Using XXCLONE to clone to USB HDD. Partition rqd?

harveywaz · 10-14-2008, 12:06 AM

Running Windows 2000 Professional SP4

I want to clone my 20MB internal HDD to an external 160MB Seagate USB HDD that has plenty of room on it. I downloaded a Freeware version of XXCLONE to do this--I visited a site that reviewed several free cloning programs, and XXCLONE seemed like it would fill my needs. Now I can't even find the site where other programs were also listed. But no matter...

But when I invoke XXCLONE it warns that all data on the destination drive will be erased.

Must I partition the destination drive before cloning? How do I do that? Disk Management says: "Right-click an unallocated region of a basic disk, and then click Create Partition...[and]In the Create Partition wizard, click Next, click Primary Partition, Extended Partition, or Logical Drive, and then follow the instructions on your screen. But I don't get those options when I bring up Disk Management.

Is there another cloning program that will clone from Windows, not DOS? Is there a simple partitioning program that I can use, and if I do get my USB drive partitioned, will XXCLONE not image my HDD to that new partition?

Any suggestions? Please?
Please advise--my HDD is making funny sounds.

10-14-2008, 12:06 AM	#1 (permalink)
harveywaz Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 12 OS: win 2000	Using XXCLONE to clone to USB HDD. Partition rqd? Running Windows 2000 Professional SP4 I want to clone my 20MB internal HDD to an external 160MB Seagate USB HDD that has plenty of room on it. I downloaded a Freeware version of XXCLONE to do this--I visited a site that reviewed several free cloning programs, and XXCLONE seemed like it would fill my needs. Now I can't even find the site where other programs were also listed. But no matter... But when I invoke XXCLONE it warns that all data on the destination drive will be erased. Must I partition the destination drive before cloning? How do I do that? Disk Management says: "Right-click an unallocated region of a basic disk, and then click Create Partition...[and]In the Create Partition wizard, click Next, click Primary Partition, Extended Partition, or Logical Drive, and then follow the instructions on your screen. But I don't get those options when I bring up Disk Management. Is there another cloning program that will clone from Windows, not DOS? Is there a simple partitioning program that I can use, and if I do get my USB drive partitioned, will XXCLONE not image my HDD to that new partition? Any suggestions? Please? Please advise--my HDD is making funny sounds.