[SOLVED] Help with cloning using Macrium Reflect 7

[mycdnprince]

Using Macrium's program and I'm stuck. I have two identical hard drives and want to clone disk 1 (source) to disk 2 (target) but don't know if I have to enlarge or reduce any partitions. Can anyone help here?

 

[mycdnprince]

For the clone operation, all you need is 1-3.

So, deselect 4, 5, 6, 7.
Adjust the target size of #3, to consume the rest of the target drive as needed (instructions in the list of steps above)

But what about the fact both partitions have content i.e. #4 has 476.7/557 and 7 has 17.8/500?

 

[mycdnprince]

Sorry, I've done the cloning already. Also, I want to keep #5 and #6.

 

[USAFRet]

Please post a screencap of Disk Management (from Windows, not Macrium)

 

[mycdnprince]

Please post a screencap of Disk Management (from Windows, not Macrium)

 

[USAFRet]

So:

The 557MB, and the 500MB are the two you wish to do something with?

Honestly, I'd just leave them.
500MB is tiny, in the context of a 1TB drive.
That is 0.1% of the size of the C or F partition.

Yeah, it looks funny. But you're not really gaining any space.

But...you can delete the 557MB, and then Extend the C partition into that space. Going from 474.15GB to 474.65GB.
The 500GB on the far right I would absolutely leave alone. I'm not sure you can extend that Recovery E into that space, without affecting that partition.

 

[mycdnprince]

So:

The 557MB, and the 500MB are the two you wish to do something with?

Honestly, I'd just leave them.
500MB is tiny, in the context of a 1TB drive.
That is 0.1% of the size of the C or F partition.

Yeah, it looks funny. But you're not really gaining any space.

But...you can delete the 557MB, and then Extend the C partition into that space. Going from 474.15GB to 474.65GB.
The 500GB on the far right I would absolutely leave alone. I'm not sure you can extend that Recovery E into that space, without affecting that partition.

Good advice and much appreciated. If I was to follow up on your suggestion with respect to the 557MB I have to ask the question - what about the 476.7MB that's in the the 557MB?

 

[USAFRet]

Good advice and much appreciated. If I was to follow up on your suggestion with respect to the 557MB I have to ask the question - what about the 476.7MB that's in the the 557MB?

Can you assign a drive letter to that partition?

 

[mycdnprince]

How do you do that?

Can you assign a drive letter to that partition?

How do you do that?

 

[mycdnprince]

How do you do that?

How do you do that?

I did a google search and then went to disk part and did a list disks and there is no 557MB one. Si I guess I can't assign a drive letter to it.

 

[USAFRet]

It "exists", because we're looking at it.

Right click on that partition?
What options does it give you?

 

[mycdnprince]

It "exists", because we're looking at it.

Right click on that partition?
What options does it give you?

Help. That's it, nothing else?

 

[USAFRet]

Help. That's it, nothing else?

Ah...

Then just leave it.
Disk Management shows there is nothing in it, so you're not losing any data.

 

[mycdnprince]

Ah...

Then just leave it.
Disk Management shows there is nothing in it, so you're not losing any data.

Will do. Thanks for you time and effort here USAFRet. Much appreciated!