The copying of partitions can be used either for cloning sample partitions or for making backup The term backup originates from the time when the best way to protect valuable information was to store it in form of archives on external media. It's become now a general notion to mean making duplications of data for protection purposes. copies of working partitions.
The user can duplicate partitions to protect oneself from downtime in case of a system malfunction. The partition can be copied back to the original place within a few minutes or can be used simply for copying separate files.
The program duplicates all usable partition data including files, the exact structure of directories and file system metadata: location of files, security information, access quotas and so on. The program allows to copy partitions only to blocks of free space.
Starting
There are several ways to start the
Copy Partition Wizard:
- In the Main menu: select Wizards > Copy Partition…
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On the Common Tasks bar: click the Copy Partition item of the Wizards menu.
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In the Toolbar: click the Copy Partition button.
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Select a disk on the Disk map and click the Copy Partition item on the page that appears in the Explorer bar.
After following one of the above mentioned actions, the Welcome page of the wizard is displayed.
Settings
The Copy Partition Wizard allows the user to configure the settings and then start the operation in accordance with the entered parameters. Here the user sets the parameters of the operation defining:
- The partition to copy. Select a partition you want to copy
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Destination disk. Select a hard disk with free space enough for performing the copy partition operation
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Copy parameters. The Copy Partition Wizard allows the user to specify the following options:
- Copy the partition with resize. This option gives the possibility to copy the partition to a block of free space, which is smaller than the partition itself.
- Partition size. Define the size (
in Mb) of the copied partition.
- Free space before. Define the position (
in Mb) of the copied partition relative to the beginning of the available range of disk space.
- Free space after. Define the amount of trailing free space (
in Mb) at the end of the available range of disk space.
Results
Depending on the user's choice the Copy Partition Wizard:
- starts the operation
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reconsiders it
After the operation is completed the user receives a fully functional duplicate of the existing partition.