Copying to a larger disk
In the example below we have a 127 GB GPT system disk cloning to a 250 GB target disk.
Clicking 'Copy Partitions' shows a sub-menu with two options:
| Exact partition offset and length | Selected partition(s) will be copied to the target maintaining the starting positions and lengths, from left to right. If the disk is smaller than the end of the last selected partition, then the last shrinkable (NTFS or FAT32) partition is shrunk to enable all partitions to be copied. If fixed size partitions are selected after the last shrinkable partition then they will be copied and floated to the end of the disk. An example of this is if a system recovery partition exists after the system drive C: and the target disk is smaller than the source. |
| Shrink or extend to fill the target disk | Selected partition(s) will be copied to the target and all extendable/shrinkable partitions will be proportionately resized so all partitions fill the disk. |
Result of Exact partition offset and length copy:
Result of Shrink or extend to fill the target disk copy
Copying to a Smaller Disk
In the example below we have a 250 GB GPT system disk cloning to a 127 GB target disk.
This is an unusual example in that there's an additional small recovery partition (6) at the end of the disk.
Result of Exact partition offset and length copy:
This copy will not fit. No matter how much the last shrinkable partition (5 - D:) is shrunk, there isn't enough space available to maintain the starting offset and length of drive C:.
Result of Shrink or extend to fill the target disk copy
The last recovery partition is automatically floated to the end of the disk and partitions 4 and 5 (drive C and drive D) are proportionately shrunk to fill the space between the partition 3 and partition 6.
'Float Left', 'Float Right' and 'Fill Space'
| Float Left ________________ | If free space is available before a copied partition then the toolbar option 'Float Left' is available. |
| Float Right ________________ | If free space is available after a copied partition then the toolbar option 'Float Right' is available. |
| Fill Space ________________ | In either of the above cases the toolbar option 'Fill Space' is also available. |
Float Right
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After:
Fill Space
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Delete Partition
Existing partitions can be deleted by selecting the partition and taking the 'Delete Partition' toolbar button
Erase Disk
All existing partition can be removed by taking the 'Erase Disk' toolbar option, This option can be useful to free up space by deleting multiple partitions with one click, however, existing partitions will be automatically deleted if copied partitions overlap their start or end sector.
Using Layout for precise positioning
The 'Layout' toolbar button is available if the selected partition on the the target drive is a copied partition that can be resized/moved or a drive letter can be chosen after the clone/restore operation.
Example:
| The partition can be resized: | By dragging the right edge of the partition, by changing the Size GB + MB values, or by moving the size slider. |
| The partition can be positioned: | By dragging directly, by changing the Before or After GB + MB values, or by moving the before / after sliders to increase/decrease space. |
| Minimum Size | Floats the partition to the left and sets the partition to the minimum shrinkable size |
| Maximum Size | Extends the partition to fill the available space |
| Revert | Sets the partition to the offset and size when the dialog was opened. |