Clone the operating system with “Clonezilla”

The following description handles the setup of the operating system onto the computer; based on a new, no partitioned HDD.

· If data exists on the destination HDD, please save it to another HDD before executing these steps!

During execution of “Clonezilla”, the following changes will be made:

· Attention: All existing data on the destination HDD will be lost!

· Create the necessary partition(s) on the HDD

· Create the boot record

· Make the partition bootable

· Clone the operating system onto the HDD (Windows® 7)

· Boot the operating system the first time.

Remark

· To setup the operating system Windows® 7 x64bit any equivalent procedure may be used unhesitatingly!

· The installation of the user programs “SlideScanner.exe” and “SlideViewer.exe” is not included!

Important

· Please install always only verified and tested versions of Windows® 7 x 64bit (related to Slide Scanner and Slide viewer); see: Setup the operating system Windows® 7 x 64bit

Requirements

· Y.U.M.I. (Your Universal Multiboot Installer) A free CD image loader application

Download: http://www.pendrivelinux.com/yumi-multiboot-usb-creator/

· Local network connection; our image file of the operating system is located on the server.

· The image file of the Program (operating system) to be cloned (we using the operating system Windows® 7 x 64bit)

· “Clonezilla”; located on a “Pen drive”; together with yumi.

The clone image creation procedure (not shown here)

· Create a clone of the HDD with the installed operating system (Windows® 7).

1. Copy the ISO file (an ISO file is a virtual CD image file which in our example will be used to restore a saved hard disk image)

2. Copy Clonezilla

The clone image restore procedure (shown in the following)

· Create the bootable pen drive (with yumi; on a work station with internet connection) this includes:

· Copy Clonezilla

The creation of the pen drive with yumi and clonezilla is already done previously (not shown)

In the following example, Y.U.M.I (Free CD image loader application) is used to boot the file of the type “*.iso” onto the HDD of the (new) computer.

The clone image restore procedure

1) Plug the pen drive into an USB port

2) Switch on the computer

Before the computer boots, select the boot source.

3) Select the media, where “Clonezilla” is located.

· In our example, “Clonezilla” is located on a “Pen drive”.

· We start Y.U.M.I. to be able to load the “Clonezilla” ISO file without a CD or DVD.

4) If the selection is correct, press ENTER.

· “YUMI” will start.

Select the “System Tools” in YUMI.

Click the Item “Clonezilla Backup + Clone Tool”

Select the item “Other modes Clonezilla live” (the first item)

Press ENTER

· If Clonezilla will not start, select the item “Other modes / failsafe mode”.

Select “Don’t touch Key map”

Press OK

· The English default keyboard settings (Key map) will be selected.

Start Clonezilla; Clonezilla will be started

Press OK

Select

Device- image work with disks or partitions on usb

Press OK

Samba server Use SAMBA server (Network Neighborhood)

Here you will define the path of the image source!

In our example, we are using our own image collection from our server.

Press OK

Select “dhcp …”

Before pressing OK, please check the network connection!

Press OK

Type ‘172.16.254.231”

This is the IP address of our server (in our example)

Press OK

Press “Cancel”

“administrator”

Type your own user name

Press OK

Type in the path of the image on the server

Press OK

Password input will be the next;

The path and the name of the administrator will be shown.

Press OK

Type the password;

· The password will not be shown, (during typing, no modifications will be seen on the screen!!)!

Press OK

Press ENTER

Select “Expert …”

Press OK

Select “restoredisk”

Press OK

Select the image file to restore

In our example: “C-M470-2-new-win7x64”

Press OK

Select the image file to restore

In our example: “C-M470-2-new-win7x64”

Press OK

Check sda … and check sdb …

Press OK

Make your selections; selected options are shown with an asterisk

Press OK

Press OK

Press OK

Press ENTER

Press “y” if the items are correct

Press “y” if the items are correct

Now the operating system will be cloned onto the HDD.

· The required time is about 30minutes.

Press ENTER

If “syncing” is finished, the computer will restart.

Press F12 to enter the BIOS setup

Select “Advanced”, “SATA Mode” and “AHCI Mode”

Exit the BIOS Setup with the option “Save and exit”

Windows will boot.

Cloning of the operating system is now finished.

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