be differences in the features described in this and the following chapters Please check 1 4 Edition overview for the features your edition supports 5 1 Preliminary steps f you want to use USB devices for the following copying process connect the devices before starting HDClone and leave them connected until the copying process is finished Otherwise it is not guaranteed that HDClone recognizes them correctly Do not use a USB hub to connect USB storage devices always connect the USB storage devices directly to the USB controller or the PC case gt 5 2 2 Windows program or as a self booting application gt 5 2 1 Self booting program To start the self booting HDClone you need a bootable HDClone CD or floppy disk You can create it as described in chapter gt 4 2 2 Boot Setup amp boot media Note HDClone can be started directly as a Windows application 5 2 Starting the program 5 2 1 Self booting program Insert the bootable HDClone CD floppy disk into the corresponding drive or plug the bootable USB key to your PC Switch on the computer or reboot it Make sure that the BIOS boots from the respective drive or USB key 4 4 Boot ing from USB key HDClone will then start automatically from the bootable me dium and the program screen appears o
86. ly aware of its func 58 Operating principles 6 4 2 Functioning Sector area means a contiguous area of sectors on a storage medium In case of partitions it is specified relative to their starting positions HDClone will then Copy the first sector of the source are to the first sector of the target area and so on Compared to a normal BitCopy the main difference is that the defined par tial area is cloned instead of the entire drive or partition Example Sector area from O to 31 For drives this defines the ab solute first 32 sectors The absolute position of the first 32 sectors of a partition depends on its absolute start on the drive 6 5 MultiCopy n case of a MultiCopy mass copy the contents of the source are copied on multiple targets at the same time As a result there is a huge benefit regarding time and performance since the source data only has to be read once and the data can be written on multiple targets at the same time 6 5 1 Mode of operation A MultiCopy generally works the same way as a single copy A soon as the op tion MultiCopy has been selected on the target dialog page 5 7 Selecting data source and target two or more targets can be selected in the list The re maining steps are just the same as for creating a single copy o Note When creating a MultiCopy the result on a single medium is Tl identical with the result of a single copy Even the values for automatic resizing will
87. ly windows with x in the Operating field title bar Quit HDClone 34 Program instructions 5 4 2 2 Mouse operation Operating HDClone with the help of a mouse is done according to the point and click principle The right mouse key has no special function HDClone does not use drag and drop 5 5 Help You can open a context related help window at any point of the program by pressing the key F1 or the symbol in the upper right corner of the operat ing field gt fig 6 The help gives you useful hints on the current program screen The underlined text links in the help window enable you to jump to other help topics at any time o Note The program help is designed to give you useful hints when using Tl the program Please use this users manual when encountering prob lems or requiring more information on a topic 5 6 Selecting a copy mode Select the desired copying mode on the first dialog page gt fig 9 and fig 10 There are two views basically offering the same options They differ in how the copying modes are presented The classic view is focused on functionality while the category view displays the available copying modes task oriented 5 6 1 Category view The category view fig 9 allows you to choose a copying mode match ing the desired area of use backup restore and cloning The upper row of symbols shows the copying modes referring to entire disks e g hard disks The low
88. mage details on the image below the list im age type creation date and time and size Image type can be an entire drive or a single partition and the image for mat used Fulllmage SmartImage RAW VMDK or VHD gt 6 7 File imag es Image size has two values size of the file image and size of the original fig 14 File image as a target fig 15 File image as a source medium Confirm your selection with Next to proceed to the next step m Selecting the options 39 5 7 6 SpeedTest Use the SpeedTest button in the lower right of the operating field to start a speed test for the currently selected medium Since this is a pure read test all data will remain unchanged The test shows the maximum speed that can be achieved for linear reading on the currently selected medium o Note If the option MultiCopy 5 7 7 MultiCopy mode is selected the speed test is performed for all selected media at the same time This determines the maximum possible concurrent total data throughput of these media This is especially relevant for potential use of the Enter prise Edition but also represents a performance test of the entire sys tem The speed that can be achieved strongly depends on how the tested media are connected to the system gt 6 5 2 Speed 5 7 7 MultiCopy mode When selecting the target medium you can use the check box MultiCopy to ac tivate MultiCopy mode 6 5 MultiCopy In this mo
89. n drive are listed be neath the drive in indented form The drives themselves cannot be selected On the right of the list box the file im age can be selected The form of the selection slightly varies depending on whether the file image will be the tar fig 13 File image browser 38 Program instructions get gt 5 7 5 1 File image as a target or the source gt 5 7 5 2 File images as a source In both cases Browser will open the file image browser fig 13 It offers a more convenient layout for folder structures Use Cancel to return without any changes and OK to use the file image selected in the browser o Note If you are running HDClone W and mapped network drives are not displayed in the selection list this may probably be solved as de scribed in 7 7 Mapped network drives 5 7 5 1 File image as a target When creating a file image gt fig 14 select the desired partition In the box on the right specify the name for the file image and the image format Ful llmage SmartImage RAW VMDK or VHD gt 6 7 File images To store the file image in a different folder than the standard folder click on Browser Confirm your choice with Next in the lower right to proceed to the next step 5 7 5 2 File images as a source For an image restore gt fig 15 select the partition where the file image is lo cated on Then select the image from the list on the right to display i
90. n to check 3 2 1 Compatibility test 3 5 3 XHCI HDClone also supports the new XHCI standard Therefore it is able to use fast USB 3 0 SuperSpeed technology mass storage media of the latest generation 3 5 4 Hubs USB devices are sometimes connected via a USB hub For achieving the highest possible transfer rate you should connect USB disks directly to the PC s USB port 3 6 Firewire IEEE1394 If your edition of HDClone supports Firewire you can connect arbitrary Firewire drives or card readers Connected devices must support the Serial Bus Protocol SBP in order to be recognized and operated correctly by HDClone o Note Please take care to connect Firewire devices already before start Tl ing HDClone 5 1 Preliminary steps and if possible directly to the PC or to the Firewire controller 24 Installation 4 Installation 4 1 Introduction HDClone can be started without an installation directly in Windows or without the presence of an operating system as a self booting application from CD flop py disk or USB key 4 1 1 Bootable medium Additionally there is a setup pro gram for installing HDClone in Windows gt 4 2 1 HDClone Setup 4 1 1 Bootable medium In case you have HDClone already available on a bootable medium you can start and use the program immediately on any PC and without any preceding installation as described in chapter 5 2 Starting the program o Note It is po
91. ocess read errors can only occur on the source medium HDClone then tries to read the defective areas immediately after the termina tion of the copying process option SafeRescue 5 8 3 General options within a separate error recovery run gt 5 9 8 Course of the process During the error recovery run the number of the indicated read errors can reduce depending on the areas on the source which could be recovered tion errors gt 5 9 5 Status indication Since at verification time cloning has been finished already there will be no further error recovery o Note Read errors occurring during verification are counted as verifica m Area copy 57 6 3 3 Write errors Write errors can only occur during the copying process and only on the target medium HDClone then tries to read the defective areas immediately after the termination of the copying process with the option SafeRescue 5 8 3 Gen eral options with the help of special data recovery strategies within a separate error recovery run gt 5 9 8 Course of the process During the error recovery run the number of the indicated write errors can decrease depending on the recoverable areas on the target 6 3 4 Verification errors When the option Verifying 5 8 1 Verifying is activated HDClone executes a verification run 5 9 8 Course of the process after the copying process A verification error is counted if the data of two sectors on source and target do not
92. one with storage devices or controllers which require special m Installation in Windows 27 Windows drivers it has to be used directly on Windows If there is no Windows installation available you can create a bootable Windows XP CD which includes the drivers needed It just requires PE Builder and a Windows XP installation CD Please download PE Builder from the resuiserv3i0 lol Internet at http www nu2 nu pebuild m er The downloaded package allows Sao Gane mde restantes you to create a specially configured Custom include files and folders from this directory amd Windows XP system which can be supe au started right off a CD A plug in is used NUES to integrate HDClone into the PE sys deeem cXTemplHDClonePE iso la tem A corresponding plug in is to be EE OTE found at http www miray de public Samum support HDClone BartPE Plugin en zip Please install PE Builder on your system and unpack the plug in to the folder fig 5 PE Builder configuration dialog pebuilder3110a plugin This location then should contain the new folder HDClone Now copy hdclone exe from the installation package to pebuilder3110a plugin HDClone files In case the mass storage devices and controller on your target system will require special drivers please copy the driver files to pebuilder3 1 10a drivers SCSIAdapter Plugins Build Ext Then start pebuilder exe from the folder pebuilder31 1
93. ore defrag info 5 8 3 General options Important Use defragmentation on healthy file systems only meaning only those file systems declared being flawless by programs like chkdsk exe under Windows This shifting aims to reduce the file system s size in as few steps as nec essary For a real defragmentation select the option Defragmentation explicitly even when downsizing a file system i o Note When downsizing partitions HDClone may also shift data blocks 6 9 Command line interface To use HDClone for automated processes or time triggered calls there is the ad ditional file hdclone cl bat for calling HDClone from the Windows command line This program is destined to be called by shell scripts or program links It handles user input and output exclusively via the command line and calling parameters This allows to use the command line version for areas of application for which the graphical version is not suitable like the following examples o Time triggered calling Scheduled calls of HDClone by the Windows Task Manager to start copying processes automatically for example backups o Script integration Calling HDClone from scripts for integrating it into auto mated processes for example for mass installation deployment o Programmed processes For recurring copying processes you can create links in the Start Menu the Quick Launch bar or on the Desktop to allow these pro grammed processes to b
94. orted o The copy has been only partly verified The verification run was aborted o The copy has been verified Verification was terminated without an abort Field Meaning Source Source drive partition of the copying process Target Target drive partition of the copying process Copied sectors Total number of copied sectors Read errors Total number of read errors occurred w o verification Write errors Total number of write errors occurred Verification errors Total number of errors occurred during verification Runtime Time required for the entire process You can start another copying process by clicking Another copy or end the program by clicking Quit HDClone 5 11 2 Good bye screen The Details button will open another dialog with more details on each drive m Closing the program 51 Use Store report to create a detailed cloning re port and store it as a text file gt 6 10 Store final save final report on report Select the drive you want the report being stored on fig 29 Clicking Create will store the report to the selected drive in the file hdclone lt x gt txt x consecutive number lo cated in the root directory for example X hdclone 1 txt Create Cancel 5 11 Closing the program fig 29 Store report 5 11 1 End dialog You can end HDClone at any time by clicking the end symbol X in the up per right corner of the operating field A Do you
95. ow appears fig 4 o If you want to create a bootable floppy choose the drive at Floppy drive and click on Create floppy o For a bootable CD DVD select the Progress desired drive under CD DVD writer and click on Create CD DVD Status Select a destination drive below o To create a bootable USB key Floppy dive l reate floppy image files al Cn fl choose the desired drive at USB me EEE dium and click on Make bootable 7 ETE Follow the instructions and wait until pm wasser the has finished Then click on Exit Exit Continue at 5 Program instructions fig 4 HDClone boot setup o Note When creating a CD DVD please always use a new empty Tl writeable CD DVD Otherwise there may be problems when starting HDClone 4 2 2 1 CD DVD writer not selectable In few cases no drive is offered for selection at CD DVD writer although a CD DVD writer is available on the system Usually this results from already installed software for the CD DVD writer e g drivers for direct access to the CD DVD writer with Windows Explorer It reserves the drive in a way that the installation program cannot access it If possible deactivate or uninstall the CD DVD writer software Or create a bootable CD DVD from that ISO image which is also con tained in the software package gt 4 3 2 Creating a bootable CD DVD 4 2 3 Bootable Windows XP CD When using HDCl
96. patibility o SATA controller with IDE interface 3 3 2 SATA SATA II controllers o SATA II controller with AHCI interface 3 3 2 SATA SATA II controllers o USB UHCI amp OHCI controller USB 1 1 o USB EHCI controller USB 2 0 o USB XHCI controller USB 3 0 o EEE1394 OHCI controller Firewire 3 2 Compatibility HDClone has been developed for the hardware listed in 3 1 Overview and tested on a large number of devices HDClone also works well with many other devices Please use the HDClone Free Edition to easily check out in advance and for free whether the device in question is supported 3 2 1 Compatibility test 3 2 1 Compatibility test You can use the Free Edition of HDClone to find out easily if your hard disks other media as well as the associated controllers are supported properly even if a higher edition is required to use them with HDClone For this purpose simply start HDClone Free Edition on the respective PC chose a drive to drive copy and click on Next All drives displayed there as well as the associated control lers have been recognized by HDClone and are supported by one of the avail able editions Which edition will be necessary to utilize a certain device type can be seen from the info box at the right side of the list box when you select the regarding drive 5 7 4 Drive information o Note Please ensure that you connect the needed USB devices before Tl starting the program to ensure tha
97. pproach is useful since it closes gaps between partitions gaining additional space which is made available in one single block at the end of the medium 5 9 2 2 Automatic adjustment Free space on the target medium will be apportioned completely to the in dividual partitions proportional to their respective size fig 22 This increases the partitions sizes according to their part of the full size of medium Calculation of the size proportions is han dled automatically by HDClone fig 22 Option Automatic adjustment 5 9 2 3 Free adjustment You can adjust the apportioning of ad ditional space on the target medium to the individual partitions by yourself fig 23 You can change the size of a certain partition by clicking and dragging the corresponding area on the graphical representation fig 23 Option Free adjustment 5 9 3 Security query Before the final start of the copying Ex process a security query gt fig 24 Source appears where source and target of Drive 1 HDS728080PLA380 78 533 MB Y Ti t the copying process as well as corre E E sponding security notes are displayed PE E ET j j a be overwritten by the copy Click Start copying to start the copy o iaa ing process and Cancel to return approx 77 565 MB overhang will not be copied without starting the copying process Abor start copying fig 24 Security query Warning Any data in the targ
98. quired the software package If there is no security hologram on the data carriers or if the security hologram is damaged please contact us as well and indicate the above mentioned data We will try to find a simple solution so that you obtain a valid license Tl curity hologram with its own registration number and that this number has to correspond to the number of the program which has been start ed from this data carrier That means if you start the program from a floppy disk the displayed number has to correspond to the number of the security hologram on the floppy disk and not to the number of the security hologram on the CD E Note Make sure that each data carrier you received bears its own se 9 3 Disclaimer Parts of this product are based on works licensed under the GNU General Public License GPL The appropriate license is to be found at http www gnu org co pyleft gpl html On request to supportOmiray de we will send you a copy of the source code Although HDClone was programmed with the largest possible caution and was tested on a large scale of different systems we hope you understand that we cannot assume any liability for the proper functionality of the program and that we are not liable for damages resulting from its usage subject to gross negli gence and intention 92 Miscellaneous 9 4 Feedback We are highly interested in your feedback If you encounter any program errors or if you have
99. raDMA is deactivated in your BIOS setup you can activate it as a test of course in order to attain a higher speed if possible 7 4 4 3 Deactivate lO caching If there are problems in the PIO mode as well you should deactivate IO caches and buffers In particular the setting Dataport Postwrite if available should be switched to Disable if there are problems 7 4 4 4 Set BIOS defaults If HDClone should not work as desired despite all the above mentioned instruc 76 Troubleshooting tions you can try to set standard values via the option Load BIOS Setup De faults This setting tries to avoid possible hardware conflicts 7 5 SCSI When using SCSI devices please make sure that they are correctly configured and connected to the SCSI controller In particular SCSI controllers with SCSI BIOS must show a hard disk during the system start so that HDClone can then address this hard disk Furthermore HDClone must support the controller you use You find a list of the supported SCSI controllers in chapter 3 4 2 Compatibility o Note Even if an SCSI controller shows the desired drives during the sys tem start this is no guarantee that they are correctly configured or con nected In principle the BIOS of the SCSI controller works on a lower level than the SCSI drivers used by HDClone and can thus possibly rec ognize hard disk drives which are not recognized by HDClone itself HDClone has been tested on a range of SCS
100. ro oras vs 18 32 2 Standards ica dicas leonado 18 39 IDE ATAJSATA oe coc hh Drops taci n pues d pis 19 3 31 IDE ATA controllers nob teeth peces Wades 19 3 3 2 SATA SATA II controllers esee 19 3 3 3 Multiword DMA and Ultra DMA iisssssseeesee 20 3 3 4 Bus master IDE controllers n o saaana annuau enna 20 3 35 Speed sora sedute beate Eod ede ebria cdd 21 O ON 21 34T Will id 21 342 Compatibility poyasoscanssdrrars PIER nod pd de 21 3 43 Manufacturer information else 22 3 4 4 Driver information sees 22 4 Table of Contents A 23 3 5 1 Mass Storage Class 0 2 esses 23 392 WHC OFIGLEand EHCGL iih ORbnresrercerbeE etes 23 303 nd aaie oo bard gts a te kee a 23 354 HUDS ceceni sii da ihe dad 23 3 6 Firewire IEEE1394 0 000000 000 ee 23 A NstallaviOnh cue cae tees oes ned dosed axa ep beat aoe bee atest oe 24 4 A sat nA Eo eR chy enn ne ae Rd 24 AAA Bootable reditum uoce De bre ER de dad ae Se baw as 24 41 2 Software packages isiui esee ncdsseie desk huh dba 24 41 3 Miray Virtual Disk eedem 24 4 2 Installation in Windows isse ie esame eens eee 25 424 HBDGloneSetup scies riot bd rani 25 4 2 2 Boot Setup amp boot media 0 00 0 0000000 26 4 2 2 1 CD DVD writer not selectable 26 4 23 Bootable Windows XPCD 0 2 00000000005 26 4 3 Installation with other operating systems 0 00 28 4 3 1 Creating a bootable floppy
101. s but they do not cover all possible variations or areas of use o Copying Disk 1 to Disk 2 physical 1 1 copy hard disk copy hdclone cl mode d2d srcdrv 1 dstdrv 2 smart off freespace on o Backup image store Disk 1 to file on E hard disk backup hdclone cl mode d2i srcdrv 1 dstvol E dstimg backup o Restoring a file image from drive E to Disk 1 hdclone cl mode i2d srcvol E srcimg backup dstdrv 1 o Copying Disks adjust partitions sizes automatically hdclone cl mode d2d srcdrv 1 dstdrv 2 resize o Copying Disks keep size of partition 1 resize others automatically hdclone cl mode d2d srcdrv 1 dstdrv 2 resize fixed o Copying Disks partitions 1 keep size 2 resize to 100 GB resize others hdclone cl mode d2d srcdrv 1 dstdrv 2 resize fixed 100G o Copying Disk adjust partition 1 automatically keep sizes of others hdclone cl mode d2d srcdrv 1 dstdrv 2 resize auto fixed fixed fixed 70 Operating principles Hint Call hdclone cl list to find out which drive numbers are assigned to which physical drives You will be displayed a list of the available physical drives in the system o Note These and further examples are to be found in the CLI subfolder of the program path after installing HDClone or via Start Programs gt HDClone gt CLI Sample scripts 6 10 Store final report After the process has been finished you can generate and store a detailed final report in a text
102. ssible that although you have HDClone on a physical me El dium it may not be in form of a bootable medium but rather as an in stallation package Create a bootable medium at first according to the following description gt 4 1 2 Software package 4 1 2 Software package As far as you do not receive HDClone on a bootable medium you can create one by yourself The software package contains the required files The following chapters describe how to create a bootable medium It then can be used to start HDClone on any PC without any further installation 5 2 Starting the program 4 1 3 Miray Virtual Disk Some editions of HDClone also contain mieytocioneseme S the software 8 Miray Virtual Disk an peniteat MP RR application to mount file images as vir tual Windows drives Miray Virtual Disk Check the components you want to install and uncheck the components you don t want to install Click Next to continue will be installed automatically during sol components total EEEE Y Start Menu Group HDClone setup In case you do not Emden etat want to have it installed please dese Fiori lect it in the first installation screen Space requred 4098 gt fig 1 Cancel fig 1 HDClone setup start screen m Installation in Windows 25 4 2 Installation in Windows The HDClone software package contains a setup program setup exe allowing you to install HDClone d
103. ssigned space when enlarging a par tition is displayed in striped light green The size of partitions displayed in black cannot be altered Free space not assigned to any partition is displayed in white There are three options for how to handle free space on the target medium gt 5 9 2 1 Keep original sizes 5 9 2 2 Automatic adjustment 5 9 2 3 Free adjust ment Select the desired option In case of Free adjustment make the desired changes Then click on Apply adjustments for having the selected adjustments become effective If you click on Continue without adjustment the following copying process will transfer the partitions of the source to the target medium without any changes Clicking Cancel will bring you back to the dialog page Copy data and will cancel any changes made o Note To transfer the original partition layout to the target medium click on Continue without adjustment The option Keep original sizes will keep the original partition sizes but may alter their absolute positions on the medium by shifting them towards the beginning of the medium for a better utilization of free space 5 9 2 1 Keep original sizes The original sizes of partitions on the source will be kept on the target me fig 21 Option Keep original sizes 46 Program instructions dium gt fig 21 The partitions themselves will be shifted together at the begin ning of the target if possible This a
104. storage for a drive image which can be restored with Parti tion to Drive at a later point in time fig 35 Drive to partition Note The data stored on the target partition is usually not accessible directly and the partition will be displayed as unformatted under Win dows For restoring the data 6 1 6 Partition to Drive is used Drive to Partition is suitable for the following areas of use o Rescue of several storage media onto one single drive o Backup of several storage media o Backup of the data from several drives to one single drive o Temporary or intermediate storage of entire drives m Size differences 55 Hint This copying mode has been introduced prior to file images In the Q current version file images 6 7 File images are the more versatile preferable recommendable and better alternative 6 1 6 Partition to Drive Partition to Drive will overwrite an entire hard disk or other storage medium with the data from a partition This mode is used to restore drive images created with 6 1 5 Drive to Partition before gt fig 36 Partition to drive Note Partition to Drive usually only makes sense in combination with 6 1 5 Drive to Partition For storing and recovering storage media im ages file images 6 7 File images are the more versatile preferable recommendable and better alternative 6 2 Size differences To create a real BitCopy source and target must have
105. t clones HDClone is also capable of storing images of a medium into a file An image contains the same data as a clone When an image has been restored to another medium the result is the same as if it had been copied di rectly from the original source 6 7 1 Fulllmage A Fulllmage physical Image stores analog to a BitCopy all sectors of the se lected partitions and optionally all sectors in between Copy free areas gt 5 8 3 General options in a file image 6 7 2 Smartlmage A Smartlmage logical Image stores analog to a SmartCopy only those areas of a medium that are occupied with file system data A Smartlmage usually re quires much less disk space and time for creation than a Fulllmage 6 7 3 RAW images RAW images are also physical images They contain the same data like Fulllmages including Copy free areas 5 8 3 General options HDClone just uses a spe cial file format for Fulllmages which optimally supports HDClone specific fea 60 Operating principles tures e g SafeRescue RAW images contain data in the same linear order as it is stored on a medium This makes it faster and easier to process image files with third party programs especially when mounting them in 8 Miray Virtual Disk Hint RAW images created by HDClone automatically contain a VMDK Q file required to mount them directly as virtual drives in VMware or oth er virtual machines 6 7 4 Dynamic VMDK and VHD images 6 7 4 Dyn
106. t sector s Reset disk signature Reset unique media signature Adjust offset Adjust real partition start address in boot sector s Patch boot code Avoids boot problems on older hardware Change volume ID Create a new ID for the partition Required when source and target work in the same PC When the parameters and options are set as desired click on Adjust to modify the medium or click on No changes to leave the medium unchanged 50 Program instructions o Note In case of a copy with several target media Enterprise Edition only the dialog appears only once The selected adjustments are then carried out for all target media 5 10 4 Final dialog A complete image has been created The image has not been verified Sourco Drive 4 WDC WDDDAAJS ODWAAD 76 319 MB Target 5 WDC WDBD0AAJS UOWAAD 76 319 MB 3 FAT32 logical 32 984 MB Backup Sectors copied 13 805 600 Read errors 0 o 04 51 6741 MB Another capy Quit ancione petats Store report fig 28 Final dialog After termination a final report fig 28 with the following information appears o A complete copy has been created The copying process has been finished without an abort even if the verification run has been aborted o The copying process has been aborted In case the copying run has been aborted before its regular termination o The copy has not been verified No verification run or the copying process has been ab
107. t they are recognized correctly 5 1 Preliminary steps 3 2 2 Standards To be able to support as many devices as possible HDClone implements the ef fective standards for the appropriate device types Device support in HDClone primarily refers to the standards applicable to the appropriate device type In m IDE ATA SATA 19 addition we perform extensive tests with each device type Those test also re veal that there is a number of devices which themselves implement their re spective standard only insufficiently or even inaccurately Furthermore it is pos sible that some problems occur in certain hardware configurations usually in certain combinations of controller and device If possible HDClone tries to sup port even such devices and to bypass the any hardware deficiencies However these kinds of problems can not always be bypassed Hence even extensive tests cannot completely prevent that a problem appears in your special hard ware configuration In most cases this can be solved by setting the options ap propriately 5 8 Selecting the options and 7 Troubleshooting In case of even this does not work our support team gt 9 5 Support will be there to assist you with solving the problem 3 3 IDE ATA SATA Generally HDClone supports IDE ATA SATA hard disks A necessary precondition is to have them connected to one of the IDE ATA SATA controllers supported by HDClone gt 3 3 1 IDE ATA controllers and 3 3 2
108. tch the technical data of a hard disk the reason may be that the IDE controller only supports lower modes Furthermore the achievable val ues also depend on the physical abilities of the hard disk i e a hard disk with UDMA 6 theoretically 133 MB sec currently achieves an actual transfer rate of about 90 MB sec Note Please take into account that both hard disk and IDE controller 3 3 4 Bus master IDE controllers Precondition for using DMA mode is that the attached PCI IDE controller also sup ports the Bus master IDE standard Whether your PCI IDE controller supports Bus master IDE can be determined by means of the program PCISniffer which can be downloaded for free at http www miray de download sat pcisniffer html The field Classcode in PCISniffer has to contain the value 01018x x arbitrary for the respective PCI IDE controller m SCSI 21 o Note For using Bus master IDE the settings and initializations made in and by the PC s system BIOS play a major role In case of problems with utilizing DMA it is likely that certain BIOS settings have to be accommo dated correspondingly 7 4 3 Problems with DMA 3 3 5 Speed The speed DMA can achieve always depends on the physical abilities of a hard disk The rough classification below shows the approximate speed to be expect ed from a certain drive type Type Age Speed Older drives About 5 10 years About 5 30 MB sec Newer drives About 2 5
109. te SmartCopy evaluates file system and depends on file system data being consistent and free of errors Otherwise the copy may contain er rors too In case you are not sure you may check the source with chkdsk f before cloning SmatCopy also creates an exact clone but in contrast to BitCopy only copying the used areas of the medium For many cases of use this mode is preferable since it delivers the same result in less time Hint Since it is only a clone you can always try SmartCopy mode first If it turns out not to be sufficient for your individual case of use you can still create a BitCopy ing defective or inconsistent file systems or for 2 7 Forensic data safekeeping It is recommended to create a BitCopy in these cases Q Warning Never use SmartCopy mode for 2 2 Data rescue for copy 6 1 3 Drive to drive Drive to Drive creates a direct clone from one medium to another You can choose gt between a SmartCopy or a BitCopy de pending on the actual setting ofthe Smart Copy option gt 5 8 4 Cloning options It is recommended to use this mode even for copying individual partitions You can then use 6 6 PartitionSelect to choose the partition s to be copied to the target If source and target have different Sizes you can 5 9 2 Adjusting partitions manually or autornatically fig 33 Drive to drive Drive to Drive is suitable for the following areas of use o Migration of an ex
110. te copy fig 25 Abort dialog copying process 5 10 Termination of the copying process 5 10 1 User abort If you interrupt a running copying pro MiS cess or verification run by clicking Oo Ute The result of the verification will be incomplete Stop 5 9 9 Interrupting the run The copying process itself has already been finished ning process you can definitively abort the process in the dialog win dow which then appears gt fig 25 fig 26 Abort dialog verification run and fig 26 by clicking Abort copy ing or Abort verifying You then obtain a final report 5 10 4 Final dialog upon the prematurely terminated process o Note Unlike an aborted copying run an aborted verification run has no influence on the copied data The copy itself is already finished at that point of time Continue veriying Abort verifying 5 10 2 Regular termination After up to three runs 5 9 8 Course of the process without a premature abort the copying process is regularly finished You then obtain a final report upon the complete copying process in a dialog window 5 10 4 Final dialog e Termination of the copying process 49 5 10 3 Adjust media parameters After finishing the copying process a dialog uS for adjusting media parameters appears geometry used gt fig 27 Since HDClone creates a 1 1 copy ONormal OLarge OLBA O User the d
111. ted images and no changes can be made to the file system on the virtual drive For example it is not possible to change file names or access rights in this mode 8 5 2 Read write access default This mode is the default mode when mounting file images It allows to read from and write to file images The data written will be stored separately in this mode This means that the data of the original file image remains unaltered even when writing to the virtual drive To make changes available in the original image some Editions of HDClone allow to create a new image of the desired type from the virtual drive gt 8 7 Copy to other Image formats o Note This mode works with any kind of file image For high performant Il access it is recommended to use RAW images 8 6 Converting to RAW image in R W mode gt 8 5 3 Direct read write access To undo changes to an original image resulting from write access to it select the image in the list and unmount it Then click on Extras gt Delete overlay data The file image then has been reverted to its original state Any changes made to the virtual drive are then made undone Hint To delete overlay data created with Miray Virtual Disk 3 x and ear Q lier double click the file image in Windows Explorer and delete any files with the ovl extension there Oo 8 5 3 Direct read write access In this mode Miray Virtual Disk writes or reads directly from a RAW image
112. the DMA settings under Integrated Peripherals or Chipset Setup in the BIOS setup o Note Please perform automatic hard disk recognition in BIOS after each modification of the DMA and hard disk settings so that the modifica tions for the corresponding drives become effective Make sure to save the modifications via Save and Exit when leaving BIOS setup 7 4 4 1 Switch to a lower higher UltraDMA mode In many BIOS setups the highest used UltraDMA mode can be selected manu ally If you have problems with DMA try to switch the used mode step by step to a lower level at the corresponding IDE channel Only if this does not solve the problem deactivate UltraDMA completely The controller then mostly auto matically uses multi word DMA which is at least faster than PIO You can switch the UltraDMA mode step by step to a higher level if you think you have not se lected the best possible UltraDMA mode 7 4 4 2 Activate deactivate UltraDMA Some BIOS setups do not offer a free selection of the UltraDMA mode but only an automatic recognition or deactivation If this is the case with your BIOS or if you have already switched to the lowest UltraDMA mode and problems keep occurring deactivate UltraDMA Usually multi word DMA is autornatically available then which is often faster than PIO Only if this doesn t function either you should completely switch off the DMA mode in HDClone 5 8 7 Options for source and target If UIt
113. the same size to serve as a backup partition Then create a file image and restore the original system from that image when needed o Note Before restoring from the backup partition save your work files Tl and other data from the system partition or store them somewhere else since they otherwise will be overwritten m Forensic data safekeeping 15 2 4 Mass copying HDClone Enterprise Edition is specially designed for creating up to 16 copies at a time This makes it especially suitable for industrial duplication of pre installed software e g on hard disks or on CompactFlash media etc or for creating sev eral identical operating system installations 2 5 Master installations 2 5 Master installations HDClone is also suitable for duplicating deployment system installations 2 4 Mass copying Copy an entire master hard disk or master partition to the target medium to create a complete installation there and to have it ready for action o Note When duplicating Windows XP we recommend to run sysprep included in Windows before cloning Further information is to be found at Microsoft at http www microsoft com search for sysprep 2 6 Proprietary hard disk formats HDClone is capable of copying arbitrary hard disk formats Especially for hard disks installed in proprietary systems e g studio technology medical technology etc there are often no programs besides system software which can read the data on
114. the size of a partition to the size value specified m Command line interface 69 The values may be specified in sectors S bytes B kilobytes K megabytes M gigabytes G or terabytes T The desired numeric value has to be spec ified immediately followed without spaces by one of the unit specifiers above for example 10G 10 gigabytes or 500M 500 megabytes fixed Keeps the partition size without any changes skip Skips the partition meaning it will not be copied 6 6 PartitionSelect auto Adjusts the partition size automatically and proportionally to its share of the entire medium The parameters for resizing size fixed skip auto may be specified repeat edly separated by a colon The parameters will be applied to the partitions in the specified order In case there are more partitions than parameters specified the default parameter auto will be applied to the remaining partitions If there are more parameters specified than partitions available the remaining parameters are ignored This option works equivalent to 5 9 2 Adjusting partitions Example There are four partitions on the drive but only two resize parameters are specified The first two partitions will be adjusted as specified The two remaining partitions will be resized automatically just as if the parameter auto was specified for them 6 9 9 Examples of use The following examples represent a selection of frequently used scenario
115. the target is not Copied and is missing on the target Generally such a copy is unusable or only very restrictedly usable because possibly necessary data can be missing How ever if you make sure before copying e g by defragmentation that all valid or necessary data is in the front part of the source medium and that this area is not larger than the target medium a copy onto a smaller target medium can also be successfully used This also applies if you have copied a smaller source onto a larger target 6 2 2 Small to large and if you copy back the unchanged data onto the original medium or onto a target of the corresponding size 6 3 Automatic troubleshooting HDClone tries to troubleshoot occurring sector errors the best possible If this is not possible the errors will be counted in a corresponding error statistic 6 3 1 Intensive reading writing In case of read errors HDClone uses different strategies in order to recover these sectors The time used for that depends on the type and size of medium used For each sector several seconds up to minutes can be needed for the re covery attempts Therefore it is recommended to always activate the option SafeRescue 5 8 3 General options since handling of defective sectors then will be done after copying all intact areas has been finished The process can then be aborted if it takes too long without losing the data of the intact areas 6 3 2 Read errors During the copying pr
116. these media HDClone can rescue this data or moving it to a new medium without any problem The best way is to copy the original medium to a target medium of the same or larger size A target medium smaller than the original medium should not be used as it cannot be assured that all relevant user data will be transferred in this case o Note In case of unknown or proprietary non standardized formats always copy the entire original medium You should only use the mode 6 1 4 Partition to partition if you know for sure that the partitions are reported correctly 2 7 Forensic data safekeeping HDClone is also very suitable for safekeeping data for forensic purposes as re ally all data from a hard disk is copied including data that has possibly been hid den or deleted This data cannot be reached any more via the usual file system mechanisms Therefore it will be useful to create a copy in drive to drive mode gt 6 1 3 Drive to drive or a RAW image gt 6 2 Size differences before per forming a detailed forensic analysis of secured media This allows you to make changes to the copy during analysis without altering and thus endangering the original content of the medium 16 Fields of application o Note When backing up data for forensic safekeeping hidden and de leted files can be located anywhere on the medium it is always re quired to create a copy of the entire medium to a target medium of the same or larger
117. trol elements To control the program HDClone offers different graphical control elements fig 7 and fig 8 The names used within this manual to designate the differ ent elements are listed and illustrated by examples in the following illustrations Check box 3 List box gt lt t Info box Button focused Button diia fig 7 Graphical control elements 1 Operation 33 i Miray Software Close dialog Percentage Button inactive Progress bar fig 8 Graphical control elements 2 5 4 2 Operation with keyboard and mouse HDClone is operated by keyboard and mouse It is also possible to operate the program exclusively by keyboard or exclusively by mouse 5 4 2 1 Keyboard operation Keyboard operation always refers to the currently focused graphical element This element is highlighted by color brightness or an additional frame With the tabulator key you can switch the focus in turn to the other operating elements The following control keys have a function when operating the keyboard Key Control element Function Tab All Switch to the next element Arrow keys List field Select list element t 4 Selection graphic Highlight element Space Button Press button Selection graphic Select highlighted element Link Show link target Return Button Press button in dialog windows only Link Show link target Esc Window Close window on
118. trollers many models already implement the AHCI interface supported by HDClone Hint With HDClone Free Edition you can easily check out if your SATA or SATA II controller is supported 3 2 1 Compatibility test Connect at least one SATA drive and start HDClone If the SATA drive is recog nized HDClone also supports the associated SATA SATA II controller Note It might be necessary to adjust the SATA settings in BIOS As mode of operation IDE ATA compatible or AHCI should be chosen but in no case RAID or SATA Additionally it may be necessary to set the control ler configuration to combined especially for allowing simultaneous use of IDE and SATA hard disks In this case there are only ports O and 2 or 1 and 3 available for SATA Please connect the SATA hard disks corre spondingly in this case Eo o 3 3 3 Multiword DMA and Ultra DMA HDClone automatically recognizes and uses bus master IDE controllers which al low data rates up to 133 MB sec resp 7 8 GB min Hereby Multiword DMA up to 16 7 MB sec as well as Ultra DMA UDMA are supported This can increase achievable data transmission rates by a multiple higher of the rates that can be achieved without DMA in PIO mode HDClone recognizes automatically wheth er controller and hard disk support DMA and then automatically selects the fastest usable mode Multiword DMA or Ultra DMA 33 66 100 133 have to support a certain DMA mode If the actual speed does not ma
119. ves via separate channels or cables o Try both connections of the data cable center connection and connection at the end in case of a single connected drive to eliminate possible problems with damping center connection and reflection connection at the end o Switch the used UltraDMA mode to a lower value in the BIOS setup 7 4 4 1 Switch to a lower higher UltraDMA mode or deactivate UltraDMA 7 4 4 2 Activate deactivate UltraDMA Multiword DMA mode will be autornatically still available which offers about a twice to four times higher speed than PIO mode o On the other hand you can also try to activate UltraDMA or to switch to a higher UltraDMA mode if the corresponding default settings in your BIOS set up are too low o Note Our tests revealed that some chipsets and hard disks do not col laborate optimally This can lead to UltraDMA mode putatively cor rectly recognized and set in the BIOS is too high 7 4 4 BIOS settings In case of problems when using DMA please refer to the following notes m IDE ATA SATA 75 The following notes refer to settings which you should possibly make in the BIOS setup of your computer if problems occur during the use of DMA Since the set tings in the BIOS setup are manufacturer and model specific these notes can only be given in a general form Refer to your BIOS manual on how exactly to make these settings and which settings are available at all You usually find
120. years About 30 60 MB sec Top models About 0 2 years About 60 120 MB sec and more SSDs About 0 2 years About 90 200 MB sec and more 3 4 SCSI If your edition of HDClone supports SCSI hard disks the following chapters pro vide important information on utilizing and compatibility of SCSI devices o Note Since HDClone embeds original driver code of the hardware Tl manufacturers there no influence on actual compatibility The follow ing information is based on specifications of the manufacturer 3 4 1 Utilization You can use HDClone with SCSI hard disk in the same way as with any other me dia HDClone automatically recognizes supported SCSI controllers and connect ed SCSI hard disks at program start and displays them along with other recog nized media in the respective selection lists El Note You can copy data from SCSI hard disks to other media types gt 2 E Fields of application This is important for the purpose of data rescue or if there is no SCSI target medium at hand as any arbitrary medium can be used for temporarily storing the regarding data 3 4 2 Compatibility Generally HDClone supports SCSI hard disk drives As a precondition they have to be connected to a SCSI controller HDClone supports Currently HDClone supports Narrow Wide Ultra and Ultra Wide SCSI controllers from Adaptec 22 Supported hardware Hint Use the Free Edition to determine whether your SCSI controll

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