Add a section about windows cloning

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szaka 2006-02-18 20:36:33 +00:00
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@ -48,6 +48,26 @@ NTFS support then the file can be mounted as
.B mount \-t ntfs \-o loop ntfsclone.img /mnt/ntfsclone
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.SS Windows Cloning
If you want to copy, move or restore a system or boot partition to another
computer, or to a different disk or partition (e.g. hda1\->hda2, hda1\->hdb1
or to a different disk sector offset) then you will need to take extra care.
Usually, Windows will not be able to boot, unless you copy, move or restore
NTFS to the same partition which starts at the same sector on the same type
of disk having the same BIOS legacy cylinder setting as the original
partition and disk had.
The ntfsclone utility guarantees to make an exact copy of NTFS but it
won't deal with booting issues. This is by design: ntfsclone is a
filesystem, not system utility. Its aim is only NTFS cloning, not Windows
cloning. Hereby ntfsclone can be used as a very fast and reliable
build block for Windows clonning but itself it's not enough. You
can find useful tips following the related links on the below page
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http://wiki.linux-ntfs.org/doku.php?id=ntfsclone
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.SS Sparse Files
A file is sparse if it has unallocated blocks (holes). The reported size of
such files are always higher than the disk space consumed by them. The
@ -321,17 +341,23 @@ was written by Szabolcs Szakacsits with contributions from Per Olofsson
.B ntfsclone
is part of the
.B ntfsprogs
package and is available from:
package and is available at:
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http://www.linux\-ntfs.org/content/view/19/37
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The manual pages are available online at:
The latest manual pages are available at:
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http://man.linux-ntfs.org/
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Additional up-to-date information can be found furthermore at:
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http://wiki.linux-ntfs.org/doku.php?id=ntfsclone
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.SH SEE ALSO
.BR ntfsresize (8)
.BR ntfsprogs (8)