Okay so,
You saw the subject line. What software can I use to do the job without consulting multiple deities?
Thanks,
Andrew
I have two 'drives' on my laptop. I want to clone them onto a larger drive b/c the C drive space is shrinking.
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- KVRer
- 1 posts since 19 May, 2021
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- KVRist
- 166 posts since 2 Jul, 2012 from Singapore
Only the drive with the OS (only one drive) can be cloned on to a new drive.
(Most drive manufacturers have their own cloning software for their new drive)
After cloning, expand the unused area of the new drive as an active partition.
For the other drive , you have to copy the folders one by one. You may have write error if you tried to copy the whole drive.
Also sometimes, the number of times you copy and paste will have limitations. You can log off or reboot to continue.
Regards.
(Most drive manufacturers have their own cloning software for their new drive)
After cloning, expand the unused area of the new drive as an active partition.
For the other drive , you have to copy the folders one by one. You may have write error if you tried to copy the whole drive.
Also sometimes, the number of times you copy and paste will have limitations. You can log off or reboot to continue.
Regards.
maanga
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- Beware the Quoth
- 35529 posts since 4 Sep, 2001 from R'lyeh Oceanic Amusement Park and Funfair
dont clone, use junction points to redirect files and folders to space on the other drive.
An idiot on Set Theory:
"In some cases there is an object called red that contains everything that is red. In much the same way a pot is a plate."
"In some cases there is an object called red that contains everything that is red. In much the same way a pot is a plate."
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- Beware the Quoth
- 35529 posts since 4 Sep, 2001 from R'lyeh Oceanic Amusement Park and Funfair
No, junction points are not doing any copying or cloning of anything. Like I said, they redirect the locations of files and folder.
You can move files from your short-of-space boot drive to another drive, then create junction points from the original location to the new one. The OS will transparently treat them as though they're in the original location.
You could move data files, eg large sample libraries, or you could move specific software installations, or whatever.
This tool makes it easy:
https://schinagl.priv.at/nt/hardlinkshe ... nsion.html
You can move files from your short-of-space boot drive to another drive, then create junction points from the original location to the new one. The OS will transparently treat them as though they're in the original location.
You could move data files, eg large sample libraries, or you could move specific software installations, or whatever.
This tool makes it easy:
https://schinagl.priv.at/nt/hardlinkshe ... nsion.html
An idiot on Set Theory:
"In some cases there is an object called red that contains everything that is red. In much the same way a pot is a plate."
"In some cases there is an object called red that contains everything that is red. In much the same way a pot is a plate."