What is your go to Clone Software at the moment?

[britechguy]

Well I do mostly Cisco networking.

so...

[Connects Console Cable]

Swirch>en
Swirch# conf t
Switch(config)#

[pastes config from notepad]

[changes a few setting like the management IP, Gateway, and Hostmame]

SWITCHNAME(config)# exit
SWITCHNAME# wr mem
SWITCHNAME# exit
SWITCHNAME>exit

And this is relevant to the original question, which has a very clear context, in what way? [And that's a serious question.]

How this connects to disk cloning software eludes me entirely.

 

[seedubya]

And this is relevant to the original question, which has a very clear context, in what way? [And that's a serious question.]

How this connects to disk cloning software eludes me entirely.

I think we have a humour lost-in-translation moment!

 

[britechguy]

I think we have a humour lost-in-translation moment!

Yup. If there's something funny in there, and I'm not saying that there isn't, that eludes me, too. It happens.

 

[glennd]

We've noticed.

The title of this thread refers only to "Clone Software", and in this umpire's judgement @NETWizz's response is therefore both on-topic and humorous.

The ball was IN.

I'm going to take a wild stab in the dark and say that that's how he clones his Cisco switch configurations????

 

[HCHTech]

The ball was IN.

Hahahahahaha. Damn, I can only like this once!

 

[NETWizz]

You see... when I stay out of it for a while folks figure it out quick. Speculation above is spot on.

 

[dannyict]

Was using acronis untill iI had to clone a lot from hd to ssd, then sound would not work on the cloned ssd. Now using Macrium and no problems with drivers or other stuff on the cloned drive.

 

[MDD1963]

Please note, the Arcronis from Crucial requires the installation of a Crucial branded drive.
I did however find an Acronis OEM from another vendor that did not have drive brand limitations.

A Western Digital drive, internal or external) connected anywhere will also suffice to allow the use of the free Acronis...(it need not even be involved in the actual clone/image operation)

 

[brandonkick]

Macrium reflect

Acronis just didn't work too many times for me, and it "guessed" at settings for the clone based upon the OS / Hardware your currently using if say you have the source and target disks hooked up to a bench PC with windows installed on it.

Macrium doesn't do that. I always use the live PE version.

The only reason I went to Macrium from CloneZilla was because last I saw CloneZilla wasn't smart enough to handle the situation where the source drive was larger than the target, but the volumes could actually reasonably shrink to fit the target smaller drive. A customer brings in a junko PC with a 1TB HDD that has maybe 130GB used on it, no reason why you can't clone that to a 240/250GB SSD. CloneZilla wouldn't do it. Macrium smiles and says, right away sir!

 

[jogold]

I just finished an 18 hour 1 tb drive clone.
The drive was at 42% health and all of the previously mentioned cloning software gave an error because the source disk was so bad, some have ignore options but didn't help.
GHOST to the rescue. I used the ignore bad sector switch and after about 18 hours it copied all of the info.
Gotta keep the old tools around.

 

[britechguy]

GHOST to the rescue. I used the ignore bad sector switch and after about 18 hours it copied all of the info.
Gotta keep the old tools around.

So long as they can still do what you need them to do, why not?

A corollary to your signature observation, "The golden rule of computers 'there's more than one way to skin a cat'," coupled with what you discovered is, "Whatever works correctly is the right way." It may not be the most efficient, modern, whatever, but if it gets the job done correctly then it's just fine, thanks.

 

[xrobwx71]

I've used Macrium Home/Enterprise at home, with family, clients, and at work for 13 years without issue. It has always served me well. Cloning, backup, boot repair, etc.

 

[defrostphone]

I have been using Ghost since 1998, has never let me down, plus imaging across a network is so easy. Not the cheapest but if it's not broke don't change it.

 

[Velvis]

Is it possible to clone a drive from an old computer to a new computer? I have a client with installs of quickbooks, mapped drives, LOB software, which will be a hassle to reconfigure.
I remember old versions of Windows had "security" in it so if the hardware changed to much it wouldn't activate, so I was wondering if that has changed or if there is a solution.

 

[jogold]

If it's Win 10 then it shouldn't be a problem and even if it doesn't activate you can call Microsoft and activate over the phone.
If it's and older version then you might have problems with booting the new computer as the hardware is different.
If my memory serves me correctly you have to remove the IDE ATA\ATAPI controllers in device manager when you shutdown before making the clone.
There are other ways but this was the simplest.

 

[defrostphone]

Is it possible to clone a drive from an old computer to a new computer? I have a client with installs of quickbooks, mapped drives, LOB software, which will be a hassle to reconfigure.
I remember old versions of Windows had "security" in it so if the hardware changed to much it wouldn't activate, so I was wondering if that has changed or if there is a solution.

The best way is to run sysprep with generalize on the old pc before cloning the old pc to the new pc. This will cause windows to Re-detect all the hardware. I have done this to image use across multiple types of PCs with windows 10. As long as you have a genuine license it should activate as normal or worst case you can do it via the phone.

How to Use Sysprep in Windows 10 | Step by Step

In Windows 10, you can run Sysprep to prepare a system image that can be deployed to different computers. Here is all the information you need to know.

www.google.co.uk

 

[Markverhyden]

Is it possible to clone a drive from an old computer to a new computer? I have a client with installs of quickbooks, mapped drives, LOB software, which will be a hassle to reconfigure.
I remember old versions of Windows had "security" in it so if the hardware changed to much it wouldn't activate, so I was wondering if that has changed or if there is a solution.

Just because you can doesn't mean you should. Yes, there are a number of ways you can do that. But the OS license does impact what is legal and what isn't. For instance moving Dell installation over to a HP is a licensing violation. The OS license is with each OEM and, obviously, is not transferable.

 

[Sky-Knight]

Yes, but if the destination machine has an equivalent license who cares? There are even means to pull the MSDN code out of the bios, and apply it to the old install and reactivate!

 

[fincoder]

For instance moving Dell installation over to a HP is a licensing violation. The OS license is with each OEM and, obviously, is not transferable.

Which is why it will deactivate, but lo and behold it will reactivate with the embedded license on the new machine!

There is a chance the old license will reactivate due to the Microsoft Account, but surely that doesn't matter if the new machine is licensed to run that software. To run Windows 10 Pro you need a unique license for Windows 10 Pro, those conditions are satisfied.

There aren't any licensing issues. Also the driver issues are sorted out automatically by Windows 10 so it works even if not generalised with Sysprep.