Can this clone ENCRYPTED drives - and also go from a larger drive to a smaller drive?
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Yes,ORICO 6629US3-C could clone ENCRYPTED drives. Please note that Target HDD must be larger than Source HDD when you clone .Thank you!
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I believe so. I have cloned many drives to 500gb, 750gb and 1 terabyte drives using acronis software
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When you clone from a large SATA hard drive to a smaller SSD drive it will most likely not work. Your best bet is to install windows from scratch, treating it as a new install. That way all partitions will be set up correctly.
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No, this is a clone tool for 2 drives not in use or if you have an internal drive that is not primary. If you have 2 drives and don't want to run software to copy them this is the way to do it. Keep in mind its not instant. I copied a 3tb drive and it took 3.5 hours. It can also be used to create a RAID but I wouldn't use it in production.
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yes .... yes, the unit will start from a backup copy cloned and also of any partition
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yes. I specifically used Casper to clone my internal 500gb hdd to the external 2tb hdd and then I replaced the 500gb with the 2tb and the process went smoothly. Now I turned the old 500gb into a new external drive.
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Yes it will. Copying from a smaller drive to a larger always works. It's the other way around that it will not. To clone a larger to a smaller drive you would need to use software like Paragon which will allow you to not copy certain files.
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Have not tried that, my guess would be no, though if you had the right connectors, it may be possible, not sure. I know it works real well as to recovering from one drive.
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Or you can use a program like SuperDuper and duplicate your hard drive directly onto the SSD
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Yes, like Gene said, cloning is logically not possible if the destination hdd is smaller than the source hdd, right ? I also guess that you wanted to know if cloning of a sata drive to a ssd is possible ? if the size of the ssd is equal to the sata hdd or bigger and the ssd drive is the target drive, it is very much possible and vice versa too.
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No. New drives have to be equal to or larger than the largest installed drive.
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It depends on your utility. Some will create a partition the size of the smaller drive and leave the rest for you to do as you please. Some will expect you to make a partition the size of the source disk before beginning. Still others will operate differently. You need to look at the details/instructions for the cloning utility. By the way, I recommend Acronis products for this kind of task. (After cloning, it's nice to have the option to resize the partition or make multiples, as you prefer.
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It does a perfect clone of your existing drive. All operating system, applications, settings, keys, passwords and data come over automatically. Keep you r old hard drive as a backup
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It mirrored the other drive exactly. You should only be concerned if the new drive is smaller than the drive you are cloning.
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Yes. I found out just the other day. You need to format the Target Drive before duplication. I did mine, took forever but, No Errors !
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Mine did not come with cloning software. You can go to seagate's site and download their program called disk wizard I think. I used that to clone my seagate hybrid drive to the 600.
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I haven't tried it, but I don't see why not. Make a folder completely separate from the one where the backups are being directed, and put anything you want in that folder.