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1. Click the disk you wish to clone. In this case MBR Disk 1[0F0452A1].

2. Click Clone this disk.

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3. Click Select a disk to clone to...
4. Select the hard disk you wish to clone to. In this case, there is only one disk available.
5. Drag and drop the partitions you want to clonecloned, the red arrow below shows this. 

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6.  If you have established partitions on the target disk, select each one and click Delete Existing partition before dragging and resizing partitions from the source.

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   In this example, the 15GB 127GB disk is being cloned to a 50GB 1TB disk. It easily fits but leaves large parts of the target disk unused. You can modify the size of each partition to fit the new disk if required. 

7. If you have established partitions on the target disk, select each one and click Delete Existing partition before dragging and resizing partitions from the source.

8. To if required, modify the partition sizes, click Cloned Partition Properties and Properties.

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9. If required, adjust the size of the partition by:
   1.  Setting the dragging the arrows circled in red,
   2.  setting the partition size precisely using the Partition Size entry box.boxes,
   3.  Resize  defaulting the partition automatically by clicking Maximum clicking maximum size, Minimum minimum size or Original size.

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10. Click OK.
11. If required, click Advanced Options to:
• Perform an intelligent sector copy, that only copies sectors in use on the source file system. Select to:
• Verify File System, prior to cloning.
• Rapid delta clone, to only copy the differences between the source and the target.
• Enable SSD TRIM, to increase the lifetime performance of the device by flagging unused blocks.
• Perform a forensic sector copy, that copies all sectors from the source disk whether they are in use or not.
12. Click OK.
    The options to Add Schedule, Edit Schedule or Delete Schedule appear. 
13. Make any required changes and click Next. 
    For more information see Scheduling backups.
14. 1. or original size.
15. Click OK.
16. Repeat for all partitions you are cloning.
17. Click Next.  
18. Review the settings and click Finish. 

19. Verify the settings in Backup Save Options and if appropriate, click OK. 

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20. A Warning box appears, if appropriate click Continue.

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21. The selected partitions clone, are cloned and when complete, click Close.Remove remove and replace with a the new disk if required.

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