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1. Options General Source Target E Verifying I Sector area inactive amp locked E Copy free areas from from to to G2 save resize info frag info Sectors Compression off E 4K Alignment d Advanced Options Next gt fig 16 Selecting the options creating an image 5 8 3 General options In the column General you find options which relate to the operating method of HDClone and the copying process in general Option Meaning Verifying Compares the data of source and target after copying Should not be used for data recovery because this is an unnecessary additional stress for a damaged drive gt 5 8 1 Verifying Copy free areas Will also copy the free areas between partitions If only a part of the source is partitioned this will speed up copying significantly Only in case of special contents e g backup areas dynamic disks volumes it is inevitable to copy the free areas too 36 5 8 Selecting the options Option MediaDirect Dell SmartCopy Defragmentation Store downsizing info Store defrag info Compression Meaning Deactivate MediaDirect software on the target Copying only create a logical 1 1 copy 6 6 SmartCopy Copying only NTFS FAT reorganize file system during copying Creating images only NTFS FAT will store information allowing to downsize NTFS partitions when restoring the file image at some point in the future Without this information partitions can only
2. fig 13 File image browser Note If you are running HDClone W and mapped network drives are not displayed in the se lection list this may probably be solved as described in gt 7 7 Mapped network drives 33 Ey 5 7 Selecting data source and target 5 7 5 1 File image as a target When creating an image gt fig 14 the target of the copying process is a file image You are prompted to CoS enter a file name into the input field in the frame on ine the right of the list box A file image with the name entered will be created on the selected partition gt 5 7 5 Selecting a file image In addition you may specify whether a SmartImage or a RAW image is to be created More information on the different types of images is to be found in chapter 6 7 Imaging NTFS 250 938 MB 245 GB frei 226 001 MB 208 GB frei E Application NTFS 76 317 MB 75 GB frei J Data NTFS 78 529 MB 77 GB frei Select the desired partition from the list box and fig 14 File image as a target enter a name for the file image If desired choose to create a SmartImage 6 7 1 Logical im ages or a RAW Image gt 6 7 3 RAW images 6 7 4 VMDK images Otherwise a physical im age will be created 6 7 2 Physical images automatically To proceed to the next step click on next in the lower right corner of the operating field to confirm your choice File images as a source When restoring an image
3. 6 9 2 Optional parameters There is a number of further optional parameters allowing you to enable or disable certain features of HDClone for the copying process They are provided in the from 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 value will be used if you do not explicitly provide this parameter The individual options correspond to the options of the graphical HDClone program Option Meaning verify on OFF Perform an additional verification run gt 5 8 1 Verifying smart ON off Faster copies and smaller images by having HDClone use logical file system information 6 6 SmartCopy freespace on OFF Copy unused areas gt 5 8 3 General options swapfiles on OFF Copy pagefile sys and hiberfil sys gt 5 8 5 Advanced options 58 6 9 Command line interface E Option Meaning timestamp ON off Automatically extend the names of image files by a time stamp For labeling periodic backups and to avoid identical naming of file im ages Without this option the command line version will cancel the process in case of identical names compression on OFF raw on OFF defrag on OFF Create a compressed file image 5 8 3 General options Create a RAW image gt 6 7 3 RAW images NTFS FAT only Also perform a defragmentation when copying or stor
4. 5 2 Starting the program Note It is possible that although you have HDClone on a physical medium it may not be in form of a bootable medium but rather as an installation package In this case it is also neces sary to create a bootable medium at first according to the subsequently provided descrip tions gt 4 1 2 Software package 4 1 2 Software package As far as you do not have HDClone on a bootable medium already you can create one by yourself The software package which you have obtained in this case contains the files needed for this purpose The following chapters describe how to create a bootable medium The required procedure can be different according to the media type or operating system used The bootable medium created in this way 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 the software Miray Virtual Disk gt 8 Miray Virtual Disk an application to mount file images as virtual Windows drives Miray Virtual Disk will be installed automatically during HDClone setup 4 2 1 HDClone Setup In case you do not want to have Miray Virtual Disk installed please deselect it in the first installation screen gt fig 1 4 2 Installation in Windows The HDClone software package contains a setup program setup exe allowing you to install HDClone directly on Windows into a program folder T
5. 7 4 4 1 Switch to a lower higher UltraDMA mode In many BIOS setups the highest used UltraDMA mode can be selected manually If you have problems with DMA try to switch the used mode step by step to a lower level at the corres ponding IDE channel Only if this does not solve the problem deactivate UltraDMA com pletely The controller then mostly automatically uses multi word DMA which is at least faster than PIO You can switch the UltraDMA mode step by step to a higher level of course if you think that you have not selected 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 automatically 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 4 Options for source and target If UltraDMA 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 IO 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 pr
6. A detailed description of the copying modes their operation and impact fig 9 Selecting the copying mode can be found in 6 Operating principles 5 6 2 Classic view The classic view gt fig 10 offers you a more func tional selection of the available copying modes You HDClone 4 un soe have eight options altogether This is two more than with the category view since the classic view also al lows for choosing Disk to Partition and Parti tion to disk According to your choice a physical copy a logical copy or an image file will be created or restored The following table provides a short over view on the available options You find a detailed de scription of the copying modes their working mode fig 10 Selecting the copying mode and effect in 6 Operating principles Drive to drive Creates the classical physical 1 1 copy of a drive gt 6 1 4 Drive to drive Partition to partition Creates a physical 1 1 copy of an individual partition gt 6 1 5 Partition to partition Drive to partition Creates a backup of an entire drive gt 6 1 6 Drive to partition Partition to drive Restores the backup of an entire drive gt 6 1 7 Partition to drive 30 5 6 Selecting the copying mode E Create drive image Saves the contents of an entire drive into an image file gt 6 1 8 Create drive image Create partition image Saves the contents of a single partition into an image file gt 6
7. activate additionally the op tion Cooling off break for the concerned device Thus the copying process takes a bit longer but in most of the cases the data transfer functions better 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 in terfaces gt 3 5 2 UHCI OHCI und EHCI If HDClone recognizes USB devices on one PC but not on another PC or on another controller the USB controller can have one of the following problems The USB controller does not correspond to the UHCI OHCI or EHCI standard In this case use another compatible gt 3 5 2 UHCI OHCI und EHCI USB controller The USB controller is deactivated e g in case of an onboard USB controller Activate the USB controller via the BIOS setup 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 even 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
8. e Context menu Mount image right click on the desired image or partition in the image list e Hotkey lt F8 gt As soon as an image or a partition has been mounted successfully this will be displayed in the image list as follows e the icon of the image or partition mounted will be displayed colored e the capital M is displayed in the column next to the icon e the drive letter s assigned to the virtual drives will be displayed in the row of the mounted image or partition Note The capital M always appears in the row of the object which has actually been moun ted If you mount for example an entire image containing two partitions M will appear in the row of the image In contrast if you mount both partitions individually the capital M ap pears in both partition rows but not in the row of the image 8 3 5 Persistent mounting You can decide to make mounted virtual drives persistent Persistent in this case meaning that the regarding images or individual partitions thereof will be mounted automatically with any start of Miray Virtual Disk and will remain mounted as long as the program is active In case this feature is used in combination with the autostart option gt 8 3 7 Autostart the regarding vir tual drives will be available at any time while Windows is running If you want to mount images or partitions thereof permanently there are three ways to achieve this Select one or more images or partitions first e
9. more suitable since it yields the same result in less time Note Since it is only a copy you can always try SmartCopy mode first If it turns out not to be sufficient for your individual case you can still create a physical 1 1 copy Important Never use the SmartCopy mode for gt 2 2 Data rescue Also only use it in excep tional cases for 2 7 Forensic data securing i e only if you are definitely sure that it is suffi cient for the regarding case 6 6 2 Usage For copying media using SmartCopy simply activate the option SmartCopy on the dialog page Options 5 8 3 General options The SmartCopy mode can be applied to entire hard disks or other media as well as to single partitions SmartCopy currently supports the file systems NTFS FAT ext2 and ext3 In case of other file systems a physical 1 1 copy will be created even when the SmartCopy option is activated 54 6 7 Imaging E 6 7 Imaging Besides direct media to media copies HDClone is also capable of creating images of a medium and storing them in a file An image contains the same data as a copy When an image has been restored to another medium the result is the same as if it had been copied directly from the source medium Information Images offer many advantages if the data of a certain medium has rather to be stored than copied directly Since images are normal files stored in folders managing them is a lot easier Images also can be transmitted
10. 1 9 Create partition image Restore drive image Restores an entire drive from an existing image file gt 6 1 10 Restore drive image Restore partition image Restores a single partition from an existing image file gt 6 1 11 Restore partition image Note The copying modes drive to partition and partition to drive are designed for mutual use In general it is not possible to copy a working hard disk installation onto a partition and to use it there The installation rather has to be copied back onto a hard drive to be used The partition serves only as a container for the hard disk data The same applies generally for copying a functioning partition onto a hard disk Nevertheless there are some systems which know to handle media with just one single partition and without any partition table some times named SuperFloppy For further information on these copying modes please consult chapter 6 1 Copying modes After having selected the copying mode you go to the next step by pressing next in the lower right corner of the operating field 5 7 Selecting data source and target Already when selecting the copying mode HDClone starts the recognition of connected devices and drives If the recognition is not finished yet a corresponding note will be displayed before the next dialog page will be shown This can take up to one minute or more The time needed also depends on the number of drives connected If it takes more t
11. 18 18 19 19 19 19 19 Inhaltsverzeichnis 3 6 Firewire IEEE1394 4 Ta to 0 9 ne 4 1 Introduction 4 1 1 Bootable medium 4 1 2 Software package 4 1 3 Miray Virtual Disk 4 2 Installation in Windows 4 2 1 HDClone Setup 4 2 2 Boot Setup 4 2 3 CD DVD writer not selectable 4 2 4 Bootable Windows XP CD 4 3 Installation with other operating systems 4 3 1 Creating a bootable floppy disk 4 3 2 Creating a bootable CD DVD 4 4 Booting from USB key 5 Program INSUFUICTIONS soiorn nananana REES AT EE S 5 1 Preliminary steps 5 2 Starting the program 5 2 1 Self booting program 5 2 2 Windows program 5 2 3 Command line program 5 3 Program screen 5 3 1 Status field 5 3 2 Operating field 5 4 Operation 5 4 1 Graphical control elements 5 4 2 Operation with keyboard and mouse 5 4 2 1 Keyboard operation 5 4 2 2 Mouse operation 5 5 Help 5 6 Selecting the copying mode 5 6 1 Category view 5 6 2 Classic view 5 7 Selecting data source and target 5 7 1 Selecting a drive 5 7 2 Selecting a partition 5 7 3 Deactivated list entries 5 7 4 Information on the drive 5 7 5 Selecting a file image 5 7 5 1 File image as a target File images as a source 5 7 6 SpeedTest 5 7 7 MultiCopy mode 5 8 Selecting the options 20 21 21 21 21 21 22 23 23 23 24 24 25 25 26 26 26 26 26 27 27 27 28 28 28 29 29 29 29 30 30 31 32 32 32 33 33 34 34 34 35 35 Fa Inhaltsverzeichnis 5 8 1 Verifying 36 5 8 2
12. 3 1 Intensive reading writing In case of read or write errors HDClone uses different strategies in order to still be able to read or write this data if possible The time used for defective areas depends to a large extent on 51 6 3 Automatic troubleshooting the respective medium According to the medium and its state several seconds up to minutes can be needed for the recovery trials Therefore it is recommended to always activate the op tion SafeRescue gt 5 8 3 General options because then handling defective sectors takes place after the copying of 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 process read errors can only occur on the source medium HDClone then tries to read the defective areas immediately after the termination of the copying process with the option SafeRescue 5 8 3 General options with the help of special data recovery strategies within a single troubleshooting run 5 9 7 Course of the process During the troubleshooting run the number of the indicated read errors can reduce according to the areas on the source medium which could be recovered Note Read errors that occur during the verification run are not counted as read errors but as verification errors 5 9 4 Status indication The indicated read errors only refers to the errors occurred during the copying proc
13. 4 HDClone boot setup ways use a new empty writeable CD DVD Otherwise there may be problems when starting HDClone 4 2 3 CD DVD writer not selectable It is possible that there is no drive offered for selection at CD DVD writer although a CD DVD writer is available on the system In most cases this results from already installed software for the CD DVD writer e g drivers for direct access to the CD DVD writer with Windows Ex plorer 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 contained in the software package gt 4 3 2 Creating a bootable CD DVD 4 2 4 Bootable Windows XP CD When using HDClone with storage devices or controllers which require special Windows drivers the copy has to be created 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 Internet at http www nu2 nu pebuilder The down loaded package allows you to create a specially configured Windows XP system which can be started right off a CD A plug in is used to integrate HDClone into the PE system A correspond ing plug in is to be found at http www miray de public support HDClone BartPE Plugin en zip Please install
14. 5 10 4 Final report 5 11 2 Good bye screen After the termination of HDClone either via the end dialog 5 11 1 End dialog or via the dialog window with the final report 5 10 4 Final report a good bye screen appears gt fig 30 You can then shut down the computer or reboot it Note If you do not want to start HDClone when you start the computer the next time remove the HDClone boot medium from the boot drive Quit program gt lt A Do you want to quit HDClone now Yes _No fig 29 End dialog fe Miray Software fig 30 Good bye screen 45 6 Operating principles In this paragraph you find detailed descriptions upon the operating principles of the copying modes and upon the operating procedure of HDClone in case of defective media 6 1 Copying modes HDClone can handle whole hard disks as well as individual partitions The program therefore offers different copying modes whose meaning effect and possibilities of use are explained in the following subchapters However the different copying modes only represent the technical possibilities offered by HDClone Each copying mode has ac cording to the system environ ment numerous practical possibilities of application which cover the data recovery over the backup to the migration of entire operating system installations 2 Fields of application 6 1 1 Preliminary remark The copying modes offered by HDClone aim
15. HDClone 4 un soe on them are shown in the selection list The partitions 55 belonging to a certain drive are listed below it in an indented form The drives themselves cannot be se Partition 1 4 000 MB lected The frame with the details on the right side of Pate 2 TEIND L amen the selection list shows details concerning the drive on which the currently selected partition is located Select the desired partition You confirm your selec tion by pressing Next in the lower right corner of fig 12 Selecting a partition the operating field and go to the next step 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 e In the selection dialog for a source or target partition the list entries for the corresponding hard disks are always deactivated because a partition but not a hard disk is to be selected e 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 e When selecting a target partition the already selected source partition or all partitions of the source drive are deactivated e If HDClone recognizes drives but the edition used does not support them these drives and the partitions on them are also deactivated In order to use HDClone for these drives you need a higher edition For further inf
16. Locked options 36 5 8 3 General options 36 5 8 4 Options for source and target 37 5 8 5 Advanced options 37 5 8 5 1 General 38 5 8 5 2 Source and target 38 5 9 Copying data 39 5 9 1 Adjusting partitions 39 5 9 1 1 Keep original sizes 40 5 9 1 2 Automatic adjustment 40 5 9 1 3 Free adjustment 40 5 9 2 Security query 41 5 9 3 Copy animation 41 5 9 4 Status indication 41 5 9 5 Percentage indication 42 5 9 6 Progress bar 42 5 9 7 Course of the process 42 5 9 8 Interrupting the running process 42 5 10 Termination of the copying process 42 5 10 1 User abort 42 5 10 2 Regular termination 43 5 10 3 Adjust media parameters 43 5 10 4 Final report 44 5 11 Ending the program 45 5 11 1 End dialog 45 5 11 2 Good bye screen 45 6 Operating Principles tisine arata dania taai aada adaie tiae ionalar Tadarida aiana 46 6 1 Copying modes 46 6 1 1 Preliminary remark 46 6 1 2 Physical copy 46 6 1 3 Logical Copy 46 6 1 4 Drive to drive 47 6 1 5 Partition to partition 47 6 1 6 Drive to partition 48 6 1 7 Partition to drive 48 6 1 8 Create drive image 49 6 1 9 Create partition image 49 6 1 10 Restore drive image 50 6 1 11 Restore partition image 50 6 2 Size differences 51 6 2 1 Equal size 51 6 2 2 Small to large 51 6 2 3 Large to small 51 Inhaltsverzeichnis 6 3 Automatic troubleshooting 6 3 1 Intensive reading writing 6 3 2 Read errors 6 3 3 Write errors 6 3 4 Verification errors 6 4 Area copy 6 4 1 Usage 6 4 2 Functioning 6 5 Mass c
17. Menu bar Action Mount permanently e Context menu Mount image permanently right click on the desired image or partition in the image list e Hotkey lt Ctrl gt lt F8 gt 71 Ey 8 3 Operation Persistent mounting can be applied to images or partitions already mounted as well as to im ages or partitions which are not yet mounted As soon as an image or a partition has been suc cessfully mounted persistently this will be displayed in the image list as follows in the icon of the mounted image or partition appears a small red box with the capital P GJ e the capitals MP are displayed in the column next to the icon Note To cancel persistent mounting mount the regarding image or partition normally gt 8 3 4 Mounting an image or unmount it completely 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 e Menu bar Action gt Unmount e Context menu Unmount image Unmount volume right click on the desired image or partition in the image list e Hotkey lt Shift gt lt F8 gt As soon as an image or an individual partition has been unmounted the respective 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
18. PE Builder on your system and unpack the plug in to the folder 23 E 4 2 Installation in Windows 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 pebuilder3110a drivers SCSIAdapter Then start pebuilder exe from the folder HA pebuilder3110a After few seconds a _ Buller Source Help dialog window appears gt fig 5 Please la path to Windows installation files enter the path to the Windows XP install A ooo Custom include files and folders from this directory ation files in the input field on top They l are to be found on your Windows XP in Output C Programme pebuilder31 10a BartPE BartPE stallation CD Hence this field usually m Media output contains the drive letter of your None 3 Create I50 image enter filename CD DVD drive except you have Cempion S copied the installation files to another E H auses UE Ejer artar bun Burn using StarBurn 7 Device E HL DT ST DYDRAM GSA H10N JL10 location You can now choose a name and a location for the boot image by clicking on Create ISO image in the box E Media output If another CD DVD writer fig 5 PE Builder configuration dialog is available you can immediately create a CD b
19. a deterioration of the copying performance If the settings of the individual options comply with your demands click Next You then come to the next dialog page where you can start the copying process 5 9 Copying data 35 Ey 5 8 Selecting the options 5 8 1 Verifying The option Verifying is an exception to the options described in this chapter 5 8 3 General options This option has no influence on the copying performance itself but offers the possibil ity 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 that means in particular when you use HDClone for a data recovery Physical damages on the drive could spread essentially faster because of the additional stress Furthermore the result of a verification of hard disks with defects has no real expressiveness for logical reasons 5 8 2 Locked options The options have different possibilities of availability and selectability Locked options cannot be modified but the displayed setting is valid fig 16 shows the different possibilities E Miey Software Professional Copy mode Partiti Source MB 2 1 WDC WD800JD 22MSA1 76 319 MB Target gt al Options
20. an image file to a drive It is used to restore p backups to roll out master installations or to J m copy data previously saved to an image file back to a drive for data recovery or forensic evalu ation It is recommended that a drive image is used as source Copying a partition image to an entire drive may yield a result which is not usable for direct access in most cases fig 37 Restore drive image The copying mode restore drive image is suitable for the following areas of application e Restore of an entire drive from a drive image gt 6 1 8 Create drive image e Rolling out master installations 2 5 1 Duplicating system installations e Copying back previously saved drive images for data recovery 2 2 Data rescue or forensic evaluation 2 7 Forensic data securing 6 1 11 Restore partition image This copying mode allows to restore the contents amen of an image file to a partition It is used to restore aa m i backups to roll out master installations or to elma copy data previously saved to an image file back to a partition for data recovery or forensic evalu fig 38 Restore partition image ation It is recommended that a partition image is used as source Copying a drive image to a single partition may yield a result which is not us able for direct access in most cases The copying mode restore partition image is suitable for the following areas of application e Restore of a single p
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22. copy If the target medium is smaller than the source it is not possible to copy all data If the target medium is larger the region which exceeds the size of the source medium will remain unchanged This is also valid when using one of the different copying modes gt 6 1 Copying modes regarding the result there is no difference in comparison to a single copy 6 5 2 Speed Mass copying yields an enormous advantage in speed compared to single copies In case of optimal connected media 6 5 3 Different media speed increases 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 Regarding mass copying HDClone offers the possibility to connect all types of supported drives in arbitrary combinations But there may be huge differences in performance according to which drives are used and how they are connected For maximum speed only IDE SATA and SCSI drives ought to be used And IDE drives should always be configured as master 6 6 SmartCopy 6 6 1 Mode of operation SmartCopy mode creates logical 1 1 copies It allows HDClone to save a huge amount of the time needed for creating a physical 1 1 copy depending on how much data is stored on the medium SmartCopy mode creates a bitwise copy as well but in contrast to a physical 1 1 copy it only refers to the areas marked as used on the medium For many cases this mode is
23. drive data Supported Drive type supported by the edition used Note Supported will show yes if the edition you use supports the selected 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 gt fig 14 and gt fig 15 ee the selection list shows the recognized drives and the heaves 9 6 16 09 2009 3 739 MB partitions found on them All partitions of a certain soeetstta 18082008 7708 16 09 2009 299 GB drive are listed beneath the drive in indented form The drives themselves cannot be selected The dialog fieree z 2 8 for selecting a file image is to be found in the frame exs aia on the right of the list box The form of the dialog var fresas enc ies depending on whether the file image will be the ffremsane eaoezoen 1108 Win Pro Vostro1510 13 10 2010 38 GB Win 7RC_x64_Octo 02 07 2009 12 GB target gt 5 7 5 1 File image as a target or the SOUrCE fuproptontresae buicese 198219 7 08 gt File images as a source of the copying process In emean E both cases you can use the button Browser below the frame to open the file image browser fig 13 It offers a more convenient layout for browsing larger folder structures with many entries With Cancel you can return to the file image selection dialog page without any changes Click on OK to use the file image selected in the browser
24. edition you use there can be deviations between the features de scribed or illustrated herein and the features supported by your edition If one or several of the features of the program described below cannot be used in your edition you can check in gt 1 4 Edition overview whether your edition supports the respective feature 5 1 Preliminary steps If you want to use USB devices for the following copying process and your edition of HDClone supports USB connect these 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 stor age devices directly to the USB controller or the PC case Note HDClone can be started directly as a Windows application 5 2 2 Windows program or as a Self booting application 5 2 1 Self booting program To start the self booting HD Clone you need a bootable HDClone CD or floppy disk If you don t have HDClone on a bootable medium you can create such a device as de scribed in chapter gt 4 Installation 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 HDClone will then start automatically from the b
25. free space Apply adjustments Continue without adjustment Cancel fig 19 Adjust partitions dialog 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 the box on the lower left will display additional information on the se lected partition FAT NTFS and ext2 ext3 ext4 partitions can be enlarged NTFS partitions can also be downsized Each partition can be downsized to the minimum amount of space re quired by the existing data on this partition Enlarging or downsizing can be accomplished either automatically proportional to the size of the target medium or manually to an arbitrary size Hereby the original size of the partition is displayed in light green the minimal partition 39 Ey 5 9 Copying data size achievable by downsizing in dark green while the additionally assigned space when enlar ging a partition is displayed in light green striped The size of partitions displayed in black can not be altered Free space not yet assigned to any partition is displayed in white There are three options for how to handle free space on the target medium 5 9 1 1 Keep original sizes 5 9 1 2 Automatic adjustment 5 9 1 3 Free adjustment Note To facilitate downsizing an NTFS partition as far as possible please delete at first any files on this
26. from the following subchapters e HDClone stops during the device recognition 5 6 Selecting the copying mode e no SCSI hard disks are recognized e not all SCSI hard disks are recognized 7 5 1 Restart If HDClone stops during the start procedure or does not show the desired SCSI drives try a re start in form of a warm boot reset button Only if this does not fix the problem you should try a cold start switch off the PC and leave it switched off for about 30 seconds Both forms of the restart can counter signal and status 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 disposes of several SCSI controllers deactivate unused controllers This is also recommended if a controller is prin cipally used but the hard disks connected to it are not needed for using HDClone 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 con nect them step by step after one another to find out which hard disk possibly causes an inter ference Make sure that the last SCSI device is always terminated also during the tests 64 7 5 SCSI E 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
27. gt fig 15 the source of the copying process is a file image In the frame on the right of the partition list a second list box is to be ee found It contains a list of file images found on the se cs lected partition 5 7 5 Selecting a file image When clicking on an image in the list further details on the Se selected image will be displayed beneath the list Siro azima omoota Creation time and date size and type of image ee NEW tn To mis There are two information fields on the size First the storage size of the file image Second the original size of the medium stored in the image Regarding the type of image HDClone distinguishes between an image of an entire drive and the image of a single partition or logical drive There is also an information about which mode the image has been created with i e as a physical logical or RAW image J Data NTFS 78 529 MB 77 GB frei fig 15 File image as a source Select the desired file image Confirm your selection with Next in the lower right corner of the operating field to proceed to the next step 5 7 6 SpeedTest On the lower right of the operating field you can find the trigger for a speed test labeled as SpeedTest Here you can start a speed test for the currently selected medium Since it is only a pure reading test all data on the drive stays unchanged The test shows you the speed which can be achieved with the currently selected medium In the firs
28. image or target create image You can create physical images of any media supported by HDClone For creating logical images it is required just as for logical cop ies that the source medium is formatted with FAT NTFS ext2 or ext3 With HDClone S you can use FAT32 or NTFS formatted media for reading and writing image files HDClone W also supports network drives 6 7 6 Compressed Images When creating a file image the dialog page Options 5 8 Selecting the options offers you to create a compressed image Please choose the option Compression to have HDClone com press the file image Regarding operating HDClone and the files where images are stored in there is apart from the file size no difference between compressed and uncompressed file images from the user s point of view The compression algorithm used by HDClone has been adjusted in a way that results in an op timal tradeoff between compression rate and speed for most cases of application Hereby cre ating compressed file images will consume more time than decompressing file images at re store Respectively the speed when restoring a compressed file image is usually higher than when creating it Note Activating compression usually leads to a lower copying speed since compressing data consumes extra time But in special cases creating compressed file image can lead to an even higher copying speed as well when creating as when restoring file images This may be pos
29. installed For this reason a Windows dialog window regarding Space required 27 1MB driver installation 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 fig 1 HDClone setup start screen Hardware Installation Found 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 curent 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 Read our privacy policy 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 STOP Installation fig 2 Windows dialog Hardware Installation fig 3 Windows dialog Hardware Wizard After setup has finished
30. is regularly ended You then obtain a final report upon the complete copying process in a dialog window gt 5 10 4 Final report 5 10 3 Adjust media parameters After finishing the copying process a dialog for adjusting media parameters appears gt fig 26 Since HDClone creates a 1 1 copy ae ise eometr the data from the Master Boot Record MBR and of the boot sec Nore n PE Ose tor s are also copied to the target medium As this characteristic c 1 se of a 1 1 copy sometimes causes problems in practice HDClone i Master boot record offers to adjust the regarding media parameters optimally for the g target medium oO C adjust CHS Layout Adjust target Important In case you adjust the target medium it will no longer be an absolute 1 1 copy Especially in case of forensic analysis HAE o you might want to abstain any adjustment C adjust CHS Layout HDClone automatically sets parameter values which are optimal H patch boot code for the respective medium in most cases They usually just need to f Yl chanse volume 1 be confirmed A manual change of the preset parameters is only needed in exceptional cases The parameters refer to the Master Boot Record MBR and to any known boot sector s and are grouped correspondingly Adjust No changes fig 26 Adjustment dialog Parameter Meaning Geometry used To boot from the medium the device geometry has to match the geometry s
31. partition which are no longer needed Select the desired option In case of Free adjustment make the desired changes Then click on Apply adjustments for letting 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 on Cancel will bring you back to the dialog page Copy data without making any changes and without starting the copying pro cess Note In case you want to transfer the original partition layout to the target medium please click on Continue without adjustment Although the option Keep original sizes will keep the original partition sizes it may though 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 1 1 Keep original sizes no Oo The original sizes of the partitions from the source will also be kept on the target medium gt fig 20 But the partitions themselves will be shifted together at the beginning of the target medium if pos sible This approach 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 ms of fig 21 Option Automatic adjustment fig 20 Option Keep original sizes 5 9 1 2 Automatic adjustment Free space on the target med
32. program window of Miray Virtual Disk gt fig 39 you can open file images and create virtu fe m al drives The program widow consists of three major oS S elements the menu bar the image list 8 2 2 Image list and the control buttons at the bottom You may also control Miray Virtual Disk using the Context Menu right click on the image list or keyboard short i RER cuts hotkeys 8 3 Operation Miray Virtual Disk fig 39 Good bye screen You can use the control buttons to add an Image Add quod vide 8 3 1 Adding an image to or to remove an Image Remove quod vide gt 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 Note Adding an image to the image list does not automatically create a new virtual drive In fact the image list is intended to give you an overview of the partitions an image contains This allows you to mount them specifically in a second step 8 3 4 Mounting an image 68 8 2 Program startup E 8 2 2 Image list The image list serves to manage the images added before and offers an overview of the parti tions they may contain Partitions are always displayed right below the image they belong to To make it easier to distinguish the kind of individual entries in the image list there are different symbols listed below J ha File
33. solve or bypass occurring problems in most cases 8 Miray Virtual Disk The HDClone software package also includes the Miray Virtual Disk ap plication This software provides the ability to mount file images as virtual drives 9 Miscellaneous In the last chapter you find miscellaneous information particularly regarding our support and our license terms 1 2 Character conventions In this manual angle brackets lt and gt and italic type are used to depict a key on the key board e g lt Esc gt for the escape key or lt Return gt for the return key Some keys are represen ted by a corresponding symbol e g lt t gt for the up key Visual controls on the screen particu larly buttons are represented by brackets T and T and semi bold type e g next back Fy 1 3 Features 1 3 Features HDClone lets you make physical and logical 1 1 copies clones as well as physical and logical file images of hard disks and partitions Physical 1 1 copies ensure that the copy is sec tor by sector 100 identical with the source This allows HDClone to create copies or file im ages of hard disks regardless of the respective partitioning scheme the used file system and the installed operating system s Thus HDClone is especially suitable for the tasks described in gt 2 Fields of application as well as for many other tasks Note The physical copying process of HDClone for exact bit wise 1 1 copies and 1 1 im
34. speed Due to technical differences between the individual editions there is an upper limit for the actually achievable copy speed of each edition Virtual volumes TrueSpeed Use of RAW images at almost hardware speed 5 License scope see also chapter gt 9 1 Terms of license 2 Fields of application HDClone is specialized on creating physical copies Therefore HDClone offers particular ad vantages 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 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 Proprietary hard disk formats Altogether HDClone covers a wide spectrum of possible applic ations by its universal copying technology In the following you find descriptions of the most common areas of application of HDClone The individual chapters contain instructions as well as further advice regarding accomplishment of the respective application Tip HDClone allows you to copy data arbitrarily between all recognized types of media par ticularly between different types of drives etc 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 in
35. the speed loss Note In our tests this problem showed up with only one USB controller VIA VT6212 and also persisted on other computers and operating systems with this controller The measured speed loss on the PCI bus was at about 40 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 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 66 7 7 Mapped network drives E 7 7 Mapped network drives When using mapped drives in Windows Vista and Windows 7 HDClone cannot find the mapped drives in some cases The reason is that HDClone is running in administrator mode To make the established mapped drives visible anyway a small change to the Windows Registry is required HDClone Setup 4 2 1 HDClone Setup will handle this automatically if desired But you can also make the change manually as described below e Open the registry editor regedit exe e Move to the following registry key in the tree structure HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion Policies System e Create if not existing the DWORD value EnableLinkedConnections e Set its value data to 1 and restart your computer Note To
36. undo the changes simply delete the registry value 67 8 Miray Virtual Disk Some editions of HDClone contain the software Miray Virtual Disk This software can be used to mount file images created with HDClone as Windows drives This allows for directly access ing files and folders stored within a file image to be accessed directly without having to restor the image to a disk before Miray Virtual Disk may be started on demand or automatically at system start up time This also allows for mounting file images either just on demand or persist ently Note Miray Virtual Disk currently only allows to access file images in read only mode 8 1 Installation Miray Virtual Disk is included in the Windows installation of HDClone 4 2 1 HDClone Setup During setup you can choose whether to install Miray Virtual Disk 4 1 3 Miray Virtual Disk It will then be installed to a separate location in the Program Files directory 8 2 Program startup You can start Miray Virtual Disk from the Windows Startmenu right in the HDClone folder As soon as you start it the program window will pop up gt fig 39 Since Miray Virtual Disk will mainly work in the background the program icon will appear in the System Tray You may close the program window at any time Miray Virtual Disk will remain active in the background You can n to the program window at any time using the program icon in the System Tray 8 2 1 Program window Using the
37. you are asked in the final screen to choose whether to start HDClone directly Note Depending on the kind of HDClone package you have using the setup is not abso lutely necessary If you already have HDClone ready on a medium you may additionally ex ecute setup exe to install HDClone on Windows The same applies for a software package in the ZIP file format When downloading HDClone via the Internet the entire program package will be contained in the setup exe file After starting setup will unzip and install it to your PC 22 4 2 Installation in Windows 4 2 2 Boot Setup When starting the Boot Setup program the main window appears gt fig 4 HDClone Boot Setup If you want to create a bootable floppy disk choose the desired drive at Floppy drive and click on Create floppy To create a bootable CD DVD choose the desired drive at CD DVD writer and click on Progress Create CD DVD To create a bootable USB key choose the ie Select a destination drive below desired drive at USB medium and click on Floppy drive Make bootable Drive Create Floppy Follow the instructions and wait until the install CD DVD writer ation program reports successful creation of Mali the bootable medium Then click on Exit Af USB medium Drive E v Make bootable terwards please proceed with chapter 5 Pro gram instructions Exit Note When creating a CD DVD please al fig
38. 1 Chapter overview 1 Introduction In this chapter you find general information regarding this manual and the pro gram 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 applic ation 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 starting HDClone you need a bootable HDClone CD or floppy disk at first This chapter describes how you create a bootable HDClone medium within few minutes by means of the installation package in case you have not already received the program on a bootable medium 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 creating a copy with HDClone 6 Operating principles Here you find useful descriptions and hints for gaining optimal perform ance 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 de tailed descriptions and support here By means of these information you will be able to
39. CD DVD The HDClone software package contains a so called ISO image in the file hdclone iso It can be used to create a bootable HDClone CD with any operating system using a CD writing software of your choice as far as it supports creating CDs from an ISO image Further information can be found in the manual of your CD writing software e Extract the file hdclone iso from the HDClone software package e Start your CD writing software and choose Create CD from image file or similar caption ac cording to the respective CD writing software e Specify the file hdclone iso as image file e Insert a blank CD into the drive and write the CD Tip 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 gt 5 2 Starting the program Note Generally the instructions provided above for creating a bootable CD using the ISO im age can also be adopted to DVDs However some CD DVD writing software refuses writing an ISO image to a DVD The HDClone installation program 4 2 Installation in Windows for example also writes DVDs without any problem Booting from a DVD created this way also works smoothly 4 4 Booting from USB key To start HDClone from a USB key the desired PC ha
40. CI controller Firewire 3 1 Overview Eg Note The devices listed above represent the whole spectrum of hardware supported by HD Clone Detailed information about which devices are supported by your edition of HDClone is to be found in chapter 1 4 Edition overview 3 2 Compatibility HDClone has been developed for the hardware listed in 3 1 Overview and has been tested on a multiplicity of corresponding devices HDClone also works well with many other devices You may use the Free Edition of HDClone 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 move on to the source drive selection 5 6 Selecting the copying mode All drives displayed there as well as the associated controllers have been recognized by HDClone and are supported by one of the available 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 Information on the drive Note Please ensure that you connect the needed USB dev
41. D Clone 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 insufficient Free sufficient 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 technician Enterprise 1 license 1 license per location 1 license per dedicated PC 1 license per 100 PCs 1 license per technician 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 e g as copy server In practice the use of HDClone can involve a different number of PCs according to the area of use despite a similar use Either the program is permanently used on one single or several few compu
42. Miray Software AG m 09 HDClone 4l Copyright 2002 2010 by Miray Software Table of Contents Eine OC CEN OR PEAASI EEE 1 1 Chapter overview 1 2 Character conventions 1 3 Features 1 4 Edition overview 2 Fields Of APPliCAtiON 2 2 eesessecsesseceeceeeeeseeseeseesesseeeeesesaeseseeseeseeaeeseeaeeseeaeeaeeseees 2 1 Upgrading hard disks amp migrating an OS 2 1 1 Unused disk space 2 1 2 Smaller target medium 2 2 Data rescue 2 3 Installation backup 2 4 Mass copying 2 5 Master installations 2 5 1 Duplicating system installations 2 5 2 Handling several master installations 2 6 Proprietary hard disk formats 2 7 Forensic data securing 2 8 Image files 2 9 HotCopy amp Livelmage 3 Supported NardWale cececsssscsessesessesesseseeseseesesesseseesesessesesseseeseeneseeneseeeaeeaeaes 3 1 Overview 3 1 1 Hardware requirements 3 1 2 Supported media 3 1 3 Supported controllers 3 2 Compatibility 3 2 1 Compatibility test 3 2 2 Standards 3 3 IDE ATA SATA 3 3 1 IDE ATA controllers 3 3 2 SATA SATA II controllers 3 3 3 Multiword DMA and Ultra DMA 3 3 4 Bus master IDE controllers 3 3 5 Speed 3 4 SCSI 3 4 1 Utilization 3 4 2 Compatibility 3 4 3 Manufacturer information 3 4 4 Driver information 3 5 USB 3 5 1 Mass Storage Class 3 5 2 UHCI OHCI und EHCI 3 5 3 XHCI 3 5 4 Hubs O NN 10 10 10 11 11 12 12 T2 12 12 13 13 13 14 14 14 14 15 15 15 15 16 16 16 17 17 17 17 18
43. USB storage media the following chapters contain in formation regarding utilization and compatibility of USB storage media and controllers Note Please take care to connect USB devices already before starting HDClone 5 1 Pre liminary steps and if possible directly to the PC resp to the USB controller 3 5 4 Hubs 3 5 1 Mass Storage Class USB storage media that is intended to be used with HDClone has to support the USB Mass Storage Class protocol This is an official standard which is supported by almost all current USB sticks USB card readers USB hard disks etc If you are not sure if a certain USB storage medium is supported by HDClone you can check this out easily and for free in advance by means of the Free Edition 3 2 1 Compatibility test 3 5 2 UHCI OHCI und EHCI Regarding USB devices it is crucial that HDClone supports the respective USB controller HD Clone 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 standard PCs all current USB controllers on board controllers as well as adapter cards offer one of these three interface standards In case you are not sure though whether your USB controller is supported by HDClone you can check this out easily and for free in advance by means of the Free Edition 3 2 1 Compatibility test 3 5 3 XHCI HDClone also supports the new XHCI standard Therefore it is able to u
44. a hard disk This is why it is mostly used in context with the partition to drive copying mode gt 6 1 7 Partition to drive which recovers the previ ously backed up data The drive to partition copying mode is especially useful for the following areas of use e Rescue of several drives onto one single drive gt 2 2 Data rescue e Backup of several drives 2 5 2 Handling several master installations e Backup of the data from several drives onto one single correspondingly big drive for a sub sequent forensic analysis and further processing 2 7 Forensic data securing e Temporary storage or intermediate storage of entire drives 6 1 7 Partition to drive This copying mode copies the content of indi vidual partitions onto a single hard disk This av copying mode mainly serves to restore a previ ec me ously created backup of a hard disk or to bring in one of several previously stored master installa tions gt 2 5 2 Handling several master installa fig 34 Partition to drive tions That is why it is normally used in combina 48 6 1 Copying modes Eg tion with the drive to partition copying mode gt 6 1 6 Drive to partition for a data recovery If an arbitrary partition is copied onto a hard disk on the contrary the hard disk is in most of the cases not directly usable The partition to drive copying mode is especially useful for the following areas of use e Restore of a complete drive which ha
45. ages makes it suitable for many areas of application HDClone s features make it a valuable tool even in special and extraordinary scenarios 1 4 Edition overview There are different Editions of HDClone They differ from each other by the amount of fea tures they offer particularly supported device types performance and special options The fol lowing table offers you a comparative overview of the editions and their features Subsequent there are short explanations referring to some of the topics listed in the table Note Within the table the following abbrevations are used FE Free BE Basic SE Standard PE Professional EE Enterprise FE BE SE PE EE Device support IDE ATA SATA hard disks AHCI SATA II USB UHCI OHCI EHCI USB 3 0 XHCI Hard disks gt 2048 GB 2 TB Firewire IEEE1394 OHCI SCSI hard disks Copy modes drive copy partition copy SmartCopy MultiCopy 4x 8x 16x File images physical images logical images SmartImage compressed images RAW images 1 A Edition overview 2 3 4 5 6 FE BE SE PE EE Special modes HotCopy e Upsizing NTFS FAT ext2 ext4 e Downsizing NTFS FAT o e Livelmage 0 e e SafeRescue mode o e Defragmentation NTFS FAT o o e Verification mode o o e Command line interface o o e VMware VMDK file images o o FastCopy mode o o e Copying speed up to 20 MB s e up to 40 MB s up to 100 MB s and m
46. al throughput is twice as high x MB copying x MB reading x MB writing This indication is only used if you have selected Verifying as an op tion Sectors processed Buffer size Read errors Write errors Running time Time remaining Data rate Verification errors 41 E 5 9 Copying data 5 9 5 Percentage indication The percentage indication gt fig 8 is located below the copy animation It shows how many percent of the current run 5 9 7 Course of the process are already finished 5 9 6 Progress bar The progress bar fig 8 below the percentage indication visualizes the progress of the cur rent run Which run 5 9 7 Course of the process is currently processed is shown on the left above the progress bar 5 9 7 Course of the process The whole process consists of up to three runs the copying process itself an optional debug run option SafeRescue active 5 8 3 General options and an optional verification run op tion Verifying active 5 8 3 General options In this manual the designation copying process includes the optional debug run because it belongs to the copying process even if it is ex ecuted afterwards 5 9 8 Interrupting the running process You can interrupt the running copying process or the verification run at any time by clicking Stop A dia 7 i bort th it 55 irrevocably log window then appears gt fig 24 and fig 25 A A A E E copy where you ha
47. ard and mouse HDClone supports keyboards and mice with PS 2 standard or USB connector 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 com puters 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 manu al on how to change this setting since it may be named differently according to the respective BIOS In most of the cases you can find it under the name USB Legacy Support or USB Key board Support often under Integrated Peripherals or Advanced Options 60 7 2 Keyboard and mouse E Note In some of the cases problems with the PS 2 keyboard and or mouse occurred with an activated emulation for PS 2 devices If you do not use any USB input de vices please switch off the 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 gt 7 6 4 Speed loss Note In case the working speed of a copy is sig
48. artition from a partition image 6 1 9 Create partition image e Rolling out master installations 2 5 1 Duplicating system installations e Copying back previously saved partition images for data recovery gt 2 2 Data rescue or forensic evaluation 2 7 Forensic data securing 50 6 2 Size differences E 6 2 Size differences To create a real 1 1 copy source and target must have the same size HDClone is also capable to create physical copies if the size of source and target differs The following subchapters de scribe according to what rules HDClone processes and what are the results 6 2 1 Equal size If source and target are of the same size HDClone creates an absolutely identical copy clone On this clone all sectors on source and target from the first to the last sector are 100 identical provided that the process was error free Principally HDClone can create such a clone in all available copying modes However only the mode drive to drive 6 1 4 Drive to drive guarantees that the individual sectors of source and target also have the same abso lute position on the hard disk 6 2 2 Small to large If the source is smaller than the target HDClone copies only the data that is available on the source This data is copied from the beginning of the source onto the beginning of the target medium The area at the end of the target medium which is larger than the source remains unaffected Apart fro
49. be restored with their original size or larger Creating images only NTFS amp FAT will store information allowing to defragment NTFS partitions when restoring the file image at some point in the future Without this information partitions cannot be de fragmented during restoring Creating images only will create a compressed file image to reduce the required free space for storing it 6 7 6 Compressed Images 5 8 4 Options for source and target In the columns Source and Target you find setting possibilities which relate especially to the drives selected for the copying process Option Sector area Error threshold 4k alignment Meaning Exactly definable copying area 6 4 Area copy When copying to several targets the maximum number of defective sectors accepted per medium can be set here If this limit is reached the regarding medium will be exempted from the copying process There will be no further attempts to write on that medium This al lows the remaining media to be copied at full speed For example a good value for practical use is 32 000 Target only if this option is active the copied partitions will be auto matically aligned to 4 kilobyte boundaries on the target medium If this option is deactiveated the copied partitions will be aligned at the usual cylinder boundaries CHS When the source is alredy aligned the option will be activated automatically 5 8 5 Advanced options ina Optio
50. be used as often as desired and without a time limit However the license is limited with regard to the also potentially parallel use on several computers and the size of the company or the in stitution 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 miray de Miray Software gladly consults you on multiple licenses or more com plex cases and offers you according to the individual case attractive discounts We are pleased to make you an individual offer 9 2 Certificate of authenticity The following notes exclusively refer to the boxed versions of HDClone that means not to the versions available as download or via email 9 2 1 Security hologram For the protection against bootleg copies our software is equipped with a security hologram among others Each of the original data carriers you received bears a security hologram Please keep the data carriers with the security hologram 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 holo gram 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 dis played by the program the number on the security hologram and where you a
51. cl the installed operating system to another hard disk This is especially useful if you want to migrate an existing installation to a new hard disk without hav ing to install the operating system and applications once again The media used as target should be of the same size as the source media or larger to ensure that all data will be copied For this type of application you can utilize both modes 6 1 4 Drive to drive as well as gt 6 1 5 Partition to partition Note Please take absolute care to have only one of the two hard disks connected after com pletion of the copying process and before starting the operating system It should be connec ted to the same channel as the original hard disk ie either remove the medium with the copy on it or connect it instead of the original medium 2 1 1 Unused disk space Additional disk space on the medium used as target can be converted into a partition using the partitioning program fdisk or the Computer Management program C WINDOWS system32 compmgmt msc of Windows XP It can then be used as an addi tional virtual drive You can also resize the copied partition so that it also uses the extra disk space of the target medium but this requires special tools 2 1 2 Smaller target medium In general you can also copy a complete installation from a larger to a smaller medium For NTFS and FAT file systems HDClone can perform downsizing automatically For other file sys tems you can first downs
52. cquired the software package If there is no security hologram on the data carriers or if the security holo gram 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 75 E 9 2 Certificate of authenticity Note Make sure that each data carrier you received bears its own security hologram with its own registration number and that this number has to correspond to the number of the pro gram which has been started 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 holo gram on the floppy disk and not to the number of the security hologram on the CD 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 copyleft gpl html On request to support miray 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 negligence and intention 9 4 Feedback We are highly interested in your feedback If you encounter any program errors or if you have
53. d disks to any other kinds of media 2 Fields of application This is especially important for the purpose of data rescue or if there is no ad equate SCSI target medium at hand as any arbitrary medium can be used for temporarily storing the regarding data 3 4 2 Compatibility In principle HDClone supports all SCSI hard disk drives Precondition is that they are connected to a SCSI controller supported by HDClone Currently HDClone supports the popular Narrow Wide Ultra und Ultra Wide SCSI controllers from Adaptec Hint You can determine easily whether your SCSI controller is supported with any edition of HDClone gt 3 2 1 Compatibility test Connect at least one SCSI drive to the SCSI bus and start HDClone If the SCSI drive is recognized HDClone also supports the SCSI controller 3 4 3 Manufacturer information According to information from the manufacturer the drivers used in HDClone currently sup port the following SCSI controllers e Adaptec AHA 2930U e Adaptec ASC 19160 e Adaptec AHA 2940 Ultra e Adaptec ASC 29160 e Adaptec AHA 2940UW e Adaptec ASC 29160LP e Adaptec AHA 2940AU e Adaptec ASC 29160N e Adaptec AHA 2944UW e Adaptec ASC 39160 3 4 4 Driver information According to information directly from the drivers they support a number of other SCSI con trollers too which are partly constructed as onboard chipset AIC and partly as adapter cards AHA ASC They can be recognized definitely by their respec
54. d help window at any point of the program by pressing the key lt F1 gt or the symbol in the upper right corner of the operating field 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 Note The program help is designed to give you useful hints when using the program The help is no complete program instruction That is why you should use this user s manual espe cially when you have problems or need more information on a topic 5 6 Selecting the copying mode You can select the desired copying mode on the first dialog page gt fig 9 and fig 10 There exist two views basically offering the same options They mainly differ in how the copying modes are presented The classic view is focused on functionality while the category view dis plays the available copying modes in a task oriented way 29 E 5 6 Selecting the copying mode 5 6 1 Category view The category view gt fig 9 allows you to choose the desired copying mode according to the desired area of use backup restore and cloning The upper row of symbols contains the copying modes referring to entire disks e g hard disks The lower row refers to copying modes for individual partitions If you select a copying mode by clicking with your mouse it will be displayed highlighted If you want to use the selected copying mode click on next
55. defective hard disk you can perform a recovery on the functional target medium without having to fear any further damages Note Only a physical copy allows to rescue all of the data except the irrecoverable areas even if there are logical errors resulting from defective areas The logical errors can be correc ted in most cases by the recovery but missing data could not be restored Hence the data should be copied to a target medium of the same size or a larger target medium in either case gt 6 2 Size differences For this reason also never use the SmartCopy mode gt 6 6 SmartCopy for rescuing data Tip If you do not have an appropriate unused hard disk at hand for an urgent rescue you can temporarily save the damaged hard disk to a partition of the appropriate size on the tar get disk 6 1 6 Drive to partition or only save certain partitions from the damaged hard disk gt 6 1 5 Partition to partition 2 3 Installation backup HDClone also provides the possibility to create a local backup of an entire system installation If required a simple restore from the backup partition brings the system installation back into its original state without any ballast faulty program installations viruses etc For this purpose create an unused partition in addition to the system partition of at least the same size to serve as a backup partition After having finished system installation copy the system partition to the backup
56. dly contact our Sup port gt 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 following error codes will be in dicated 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 defective data carrier or a prob lem with the used boot drive In many cases in particular 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 following steps at best in the indicated order e Try again to boot the program perhaps with without cold start e Create once again a bootable disk 4 Installation e Floppy disk format the floppy disk no quick format before creating a new one e Floppy disk use another floppy disk e Use if possible another boot drive Note If you didn t receive HDClone as an installation package but on a bootable disk and if a disk shows this problems also after multiple trials on different devices please contact our Sup port gt 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 con tact our Support 9 5 Support 7 2 Keybo
57. drive or partition only the defined partial area is used in the copy ing process Example The values from 0 to 31 define an are of 32 sectors In case of the type of source or target is drive the declaration refers to the first 32 sectors on the drive In case the type of source or target is partition the declaration refers to the first 32 sectors of the partition and may be located at an arbitrary position of the drive depending on the partition table 6 5 Mass copy MultiCopy mode In case of a mass copy the contents of the source medium are copied on multiple target me dia 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 target me dia at the same time 6 5 1 Mode of operation With HDClone creating a multi or mass copy works exactly the same simple way as creating a single 1 1 copy The only difference is that instead of only one multiple target media can be selected This becomes possible as soon as the option MultiCopy is being selected in the target medium dialog gt 5 7 Selecting data source and target Then it is possible to select multiple target media from the list The further procedure then is the same as when creating a single 1 1 copy 53 Fa 6 5 Mass copy MultiCopy mode Note When creating a mass copy the result on a single medium is identical with the result of a single
58. e defragmentation information when creating a file image gt 5 8 3 General options resizeinfo ON off NTFS FAT only Store information for downsizing when creating file images 5 8 3 General options 6 9 3 Examples of use The following examples represent a selection of frequently used scenarios but they do not cover all possible variations or areas of use Copying Disk 1 to Disk 2 physical 1 1 copy e g hard disk copy hdclone cl exe mode d2d srcdrv 1 dstdrv 2 smart off freespace on Copying drive D to drive E with verification e g copy of an individual partition hdclone cl exe mode p2p srcvol D dstvol E verify on Backup image storing Disk 1 to file on drive E e g hard disk backup hdclone cl exe mode d2i srcdrv 1 dstvol E dstimg my_disk_backup Backup image storing drive D to file on drive E with compression e g save a partition hdclone cl exe mode p2i srcvol D dstvol E dstimg my_drive_backup compression on Restoring a file image from drive E to Disk 1 hdclone cl exe mode i2d srcvol E srcimg my_disk_backup dstdrv 1 Restoring a file image from drive E to partition D with defragmentation on the fly hdclone cl exe mode i2p srcvol E srcimg my_drive_backup dstvol D defrag on 59 7 Troubleshooting This paragraph describes possible problems when using HDClone and offers proposals for solu tion If there should be no proposal for solution for a problem you can gla
59. e it for time triggered calls there is the additional file hdclone cl exe for calling HDClone from the Windows command line This program is destined for being called by batch and 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 e Time triggered calling Scheduled calls of HDClone by the Windows Task Manager to start frequent or periodic copying processes automatically for example backups e Script integration Calling HDClone from scripts for integrating it into automated processes for example for data rescue mass installation deployment or for forensic tasks 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 programmed processes to be called quickly and easily at any time Hint When calling hdclone cl exe help or without any parameters or with an insufficient number of parameters a list of supported parameters in combination with a short description of their usage will be displayed The following sub chapter lists and explains the supported parameters The order of the single parameters when appending them to the call of hdclone cl exe is arbitrary 6 9 1 Program call The command line version of HDClone expects the fo
60. eating a physical image 6 1 8 Create drive image of the defective original hard disk The image file created may then be restored to another hard disk in a second step The result will be the same in both cases The target medium will always contain a bit wise exact copy apart from possibly occurred defects of the source hard disk of the original hard disk In many cases image files offer advantages compared to direct copies Image files allow for e Simple storing and managing in your file system e Archiving within any existing infrastructure e Exchanging media contents using arbitrary storage media e Distributing without physical media via networks and the Internet e Use with virtual machines 6 7 4 VMDK images 2 9 HotCopy amp Livelmage HDClone supports creating copies or image files of a Windows drive during Windows is work ing 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 13 3 Supported hardware This section contains detailed information about the hardware and hardware standards suppor ted by HDClone Furthermore there are special references 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 addi
61. ess including the debug run 6 3 3 Write errors Write errors can only occur during the copying process and only on the target medium HD Clone then tries to read the defective areas immediately after the termination of the copying process with the option SafeRescue 5 8 3 General options with the help of special data re covery strategies within a proper troubleshooting run 5 9 7 Course of the process During the troubleshooting run the number of the indicated write errors can decrease according to the areas on the target medium which could be recovered 6 3 4 Verification errors When the option Verifying 5 8 1 Verifying is activated HDClone executes a verification run gt 5 9 7 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 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 errors Therefore the number of verification errors gives you absolute information on how exactly source and target correspond to each other after the copying pro cess In case of an error free copying process HDClone should not report any verification er rors and signalize a 100 conformity of source and target 6 4 Area copy In case of an area copy the source or target medium or both is not used as a whole Only a partial area of the selected medium d
62. et in BIOS Adopt partition ID Adjust partition size Use same partition type as on the source medium Set the space reserved for the target partition to the size needed by the partition that has been copied Use the values set under Geometry used for adjusting the MBR or the boot sector s Reset unique media signature Adjust CHS layout Reset disk signature Adjust offset Patch boot code Change volume ID Adjust real partition start address in boot sector s Avoids boot problems on older hardware Create a new ID for the partition Unconditionally necessary 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 43 5 10 Termination of the copying process 5 10 4 Final report After termination gt fig 27 or the abort fig 28 of a copying process you obtain a final re port in a dialog window with the following information Final report A complete copy has been created The copy has been verified Source Disk 1 SAMSUNG CF ATA 31 MB Destination Disk 4 FIREBALL12805 1 222 MB Partition 1 FATI6 primary 30 MB Sectors copied 63 456 Read errors Write errors Verification errors Elapsed fig 27 Final report after a successful copying and verification run Final report Note In case of a copy with several target med
63. etwork drives 8 Miray Virtual Disk cccceceecessessessessessessessessesecsessessesseeseeseeseesessaeeaeeaesaeeaesaseseesaesaeeaeeassassaesesseeateateateaeeseees 8 1 Installation 8 2 Program startup 8 2 1 Program window 8 2 2 Image list 8 2 3 Tray icon 8 3 Operation 8 3 1 Adding an image 8 3 2 Removing an image 8 3 3 Empty image list 8 3 4 Mounting an image 8 3 5 Persistent mounting 8 3 6 Drive unmounting 8 3 7 Autostart 8 3 8 Close program window 8 3 9 Quit program 8 4 Drive not visible 9 MisCellaN OUS c ecccesesesecsesescecesesccecessssssececsssesecevscsesesavasseseavsssesecavessesesavausesecavsusasecavessesseeeasesessassasseneas 9 1 Terms of license 9 1 1 License model 9 1 2 Examples 9 1 3 Scope 9 1 4 Consultancy 9 2 Certificate of authenticity 9 2 1 Security hologram 9 2 2 Valid product license 9 3 Disclaimer 9 4 Feedback 9 5 Support 64 64 64 64 65 65 65 65 65 66 66 66 67 68 68 68 69 69 70 70 70 70 71 71 72 72 72 73 73 74 74 74 75 75 75 75 75 75 76 76 76 vi 1 Introduction Thank you very much for choosing HDClone We are always striving for offering you a soft ware product which meets your requirements as well as our own high ambitions In case of having suggestions for improvement or not being satisfied with the software in certain aspects we therefore kindly ask you to communicate the regarding criticism and suggestions to us at feedback miray de 1
64. ferent graphical control elements gt fig 7 and fig 8 The names which are used within this manual to designate the different elements are listed and illustrated by examples in the following illustration 5 4 2 Operation with keyboard and mouse HDClone is operated by keyboard and mouse It is also possible to operate the pro gram ex clusively by keyboard or exclusively by mouse 28 5 4 Operation E 5 4 2 1 Keyboard operation Operation by keyboard 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 lt Tab gt all Switch to the next element Arrow keys List field Select list element t gt Selection graphic Highlight element lt Space gt Button Press button Selection graphic Select highlighted element Link Show link target lt Return gt Button Press button in dialog windows only Link Show link target lt Esc gt Window Close window only windows with x in the title bar operating field Quit HDClone 5 4 2 2 Mouse operation Operating HDClone with the help of a mouse is done according to the point and click prin ciple The right mouse key has no special function HDClone does not use drag and drop 5 5 Help You can open a context relate
65. fore starting HDClone gt 5 1 Preliminary steps e 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 e The used device is no standard conform USB mass storage device and does there fore not belong to the supported devices 3 5 1 Mass Storage Class e 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 Note If no USB storage device is recognized and if the above mentioned possibilities are ex cluded the corresponding USB controller has probably not been recognized gt 7 6 3 Control ler not found 7 6 2 Other device problems Some devices especially USB sticks can show malfunctions in case of temperature rise or con tinuous operation i e in case of continuous reading or writing big amounts of data With HD 65 7 6 USB Clone 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 minutes When selecting the options 5 8 3 General options try to deactiv ate the option FastCopy in this case Only if the problem persists
66. han five minutes you can assume that there is a technical problem In this case you find further information in chapter 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 con taining details on the currently selected element According 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 dia log page appears for the selection of the target After these two steps you come to the selec tion of the options gt 5 8 Selecting the options 31 E 5 7 Selecting data source and target 5 7 1 Selecting a drive HDClone 4 guns Ly When selecting a source or target drive gt fig 11 you see the devices recognized by HDClone in the selection list The info box beside the selection list shows more details on the selected element 5 7 4 Information on the drive Select the desired drive You confirm your selection by pressing Next 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 partition gt fig T 12 the recognized drives and the partitions found
67. he next or previous dialog page 27 E 5 4 Operation 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 copying process These five dialog pages are shown in the operating field 5 4 1 Graphical control elements L D Al Miray Software Copy mode Source Target Options d 2 gt Source drive E Show Logical Volumes gt 1 IDE 76 319 MB WDC WD800AAJS 00WAAD lt lt List box 2 IDE _ 476 941 MB SAMSUNG HDSO1LI DE Info box 3 IDE 76 320MB WDC WD800AAJS 0OWAAD Device 2 44 IDE 78 534 MB ExcelStor Technology 180808 5 eae 5 USB 970NB TS16JFV10 6 USB 3 920 MB ATV_TURBO Check box e Supported E All drives selectable opecaiest Button normal Button focused fig 7 Graphical contro elements 1 BP Miray Software Copy mode Di Source Destination Options Close dialog You can abort the verifying process irrevocably The result of the verification will be incomplete The copying process itself has already been finished Dialog window Abort verifying Carron sedlar Continue verifying Read errors Continue verifying Write errors Verification errors Percentage Progress bar Verifying copied sectors Button inactive fig 8 Graphical control elements 2 To control the program HDClone knows dif
68. he setup program will by choice of the user also create an Start menu folder as well as links on your desktop and in the Quick start bar 4 2 1 HDClone Setup The HDClone software package also contains an installation program for creating a bootable floppy disk or CD DVD with only few mouse clicks 4 2 2 Boot Setup To use the boot setup 21 Ey 4 2 Installation in Windows program please run setup exe first Then start All Programs HDClone gt Create bootable medium in the Windows Start menu Note Alternatively in case you have a software package in the ZIP file format you may ex tract all files to an empty folder Then execute the file hdclone exe from there and choose Create bootable medium in the emerging dialog window 4 2 1 HDClone Setup Start setup exe gt fig 1 and select the desired amp Miray HDClone Setup options on the first screen Then follow the in Choose Components A Choose which features of Miray HDClone you want to install structions displayed to install HDClone on your Windows PC hece hE EPONE S YO NERE oE and NEE hE capon ES You dorit var i install x contnue Note HDClone Setup also will install the soft select components to install ie Start Menu Grou ware Miray Virtual Disk as far as you did not Desktop Shortt Quick Launch deselect it on the first screen This will also in Miray Virtual Disk clude a software driver to be
69. ia Enterprise Edition only the dialog appears only once The selected adjustments are then carried out for all target media The copy process has been aborted The copy has not been verified Source Disk 5 ST31230N 1 010 MB Destination Partition 3 Type 44h primary 324 MB Sectors copied Read errors Write errors Elapsed Disk 3 FUJITSU MPC3032AT 3 093 MB 385 024 0 0 08 48 fig 28 Final report after the abort of the copying run e A complete copy has been created in case the copying process has been finished without an abort even if the verification run has been aborted e The copying process has been aborted in case the copying run has been aborted before its regular termination e The copy has not been verified in case no verification run has been executed after the copying process or in case the copying process has been prematurely aborted e The copy has been only partly verified in case the verification run has been aborted pre maturely e The copy has been verified in case the verification has been terminated without an abort Furthermore the final report contains the following information 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 44 5 10 Termination of the copying process Field Meaning Read errors Write errors Verif
70. ializations 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 set tings have to be accommodated correspondingly 7 4 3 Problems with DMA 3 3 5 Speed The speed that can be achieved with DMA always depends on the physical abilities of the re garding hard disk The following rough classification shows the approximate speed that can be expected by a certain drive type Typ Age Speed older drives about 5 10 years about 1 20 MB sec newer drives about 2 5 years about 20 40 MB sec top models about 0 2 years about 40 90 MB sec and more 3 4 SCSI In case you have an edition of HDClone which supports SCSI hard disks the following chapters provide important information on utilization and compatibility of SCSI drives and controllers Note As HDClone embeds original driver code of hardware manufacturers Miray has no in fluence on actual compatibility Hence the following statements are of informative nature only based on specifications of the manufacturer and not legally binding 9 3 Disclaimer 3 4 1 Utilization You can use HDClone with SCSI hard disk in the same way as with any other media HDClone automatically recognizes supported SCSI controllers and connected SCSI hard disks at program start and displays them along with other recognized media in the respective selection lists 17 Fa 3 4 SCSI Note You can also copy data from SCSI har
71. ication errors Runtime ation run if executed Total number of the read errors occurred during the copying pro cess Read errors which occur during the verification run are exclus ively counted as verification errors Total number of the write errors occurred during the copying pro cess Write errors which occur during the verification run are exclus ively counted as verification errors Total number of the errors occurred during the verification run This includes write and read errors as well as non identical data during the comparison This field is not shown if no verification run was star ted If the verification run has been aborted maybe not all verifica tion errors have been discovered due to the premature abort Time required for the whole process i e copying process and verific You can start another copying process by clicking Another copy or end the program by click ing Quit HDClone 5 11 2 Good bye screen 5 11 Ending the program 5 11 1 End dialog You can end HDClone at any time Possibly open dia log windows have to be closed before Click then the end symbol X 5 3 2 Operating field in the upper right corner of the operating field gt fig 6 or press lt ESC gt The end dialog appears gt fig 29 where you can quit HDClone by clicking Yes and return to the program by clicking No Furthermore you can can cel HDClone directly after a terminated copying pro cess gt
72. ices before starting the program to ensure that 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 effective stand ards for the appropriate device types Device support in HDClone primarily refers to the stand ards applicable to the appropriate device type In addition we perform extensive tests with each device type Those test also reveal that there is a number of devices which themselves implement their respective standard only insufficiently or even inaccurately Furthermore it is possible that some problems occur in certain hardware configurations usually in certain com binations of controller and device If possible HDClone tries to support 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 hardware configuration In most cases this can be solved by setting the options appropriately 5 8 Selecting the options and 7 Troubleshooting In case of even this does not work our support team 9 5 Support will be there to assist you with solving the problem 3 3 IDE ATA SATA In principle HDClone supports all IDE ATA SATA hard disks A necessary precondition is that they are connected to one of the IDE ATA SATA controllers supported by HDClone gt 3 3 1 IDE ATA controller
73. 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 Note If an SATA hard disk is not recognized this can also be due to the used SATA controller gt 3 3 2 SATA SATA II controllers 61 7 4 IDE ATA SATA 7 4 2 IDE controller not found There are the following three reasons why HDClone has not automatically recognized an IDE controller The IDE controller channel is deactivated e g on an onboard IDE controller Activate the IDE controller channel via the BIOS setup 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 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 another controller PCI IDE con troller 7 4 3 Problems with DMA The following principal problems can occur with Ultra DMA e The achieved speed is too slow despite DMA Please consider that the achievable speed gt 3 3 5 Speed depends on many factors and that this is not absolutely due to a problem wi
74. image Image is not mounted File image Image could not be found File image Image is mounted File image Image is mounted permanently Partition Partition is not mounted SuperFloppy no MBR Volume is not mounted Volume is mounted Partition is mounted Partition Partition is mounted permanently SuperFloppy no MBR Volume is mounted permanently SuperFloppy no MBR SA Partition iy Note In addition to the symbols listed above there is a column St for status where a moun ted image or volume will be flagged with the capital M and a permanently mounted image or volume will be flagged with MP 8 2 3 Tray icon You can see whether Miray Virtual Disk is active or not from the program icon appearing in the System Add image Tray Tray icon You can open the program window o l pen program window by double clicking the Tray icon Right clicking the Quit Miray Virtual Disk Tray icon opens the context menu gt fig 40 which gives you direct access to the following four func fig 40 Tray icon and context menu tions e Activate Deactivate Autostart same functions as 8 3 7 Autostart e Add image same function as gt 8 3 1 Adding an image e Open program window opens the program window or brings it to the front e Quit Miray Virtual Disk same function as 8 3 9 Quit program Hint If you want to open the program window double click the Tray icon 69 Fy 8 2 Program startu
75. 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 Edition 4x Enterprise Edition 8x or Enterprise Edition 16x Note The MultiCopy option can be activated in all editions of HDClone even in the Free Edition This can be used to check in advance which speed can be achieved on a certain sys tem by using the Enterprise Edition Please keep in mind that the achievable speed in this case strongly depends on the interfaces used most suitable IDE SATA and SCSI and the drive combinations only use master drives with IDE Tip MultiCopy mode can also be used in combination with imaging 5 6 Selecting the copying mode In this case you can either restore the contents of an image file to up to 16 targets at a time gt File images as a source or you can create up to 16 image files at a time to different media of course from one single source 5 7 5 1 File image as a target 5 8 Selecting the options On the dialog page Options you can set the options with which you want the following copy ing process to be executed Principally HDClone automatically sets the optimal options for the selected drives and the type of the copy Only modify the options to troubleshoot problems gt 7 Troubleshooting or when you are sure that this improves the performance of HDClone Note An improper modification of options can possibly lead to
76. ium will be apportioned completely to the individual partitions proportional to their respective size fig 21 This increases the partitions sizes according to their part of the full size of medium Calculation of the size proportions is handled automatically by HDClone 5 9 1 3 Free adjustment You can adjust the apportioning of additional space fig 22 Option Free adjustment on the target medium to the individual partitions by yourself fig 22 You can change the size of a certain partition by clicking and dragging the corresponding area on the graphical representation 40 5 9 Copying data E 5 9 2 Security query ena K Before the final start of the copying process a secur Source ity query fig 23 appears where source and target pts nre E EAE i i a Destination of the copying process as well as corresponding se Tick asics NIN curity notes are displayed Click Start copying to Partition 3 Type 44h primary 324 MB start the copying process and Cancel to return The content of the destination area will i i be overwritten by the copy without starting the copying process The source area is larger than the destination area approx 685 MB overhang will not be copied Warning All data in the target area will be irretriev ably deleted by starting the copying process Abort Start copying fig 23 Security query 5 9 3 Copy animation In the center of the ope
77. ize the partitions on the source medium with the help of appropriate tools in such a way that they fit completely into the target medium and are located at the be ginning of the source medium It possibly works also if you defragment the source media in such a way that all used data is situated at the beginning of the source medium and that the area containing the used data does not use more disk space than is available on the target me 10 2 1 Upgrading hard disks amp migrating an OS E dium This method is not absolutely reliable but as the data on the source medium stays un changed it maybe worth an attempt 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 Otherwise depending on the kind of defect the recovery procedure may cause further defects resulting from the inherent ex posure of this procedure Of course using HDClone also cases exposure for the hard disk But the physical copying causes much less exposure than any other usage due to its linear opera tion i e only continuous movement of the disk s heads Furthermore the option SafeRescue gt 5 8 3 General 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 gt 6 1 5 Partition to partition After having rescued the data from the
78. l tra 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 recog 16 3 3 IDE ATA SATA nizes automatically whether controller and hard disk support DMA and then automatically se lects the fastest usable mode Multiword DMA or Ultra DMA 33 66 100 133 Note Please take into account that both hard disk and IDE controller have to support a cer tain DMA mode If the actual speed does not match the technical data of a hard disk the reason may be that the IDE controller only supports lower modes Furthermore the achiev able values 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 60 MB sec 3 3 4 Bus master IDE controllers Precondition for using DMA mode is that the attached PCI IDE controller also supports the Bus master IDE standard This is the case for most of the established internal and external IDE con trollers Whether your PCI IDE controller supports Bus master IDE can be determined by means of the program PCISniffer if necessary which can be downloaded for free at http www miray de download sat pcisniffer html The field Classcode in PCISniffer has to con tain the value 01018x x arbitrary for the respective PCI IDE controller Note For using Bus master IDE the settings and init
79. llowing calling syntax e Copying an entire drive hdclone cl exe mode d2d srcdrv number dstdrv number 57 6 9 Command line interface e Copying a single partition hdclone cl exe mode p2p srcvol drvletter dstvol drvletter e Creating a file image of an entire drive hdclone cl exe mode d2i srcdrv number dstvol drvletter dstimg filename e Creating a file image of a single partition hdclone cl exe mode p2i srcvol drvletter dstvol drvletter dstimg filename e Restoring a file image to an entire drive hdclone cl exe mode i2d srcvol drvletter srcimg filename dstdrv number e Restoring a file image to a single partition hdclone cl exe mode i2p srcvol drvletter srcimg filename dstvol drvletter Note When using Enterprise Edition with more than one target calling syntax is extended as follows the parameter combinations dstdrv number drive dstvol drvletter partition volume or dstvol drvletter dstimg filename file image have to be specified iteratively one for each copying target Providing the parameters described above is mandatory when calling hdclone cl exe If one of the parameters is not provided or an invalid value is assigned the call will be canceled with an error message Note The copying modes Drive to Partition and Partition to Drive are not available in the command line version Please use the functions for creating and restoring drive images in stead
80. m that the unaffected area remains possibly unused during a later usage such a copy is usually comparable to a real clone as far as the capacity of use is concerned be cause the target contains entirely all data of the source in contrast to 6 2 3 Large to small 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 me dium The data which is larger than the target is not copied and is missing on the target Gener ally such a copy can only restrictedly be used because possibly necessary data can be missing However 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 In case of occurring errors HDClone tries to troubleshoot them the best possible If this is not possible the errors will be mentioned in a corresponding error statistic The following chapters give you more detailed information on the troubleshooting and error statistic in HDClone 6
81. n 2 Fields of application 6 1 3 Logical Copy A logical copy takes only those area of a storage medium into account for the data transfer which are occupied by the operating system and data files 6 6 SmartCopy Any free areas including unused space within a file system will not be copied Since in most cases only a fraction of the available storage capacity is actually occupied with data a logical copy is usu ally notably faster than a physical copy sometimes even a multiple Important Since a logical copy evaluates information from the file systems to find out which areas will have to be copied it should by no means be used with defective media or corrup 46 6 1 Copying modes ted file systems Otherwise the behavior of HDClone will be unpredictable Moreover copies created under such circumstances are mostly faulty and useless since they are based on cor rupted file system information Therefore especially for rescuing data please always use a physical copy in these cases 6 1 2 Physical copy 6 1 4 Drive to drive This copying mode creates a classical 1 1 copy Each sector of the source hard disk is copied to the same address on the target hard disk After the successful termination of the copying pro cess hard disks of an identical size match in every sec tor Different sizes of the hard disks fig 31 Drive to drive result in a non copied resp non overwritten area gt 6 2 Size difference
82. nificantly below the source medium and the technical performance data of the target medium 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 4 Options for source and target 7 3 2 Read write and verification errors If HDClone reports errors these are usually defective areas on the respective medium How ever general problems with the hardware can possibly also cause putative read and write er rors This is mostly noticeable by a very high number of displayed errors First of all try to fix the problem via the help instructions for the respective hardware types IDE SCSI USB be cause the causes are usually found there If the problems cannot be fixed this way either de activate step by step the following options at best in the indicated order e CachedMemory e Read cache and write cache e FastCopy DMA e SharedMemory If the problem does not occur any more after having deactivated a certain option the previ ously deactivated options can be reactivated as a test 7 4 IDE ATA SATA 7 4 1 Hard disk not recognized If HDClone does not recognize a hard disk there can be several reasons Perhaps the control ler which the disk is connected to has not been found gt 7 4 2 IDE controller not found A fur ther possible reason can be a non standardly connected hard disk This is for example the case
83. ns gt The dialog page Options contains the General T Target most frequently needed options More FastCopy E ro E Rg ibl h SafeRescue BB Dna E Dni detailed settings are accessible over the EE Cachedhemory E Read ahead E Read ahead button Advanced options It opens a M SharedMemory E Write cache E Write cache i Animation BB Multisector PIO BB Multisector PIO dialog with more options gt fig 17 The HotCopy Livelmage HB Recovery via PIO M Recovery via PIO separation into different columns is the C Avoid exclusive read access HI Cooling phase E Cooling phase same as on the dialog page Options I copy swap files fig 17 Extended options 37 5 8 Selecting the options 5 8 5 1 General These options refer to the general features of a copying run Option FastCopy SafeRescue CachedMemory SharedMemory Animation HotCopy Livelmage Avoid exclusive read access Copy swap files Meaning Special copy algorithm Can increase the regular copy speed up to the double Special algorithm for data recovery Tries to recover as large areas on the drive as possible Can also stay turned on for normal copies Use fast intermediate memory Use fast data transfers Switch off copy animation may lead to a slight speed increase HDClone W only Allows or denies HDClone access to the Windows shadow copy mechanism If this option is deselected HDClone is not able to create copies or file images
84. nsfer gt 7 6 2 Other device problems 38 5 9 Copying data 5 9 Copying data On the dialog page Copy data gt fig 18 you can start the copying process Check beforehand in the status field whether the settings for copying mode source target and the selected options are right If no go back to the corresponding dialog page by clicking repeatedly Back in the lower left corner of the operating field and adjust the settings As soon as you want to start the copying process click Start in the bottom margin of the operating field During the copying process you can follow the process with the help of the displays described in the fol lowing subchapters fig 18 Dialog page Copy data 5 9 1 Adjusting partitions In case partition sizes can be altered a dialog window appears before the copying process will be started gt fig 19 It allows you to adjust the size of several or all partitions to fit on the tar get medium as desired You can adjust the existing partitions to the target drive For detailed information click on a partition in the illustration Please select one of the following three adjustment options Keep original sizes Automatic adjustment Free adjustment Change partition sizes by clicking and dragging or with cursor keys and 7 egend used minimal size 551298 MB original file system File system NTFS file system extension Name DATA immutable partition
85. oblems 63 Fa 7 4 IDE ATA SATA 7 4 4 4 Set BIOS defaults If HDClone should not work as desired despite all the above mentioned instructions you can try to set standard values via the option Load BIOS Setup Defaults This set ting 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 gt 3 4 2 Compatibility Note Even if an SCSI controller shows the desired drives during the system start this is no guarantee that they are correctly configured or connected In principle the BIOS of the SCSI controller works on a lower level than the SCSI drivers used by HDClone and can thus pos sibly recognize hard disk drives which are not recognized by HDClone itself HDClone has been tested on a range of SCSI controllers Sporadically encountered 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 de scribed order to minimize the effort if possible The following problems occurred during the tests and could be bypassed with the hints
86. of the system volume or of volumes which are used by other programs at the same time HDClone W only Usually HDClone when running on Windows at first tries to reserve the source drive for exclusive access This is the most reliable way for creating an identical copy but it may interfere with other programs running at the same time If this option is selec ted HDClone tries to create a HotCopy or a Livelmage at first Creating images only Usually it is not necessary to store the files pagefile sys and hiberfil sys in the file image If this option is activ ated both files will be stored in the file image When creating a 1 1 copy whether smart or physical this option is always activated 5 8 5 2 Source and target These options refer to the specific abilities of source and target drives of a copying process Note These options are not available under Windows and will therefore not be displayed by HDClone W Option IRQ DMA Read cache Write cache Multi sector PIO Recovery via PIO Cooling phase Meaning In IROQ mode source and target are optimally synchronized Only this leads to a maximum copy transfer rate For highest transfer rate and the shortest copying time Use fast read buffer Use fast write buffer Increases speed by about 10 compared to the standard mode when DMA is deactivated see above Optimal recovery of defective sectors To fix data errors or interruptions during the USB data tra
87. 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 especially if you use several SCSI controllers Proceed as follows if possible deactivate all SCSI controllers except one This controller should have one SCSI channel only if possible and be part of the control lers listed in gt 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 solution possibilities Note Please check first of all in chapter gt 1 4 Edition overview whether your HDClone edi tion supports USB Otherwise you need a higher edition of HDClone to use USB 7 6 1 Storage device not recognized Mostly there are four possible reasons why a USB storage device supported by HDClone gt 3 1 Overview is not recognized e The USB storage device has been connected too late or exchanged afterwards USB storage devices should be connected to the computer be
88. ootable medi um and the program screen appears Note In case your PC does not boot from the HDClone medium you may press lt F8 gt lt F11 gt or lt F12 gt BIOS dependent immediately after turning on the PC for a boot menu There you can select the HDClone boot device Otherwise press lt F2 gt or lt Del gt BIOS de pendent to enter BIOS setup and set the required boot device order there For troubleshoot ing loading problems of HDClone please view chapter 7 1 Load errors 5 2 2 Windows program Start HDClone from the Windows start menu at All Programs gt 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 triggered 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 26 5 2 Starting the program E calling it from shell scripts or batch files creating a permanent link on the Desktop or in the Start menu creating time triggered tasks by calling HDClone through the Task Scheduler This allows to integrate HDClone seamless into existing scripts or batch processes You can also create Desktop links for frequently used cloning configurations to call easily call them man
89. opy MultiCopy mode 6 5 1 Mode of operation 6 5 2 Speed 6 5 3 Different media 6 6 SmartCopy 6 6 1 Mode of operation 6 6 2 Usage 6 7 Imaging 6 7 1 Logical images 6 7 2 Physical images 6 7 3 RAW images 6 7 4 VMDK images 6 7 5 Mode of operation 6 7 6 Compressed Images 6 8 Defragmentation 6 9 Command line interface 6 9 1 Program call 6 9 2 Optional parameters 6 9 3 Examples of use T TROUDIESNOOLING 2 4 ses Niece teoeslevetivaniensetedeedbin a iiai 7 1 Load errors 7 1 1 Error 5002 and Disk error 7 1 2 Other errors 7 2 Keyboard and mouse 7 3 General problems 7 3 1 Slowed down system 7 3 2 Read write and verification errors 7 4 IDE ATA SATA 7 4 1 Hard disk not recognized 7 4 2 IDE controller not found 7 4 3 Problems with DMA 7 4 4 BIOS settings 7 4 4 1 Switch to a lower higher UltraDMA mode 7 4 4 2 Activate deactivate UltraDMA 7 4 4 3 Deactivate IO caching 7 4 4 4 Set BIOS defaults 51 51 52 52 52 52 53 53 53 53 54 54 54 54 54 55 55 55 55 55 56 56 56 57 57 58 59 60 60 60 60 61 61 61 61 61 62 62 63 63 63 63 64 Inhaltsverzeichnis 7 5 SCSI 7 5 1 Restart 7 5 2 Deactivate unused controllers 7 5 3 Deactivate unused drives 7 5 4 Minimum configuration of the controller 7 5 5 Minimum configuration of the systems 7 6 USB 7 6 1 Storage device not recognized 7 6 2 Other device problems 7 6 3 Controller not found 7 6 4 Speed loss 7 6 5 Other controller problems 7 7 Mapped n
90. or exchanged e g on optical discs or via network and the Internet 6 7 1 Logical images Logical images store exactly like logical 1 1 copies only those areas of a medium that con tain valid data Therefore a logical image requires much less disk space than a physical image in most cases This implies that creating logical images also requires much less time This makes them the perfect choice for creating backups or for managing several system installations 6 7 2 Physical images Physical images store exactly like physical 1 1 copies all areas of the medium In contrast to a pure copy physical images store the data in a file which can be archived e g as a 1 1 emer gency backup or transmitted afterwards The latter may be useful for restoring the medium at another location without having to transfer a physical medium This makes it easier faster and more secure 6 7 3 RAW images RAW images are also a kind of physical images They contain the same data as physical images HDClone just uses a special file format for physical images which supports HDClone s special modes e g SafeRescue optimally In contrast RAW images contain the data of a medium in the same linear order as they are stored on the medium This makes it easier to process image files with third party programs Tip RAW images are especially suitable for using them for data streaming or with virtual ma chines A RAW image can be used like a normal virtual d
91. ore e up to 1000 MB s and more e Miray Virtual Disk Virtual volumes 7 File image management e Persistent virtual disks e Virtual volumes TrueSpeed e License scope Private use e Professionals corporations Technician license SATA hard disks They have to be connected to one of the SATA controllers supported by HDClone and the con troller has to be configured correspondingly 3 3 2 SATA SATA II controllers Hard disks larger than 2048 GB HDClone supports hard disks with more than 2048 GB 2 Terabytes from the Pro fessional 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 e drive copy Allows to make a copy of entire drives e partition copy Allows to make a copy of single partitions e SmartCopy Creates a logical 1 1 copy and is faster by a multiple in most cases 6 6 SmartCopy e MultiCopy Mass copying to up to 4 8 or 16 target media at a time while multiplying the transfer rate according to the variant of the Enterprise Edition used 4x 8x or 16x 6 5 Mass copy MultiCopy mode Special modes Increased copying speed FastCopy data integrity and safety verification SafeRescue use within Windows at runtime HotCopy Livelmage Further information to be found in chapter 5 8 Selecting the options Copying
92. ormation on the supported drives and the capacities of the different editions of HDClone please consult chapter 1 4 Edition overview or the HD Clone website at http www hdclone com Tip To see the details of drives which are recognized by HDClone but not supported by your edition gt 1 4 Edition overview activate the checkbox All drives selectable below the de 32 5 7 Selecting data source and target E tails Then you can also select these drives to show the corresponding details You can see under the point Supported from which edition on the respective drive is supported 5 7 4 Information on the drive 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 currently selected drive When selecting a partition the data of the corresponding drive is shown here The following informa tion is available Field Description Type IDE SCSI and number 0 15 of the controller Channel used by the drive primary secondary and Connection of the drive master slave resp 0 15 Controller Channel Device LUN Logical number of the drive 0 255 Name Name of the device according to the internal drive data Serial number Device serial number according to the internal drive data Manufacturer Name of the manufacturer according to the internal drive data Firmware Version of the firmware according to the internal
93. p Note 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 window the control buttons on the bottom of the window or the context menu gt 8 2 1 Program window The context menu opens when right clicking on entries or the free area of the image list 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 e Control button Add e Menu bar File Add image Context menu Add image right click on the free area of the image list e Tray context menu Add image right click on the Tray icon e Hotkey lt F2 gt The image list also displays information on the data areas partitions and file systems of each file image in the list fig 39 Note Depending on the version of the program you will be allowed to add one or more im ages When you quit the program Miray Virtual Disk will memorize these images for the next program startup 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 file images from the image list e Control button Remove e Menu bar File Remove image e Context menu Remove image right click on the desired image in the image list e Hotkey lt Shift gt lt F2 gt Note In ca
94. partition using the partition to partition mode 6 1 5 Partition to partition Then you can restore the original system partition at any time by making a copy in the opposite direc tion Note Before restoring from the backup partition save your work files and other data from the system partition or store them on a third partition from the outset 11 Fy 2 4 Mass copying 2 4 Mass copying The Enterprise Edition of HDClone is specially designed for creating up to 16 copies at a time Therefore the Enterprise Editions especially suitable for industrial duplication of pre installed software e g on hard disks or on CompactFlash media etc or for creating several identical operating system installations 2 5 Master installations 2 5 Master installations 2 5 1 Duplicating system installations HDClone is also optimally suitable for distributing or duplicating master installations 2 4 Mass copying Copy a complete master hard disk or master partition to the target medium to cre ate a complete installation there and to have it ready for action Note When duplicating Windows XP installation we recommend to run the tool sysprep contained in Windows before cloning Further information on this is to be found at Microsoft at http www microsoft com search for sysprep 2 5 2 Handling several master installations Especially if you want to handle several different master installations the copy modes drive to pa
95. rameters fig 32 Partition to partition The partition to partition copying mode is especially useful for the following areas of use 47 E 6 1 Copying modes Migration of an existing operation system partition to another drive 2 1 Upgrading hard disks amp migrating an OS Bootability cannot be guaranteed Rescue of individual partitions 2 2 Data rescue Backup and restore of individual operating system partitions 2 3 Installation backup Multiple installations of individual system partitions 2 5 1 Duplicating system installa tions Copying of proprietary file systems and data formats onto another drive 2 6 Proprietary hard disk formats only with a valid partition table Backup of individual partitions for forensic analysis and further processing 2 7 Forensic data securing Temporary storage or intermediate storage of a partition e g in case of a reorganization of a hard disk Relocating a partition within a medium or to another medium 6 1 6 Drive to partition This copying mode stores a physical copy of a complete hard disk in a partition on an other hard disk Physical images of several hard disks can be stored on a single hard disk for example in different partitions 2 5 2 Handling several master installations In most of the cases such a fig 33 Drive to partition partition cannot be used directly This copying mode mainly serves to create a backup of
96. rating field you see the copy animation if you have not deactivated it when selecting the options after the start of the copying process The copy animation shows that the copying process is running Especially in case the other indications only change or do not change at all for a time e g in case of read or write errors the copy animation shows that HDClone is still running 5 9 4 Status indication On the left and right side of the operating field you see the fields of the status indication They contain information on the current status of the copying process Status Meaning Absolute number of sectors already copied Size of the internally used buffer Number of the read errors occurred up to this point This number can also decrease if errors can be fixed When starting the optional verification run this value is set back to zero Number of the write errors occurred up to this point This number can also decrease if errors can be fixed When starting the optional verification run this value is set back to zero Time passed since the start of the copying process Estimated time remaining for the whole copying process incl the optional verification run on the basis of the copy speed attained up to here Note The rest time can strongly increase in case of occur ring read or write errors Average data rate which has been attained up to this point of time The indicated value refers to the amount of copied data The actu
97. ray 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 im age there may be several reasons 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 lt F5 gt key or select the menu item Action Refresh view from the main menu to update the drive letters displayed Afterwards all drive letters assigned should be visible 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 from a physical disk either There are no more Windows drive letters available Windows recognizes the mounted parti tions but cannot assign drive letters to them In this case free one or more of the drive let ters currently in use If there is a drive letter displayed but the drive has no content or Windows prompts to format that drive the file system might be damaged This may happen when the image was created from an inconsistent file system 73 9 Miscellaneous 9 1 Terms of license HDClone is designed to offer you the highest possible technical flexibility and also the H
98. re reported correctly 2 7 Forensic data securing E 2 7 Forensic data securing HDClone is also very suitable for securing data for forensic purposes as really all data from a hard disk is copied including data that has possibly been hidden 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 6 1 4 Drive to drive before performing a detailed forensic analysis of secured media This allows you to make changes to the copy during analysis without endangering the original medium by altering its content Hinweis As in case of securing data it may be unclear which areas of the medium are actu ally used especially concerning hidden or deleted data it is always recommendable to create a copy of the entire medium to a target medium of the same or larger size For the same reason the SmartCopy mode gt 6 6 SmartCopy should not be used for this type of applica tion 2 8 Image files Under 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 Example A defective hard disk has to be rescued to another medium using HDClone After wards the data has to be rescued from the copy without putting the original medium at risk This objective may be achieved by either making a physical 1 1 copy gt 6 1 4 Drive to drive or by cr
99. rface All popular chipsets from Intel with ICH 5 6 7 incorporate such an IDE compatible SATA controller Regrettably many other SATA controllers only offer a proprietary programming interface Nevertheless it may be possible in case of onboard SATA controllers to activate a compatibility mode in BIOS setup which would allow HDClone to ac cess the SATA controller As for SATA II controllers many models already implement the AHCI interface supported by HDClone Hint With the Free Edition of HDClone you can easily check out whether your SATA or SATA II controller is supported gt 3 2 1 Compatibility test Connect at least one SATA drive and start HDClone If the SATA drive is recognized 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 controller configuration to combined especially for allowing sim ultaneous 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 correspondingly in this case 3 3 3 Multiword DMA and Ultra DMA HDClone automatically recognizes and uses bus master IDE controllers which allow data rates up to 133 MB sec resp 7 8 GB min Hereby Multiword DMA up to 16 7 MB sec as well as U
100. rive image for further evaluation 2 7 Forensic data securing 6 1 9 Create partition image This copying mode allows to copy the contents S PN of a single partition to an image file The result is ee lip a file containing an exact image of the source img partition Depending on the type of image used gt 6 7 Imaging the image file contains a logical fig 36 Create partition image image gt 6 7 1 Logical images or a physically ex act 1 1 image gt 6 7 2 Physical images A physical image can be processed by third party pro grams in certain cases 6 7 3 RAW images In case of a logical image the data stored in the image file is identical to a direct copy using SmartCopy mode gt 6 6 SmartCopy i e only sec 49 Ey 6 1 Copying modes tors in use of the partition are stored In case of a physical image or RAW image all sectors of the partition are stored bit by bit similar to a physical 1 1 copy The copying mode create partition image is suitable for the following areas of application e Backup of single system partitions to a file 2 3 Installation backup e Creating master installations gt 2 5 1 Duplicating system installations e Data rescue to an image gt 2 2 Data rescue for transmission and further processing e Forensic partition image for further evaluation 2 7 Forensic data securing 6 1 10 Restore drive image This copying mode allows to restore the contents of
101. rive or partition is used for the copy 52 6 4 Area copy E 6 4 1 Usage The dialog page Options provides the possibility to specify an exactly definable sector area for source and target 5 8 4 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 to define These sectors are interpreted as the first and the last sector of the are i e they are included with the area Note The sector counting starts with with 0 1 sector of the medium Accordingly all fur ther sector numbers have to be decreased by 1 too e g from 0 to 99999 defines the first 100000 sectors on the medium as an area Warning You should not conduct an area copy unless you are completely aware of its func tioning and possible consequences A sector area which has not been defined with expertise may lead to data loss 6 4 2 Functioning The sector area is always subordinated to the selected medium drive or partition and is inter preted relatively to the starting position of the medium Instead of using the whole medium for the subsequent copying process only the defined sector area will be used as source or target During copying the data from the first sector of the source area will be copied to the first sec tor of the target area and so on Compared to a normal copy the only difference is that in stead of copying the whole
102. rive with many virtual machines HDClone includes support of VMware virtual machines 6 7 4 VMDK images 6 7 4 VMDK images You can use file images created with HDClone to include them directly into a virtual machine of the VMware virtualization software For this purpose VMware requires a VMDK file HDClone will add this file automatically when creating a RAW image gt 6 7 3 RAW images When opening the regarding HDClone file image with VMware you will be displayed a VMDK file of the same name You then can select and use it The VMDK files HDClone creates com ply with HWversion 4 and are specified to be used with the following versions of VMware 55 Fa 6 7 Imaging e VMware Player starting from version 1 x e VMware Workstation starting from version 5 x e VMware Server starting from version 1 x e VMware ESXi starting from version 3 Hint Currently HDClone creates VMDK files only in combination with RAW images If you have another type of image available and want to create a VMDK image out of it you can use the Miray Virtual Disk software 8 Miray Virtual Disk to achieve this Mount the exist ing image as a virtual drive and use HDClone to create a RAW image of this virtual drive The RAW image then will contain the VMDK file to be used directly with VMware as described above 6 7 5 Mode of operation When choosing a copying mode 5 6 Selecting the copying mode you can specify Image as source restore
103. rtition 6 1 6 Drive to partition and partition to drive 6 1 7 Partition to drive are very useful For this purpose use a hard disk as container and create one partition for each master installation on it Afterwards use the mode drive to partition to make a copy of each master hard disk to one of the partitions on the container hard disk Now you can use the mode parti tion to drive to create a complete system installation from the desired partition on any system 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 pro grams besides system software which can read the data on these media HDClone can rescue this data or moving it to a new medium without any problem The best way is to copy the ori ginal 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 Note In case of unknown or proprietary non standardized formats always copy the entire original medium Even if HDClone reports partitions it cannot be assured that this information is correct due to the proprietary hard disk format You should only use the partition to parti tion mode gt 6 1 5 Partition to partition if you know for sure that the partitions a
104. s The drive to drive copying mode is especially useful for the following areas of use Migration of an existing operation system installation to a larger drive 2 1 Upgrading hard disks amp migrating an OS Rescue of entire hard disks 2 2 Data rescue Backup and restore of entire drives or operating system installations gt 2 3 Installation backup Multiple installations 2 5 1 Duplicating system installations Copying proprietary file systems and data formats onto another drive 2 6 Proprietary hard disk formats Backup of hard disk data for a forensic evaluation and further processing 2 7 Forensic data securing 6 1 5 Partition to partition This copying mode functions similarly to the above described mode gt 6 1 4 Drive to drive a Ca ec However in this case not the whole hard disk is copied but only the content of an individual par tition is copied This copy is executed sector by sector too Relatively a the beginning of the respective partition the individual sectors are also moved to the same address However due to the principle and in contrast to the drive to drive mode the individual sectors are not at the same absolute address in relation to the com plete hard disk Perhaps such a copy is therefore not directly usable but only after it has been copied back 2 3 Installation backup or adapted to the changed absolute position on the hard disk 5 10 3 Adjust media pa
105. s and gt 3 3 2 SATA SATA II controllers 15 3 3 IDE ATA SATA 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 Note If there are one or more PCI IDE controllers available in the system ISA controllers that are possibly present too will not be taken into account Regarding the PCI IDE controllers supported by HDClone this refers to a standardized pro gramming interface which is supported by a large majority of IDE controllers Nevertheless there are also others especially external PCI hard disk controllers which implement a different usually proprietary interface They are often also called IDE controllers as they allow IDE hard disks to be connected Since IDE stands for a programming interface program controller as well as for a hardware interface controller drive it results in a double meaning Refer to chapter 3 2 1 Compatibility test to determine whether your PCI controller is compliant with the PCI IDE standard 3 3 2 SATA SATA II controllers Precondition for the support of SATA drives is an SATA controller with IDE interface or an SATA Il controller with AHCI inte
106. s been previously backed up with the drive to partition copying mode gt 6 1 6 Drive to partition e Multiple installations 2 5 1 Duplicating system installations e Decoupling of hard disk data that has previously been saved in individual partitions for a forensic evaluation 2 7 Forensic data securing 6 1 8 Create drive image This copying mode allows to copy the contents of an entire drive to an image file The result is a file containing an exact image of the source drive Depending on the type of image used gt 6 7 Imaging the image file contains a logical image gt 6 7 1 Logical images or a physically ex act 1 1 image gt 6 7 2 Physical images A physic al image can be processed by third party programs in certain cases 6 7 3 RAW images In case of a logical image the data stored in the image file is identical to a direct copy using SmartCopy mode 6 6 SmartCopy i e only sectors in use on the drive are stored In case of a physical image or RAW image all sectors on the drive are stored bit by bit similar to a physic al 1 1 copy fig 35 Create drive image The copying mode create drive image is suitable for the following areas of application e Backup of an entire drive to a file 2 3 Installation backup e Creating master installations gt 2 5 1 Duplicating system installations e Data rescue to an image gt 2 2 Data rescue for transmission and further processing e Forensic d
107. s to be able to boot from USB media This is usually supported by PCs not older than 5 years and it is rarely supported by PCs older than 10 years 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 operat ing 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 medium USB HDD Removable Device or a similar caption If 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 different 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 Tip You can enter the BBS menu directly when starting the PC with a certain key on the key board depending on the BIOS In most cases the startup screen shows which key to press For the BBS menu it is lt F8 gt or lt F12 gt in most cases rarely lt F11 gt BIOS setup usually is called with the lt F2 gt or lt Del gt key 25 5 Program instructions The following chapters give a detailed description on how to operate HDClone from the start to the end Hinweis According to the
108. se fast state of the art USB 3 0 SuperSpeed technology mass storage media of the latest generation 3 5 4 Hubs USB devices usually may also be connected via a USB hub Nevertheless for achieving the highest possible transfer rate it is recommended to rather connect them directly to the PC resp to the USB controller 19 Fa 3 6 Firewire IEEE1394 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 recog nized and operated correctly by HDClone Note Please take care to connect Firewire devices already before starting HDClone 5 1 Preliminary steps and if possible directly to the PC resp to the Firewire controller 20 4 Installation 4 1 Introduction HDClone does not require an installation in the usual sense and can be invoked directly as a Windows application Otherwise it can be started without the presence of an operating system as a self booting application from CD floppy disk or USB key 4 1 1 Bootable medium Addi tionally there is a setup program allowing you to easily install HDClone in Windows on your computer 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
109. se the image or images to be removed from the image list or individual partitions thereof are still mounted as virtual drives the file image cannot be removed A correspond ing message will appear 8 3 3 Empty image list You can also remove all images from the image list There are three ways to achieve this e Menu bar File Empty image list e Context menu Empty image list right click on the free area of the image list e Hotkey lt Ctrl gt lt Shift gt lt F2 gt 70 8 3 Operation E Note When the file image or file images to be removed from the image list or individual par titions thereof are still mounted as virtual drives the image list cannot be emptied A corres ponding message will appear 8 3 4 Mounting an image You can mount previously added file images or individual data areas partitions thereof as Windows drives When mounting a file image it will be made available as a Windows disk and will behave just like a physical disk When mounting an entire file image which contains several partitions you may obtain several drive letters one for each partition containing a file system Windows is able to access When mounting 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 partition Select one or more images or partitions first e Menu bar Action Mount
110. sible especially when the medium containing the file image is relatively slow for ex ample slow USB keys mass storage media connected via USB 1 1 or slow network drives 6 8 Defragmentation For NTFS file systems HDClone offers on the dialog page Options gt 5 8 Selecting the options to choose a defragmentation being performed during the copying process For using this abil ity please choose the option Defragmentation Apart from the general advantages of a de 56 6 8 Defragmentation E fragmentation in particular the acceleration of file accesses and the boot process HDClone of fers the special advantage of performing the defragmentation process without consuming sig nificant extra time Downsizing or defragmenting can also be selected when restoring from an image if it has been created using the options Store downsizing info or Store defrag info gt 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 Windows Note When downsizing NTFS partitions HDClone may also perform a shifting of data blocks This shifting aims to reduce the file system s size in as few steps as necessary Therefore to perform a defragmentation please select the option Defragmentation explicitly even when downsizing a file system 6 9 Command line interface To integrate HDClone into automated processes or to enabl
111. start Miray Virtual Disk automatically at system startup autostart Especially in case of persistently mounted drives the benefit is to have them available at any time without having to start Miray Virtual Disk manually There are two ways to switch the autostart function on or off e Menu bar Action Activate autostart Deactivate autostart e Tray context menu Activate deactivate autostart right click on the Tray icon The available menu items indicate at any time whether the autostart function is Currently act ive If the menu item Activate autostart is displayed in gray main menu or not available tray context menu the autostart function is not activated Note If Miray Virtual Disk is started automatically at system startup only the Tray icon gt 8 2 3 Tray icon in the System Tray will appear not the program window Double click the Tray icon to open the program window 8 3 8 Close program window You can close the program window of Miray Virtual Disk at any time The application will though stay active in the background There are two ways to close the window e Menu bar File Close window e Hotkey lt Ctrl gt lt W gt 72 8 3 Operation 8 3 9 Quit program To quit Miray Virtual Disk completely there are three ways Menu bar File Quit Miray Virtual Disk Tray context menu Quit Miray Virtual Disk right click on the Tray icon Hotkey lt Ctrl gt lt Q gt Note When quitting Mi
112. t line it serves as an orientation guide for examining whether it would be reasonable to use a higher edition on the tested sys 34 5 7 Selecting data source and target E tem or not The result reports the maximum achievable speed for linear reading on the selec ted medium and therefore is also a real performance value of the hardware Note If the option MultiCopy 5 7 7 MultiCopy mode is selected the speed measure ment is being performed for all selected media at the same time Hence it determines the maximum possible concurrent total data throughput of these media This is especially relev ant for potential use of the Enterprise Edition but also represents a performance test of the entire system 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 checkbox MultiCopy to activate Multi Copy mode gt 6 5 Mass copy MultiCopy mode In this mode 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 SpeedTest 5 7 6 SpeedTest to measure the data throughput of the selected drives or partitions in parallel oper ation Copying to multiple drives
113. ters which the media to be copied is connected to when needed Or HDClone is al ways used directly on the respective 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 HD Clone potentially in parallel on several PCs e g if several service employees use HDClone in dependently from each other That is why you need at least one license per branch office be cause this also represents a potentially parallel use 74 9 1 Terms of license E 9 1 2 Examples The following examples refer to frequently occurring license situations e A company with 50 PC work stations needs two licenses of the Professional Edition whereof each covers 25 PC work stations e A company with 100 PC work stations needs four licenses of the Professional Edition one for 25 PCs each e A service provider with two PCs that serve as HDClone copy station needs two licenses of the Professional Edition one for each copy station e A service 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 usages and the period of validity It can
114. th DMA DMA mode is not available When selecting the options 5 8 4 Options for source and tar get the option DMA is deactivated and locked in this case e Read write or verification errors occur when using DMA lIn all cases the problems can be due to the same reasons When having problems 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 4 Options 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 in structions to possibly be able to use the DMA mode Please consider the notes in the subchapter gt 7 4 4 BIOS settings as well Check if the concerned drive really supports DMA Some older drives and especially older CompactFlash media do not support DMA Make sure that from Ultra DMA Mode 3 on an 80 wire data cable is used to connect the drive s Please note that when 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 drives via separate channels or cables 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 con nection and reflection connection at the end 62 7 4 IDE ATA SATA E e Switch the used Ul
115. tionally supported devices Please note that support for a certain hardware may depend on the edition used 1 4 Edition overview 3 1 1 Hardware requirements e PC 80586 or higher 90 MHz 64 MB RAM VGA optimal VESA support e keyboard standard PS 2 or USB mouse serial PS 2 or USB optionally can be operated with keyboard only e bootable floppy or CD drive or bootable USB medium 3 1 2 Supported media Under Windows HDClone W any mass storage media supported by Windows IDE ATA hard disks CompactFlash via IDE SATA hard disks internal amp external SCSI hard disks internal amp external USB hard disks internal amp external Firewire hard disks internal amp external USB keys CompactFlash CompactFlash II MicroDrive SD MMC xD Picture Card Memory Stick Memory Stick PRO Memory Stick DUO CompactFlash media with TruelDE support N must support the USB Mass Storage Class protocoln w via an appropriate USB card reader 3 1 3 Supported controllers Under Windows HDClone W any controller supported by Windows PCI IDE controller Bus master IDE controller PCI SCSI host adapter gt 3 4 2 Compatibility SATA controller with IDE interface 3 3 2 SATA SATA II controllers SATA II controller with AHCI interface 3 3 2 SATA SATA II controllers USB UHCI amp OHCI controller USB 1 1 USB EHCI controller USB 2 0 USB XHCI controller USB 2 0 IEEE1394 OH
116. tive PCI vendor ID and PCI device ID which are listed in the following table Vendor Modell Device Vendor Modell Device Vendor Modell Device 9004h AHA 2930U 3860h 9004h AlC 7860 7860h 9005h AHA 3940 50U2x 0050h AHA 2930CVAR 3868h i AIC 7895 7895h AHA 3950U2x 0051h i 3869h i AIC 7880 8078h AIC 7896 7 U2 O05Fh AHA 4944 U W 3B78h AHA 2940U W 8178h AIC 789x 006xh AIC 755x 5x75h AHA 3940U W D 8278h 5 007xh AIC 785x 5x78h l AHA 2944UW 8478h AIC 7892 A B U160 008xh AIC 7560 6075h AHA 3944U WD 8578h f AIC 789x 009xh AIC 786x 6x78h AHA 4944UW 8678h i OOAxh AIC 7870 7078h AIC 7887 8778h OOBxh AHA 2940 W 7178h i AIC 7888 8878h AIC 7899 A U160 00Cxh AHA 3940 W 7278h AHA 4944 U Ww EC78h AIC 789x 00Dxh AHA 2944 7478h 9005h AHA 2940 50U2W 0010h i OOExh 3 4 SCSI E Vendor Modell Device Vendor Modell Device Vendor Modell Device AHA 3944 W 7578h AIC 789x 001xh i OOFxh AHA 4944 U W 7678h i 002xh j AHA 2930U2 0180h AIC 7877 7778h 003xh The IDs of your respective controllers can be determined by means of the program PCISniffer At http www miray de download sat pcisniffer html you can download it for free from the Miray homepage For the regarding PCI SCSI controller the values displayed by PCISniffer for the fields Vendor ID and Device ID have to match the values specified above for your SCSI controller 3 5 USB If your edition of HDClone also supports
117. to cover as many possibilities of application of the 1 1 copy as possible Since many users have their own individual requirements and cases of application for the 1 1 copy some of the offered possibilities only lead to an intermediate step e g in case of a backup 6 1 6 Drive to partition As long as you do not overwrite any areas containing data which is still needed you can try every copying mode without problems be cause the original remains unchanged Important In case of a data recovery from a defective hard disk you should first of all make a physical 1 1 copy or a physical 1 1 image of the whole hard disk onto an identically big or a bigger hard disk 6 2 Size differences With that copy you can then try different copying modes or recovery trials without any risk regarding the original data 6 1 2 Physical copy A physical copy copies a cohesive area of a hard disk onto another area on the same hard disk or onto another hard disk It is capital for the usability of the copy and its integrity which area is copied and onto which area on the target disk the data is copied To keep the process easily manageable for the user and to allow you to create a copy according to your wishes and needs in the easiest way possible see also gt 6 1 1 Preliminary remark HDClone offers the copying modes described in the following subchapters Which copying mode is the best for what purpose is described in the respective subchapter as well as i
118. traDMA mode to a lower value in the BIOS setup gt 7 4 4 1 Switch to a lower higher UltraDMA mode or deactivate UltraDMA 7 4 4 2 Activate deactivate Ul traDMA Multiword DMA mode will be automatically still available which offers about a twice to four times higher speed than PIO mode e 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 setup are too low Note Our tests showed that some chipsets and hard disks do not collaborate optimally This can lead to the fact that the UltraDMA mode putatively correctly recognized and set in the BIOS is too high 7 4 4 BIOS settings 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 settings offered by the BIOS setup are manufacturer and model specific these notes can only be given in a general form Consult your BIOS manual on how exactly to make these set tings in your BIOS setup and which settings are available You normally find the DMA settings under Integrated Peripherals or Chipset Setup in the BIOS setup Note Please execute the automatic hard disk recognition in the BIOS after every modifica tion of the DMA and hard disk settings so that the modifications for the corresponding drives become effective Make sure to save the modifications via Save and Exit when leaving the BIOS setup
119. ually or automatically on demand Usage of hdclone cl exe is described in detail in 6 9 Command line interface 5 3 Program screen mn DL e al Professional fe Miray Software Status field gt Tat Quit oN Copy mode Operating field gt i i Drive O d gt Drive Title of dialog page Nee Yee Help Selection graphic fig 6 Program screen The HDClone program screen gt fig 6 contains two fields in a lighter blue They are the act ive area of the program where all information is shown and all operation steps are executed 5 3 1 Status field The upper field is the status field gt fig 6 It shows the parameters selected for the copying process Copying mode Source Target and Options Thus you see at any point of the pro gram which parameters you have already selected Furthermore 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 corresponding 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 5 5 Help With the quit button X you can quit the pro gram at any time gt 5 11 Ending the program At the bottom of the operating field you find the buttons Next and Back with which you can go to t
120. ve the choice to either continue the Copying interrupted process click on Continue copying or Continue ED _ Abert copies _ verifying or to 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 fig 24 Abort dialog copying process 5 10 Termination of the copying process 5 10 1 User abort If you interrupt a running copying process or verifica tion run by clicking Stop gt 5 9 8 Interrupting the running process you can definitively abort the pro cess in the dialog window which then appears gt fig 24 and fig 25 by clicking Abort copying or Abort Continue verifying Abort verifying _ verifying You then obtain a final report gt 5 10 4 Fi nal report upon the prematurely terminated process Verifying interrupted lt You can abort the verifying process irrevocably The result of the verification will be incomplete The copying process itself has already been finished fig 25 Abort dialog verification run 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 42 5 10 Termination of the copying process E 5 10 2 Regular termination After up to three runs 5 9 7 Course of the process without a premature abort the copying process
121. y clicking on Burn to CD DVD Otherwise please create 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 recording 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 In stead please start your recording software and choose Create from image file or similar de scription depending on the recording software used Start your PC from the CD created HDClone is to be found at Go gt Programs 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 program with any operating system For this purpose the HDClone software package contains a floppy disk im age in the file hdclone img You can create a bootable 3 5 1 44MB floppy disk from this image with any appropriate disk imaging program After having created a bootable floppy disk you can start HDClone on any PC as described in chapter gt 5 2 Starting the program Tip 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 24 4 3 Installation with other operating systems E 4 3 2 Creating a bootable

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