about disk clone

[akpako]

hello gud day is there anybody who can give more knowledge about disk to disk clone... my question is... i have a hard drive wtih two partitions c & d... if i'm goin to clone this drive with the other one is there any possibility that the two partitions are being copied to other hard drive..

 

[BadBigBen]

Clone implies that the exact copy is made...

and simple answer would be "yes"...

Ben
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[goombawaho]

So, if you choose a DISK to DISK copy - everything will be the same whether there are two partitions on the source or three or one. The target will be exactly the same.

If you do a PARTITION to DISK (and your software has that option, like Ghost), then the result is up to you to control.

 

[rclarke250]

Also, if you are going to a larger drive the clone will be an exact copy, meaning the partitions will be the same size, so you will need to either create another partition or extend the existing partitions to utilize the larger drive. If you are using windows 7, it can extend the partitions for you after the clone is done.

 

[goombawaho]

Good point on size. Usually you have the option to change partition size if more than one partition exists. Usually for one partition, the whole larger (new) disk is used up for the partition.