Re: Transferring from HD to HD

"Jonny" wrote:
Cloning/hard drive copying software requires an empty/free space target/destination, not a previously made partition.


The Casper XP documentation states:

"When copying a specific drive, Casper XP copies only the format
and content of an individual partition or volume. The drive may be
copied to another drive, or to a hard disk that contains
unpartitioned space."

"Drive" here means "partition", so a single partition can be cloned
to a specific pre-existing partition.

The Casper XP documentation does contain the following caveat,
though:

"Casper XP will not allow you to copy to a drive that contains the
boot files, system files, or an active paging file."

Basically, this means that you can put a clone into a data partition,
but not into a partition used to boot itself or other partitions or one
used for paging.


HD manufacturer's cloning software copies the entire hard drive, not just one partition.

I believe that you are right.

*TimDaniels*
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