Interesting topic, good reads.
I've been cloning periodically for about 3 years with my Desktop PC and Laptop PC (both Win 7 Home Premium x64 OEM versions) with no issues. I recently began cloning my Mom's Win XP HP "Pavillion" PC.
With all 3 PC's, I've not encountered the cloning issues that I've read about here and elsewhere, with the "The copy of Windows is not genuine" issues. I've also Imaged (full-HDD) using Macrium Reflect and Acronis (2011 ver) with no problems encountered.
I've often wondered why I haven't experienced the various cloning issues on my PC's.
Could it possibly be related to "Retail" vs "OEM" Windows versions or how I'm prepping my Target HDD's before beginning the cloning or Imaging process?
I always delete the partitions on the Target HDD before booting into my cloning tools. That's not necessary but I do that to make it easy to distinguish between the Source and Target HDD's when I'm setting up the cloning process within the cloning/imaging dialog screens since the Target HDD will appear as "unallocated".
I've read about the drive letter conflicts but have never encountered that issue. I'm just curious as to why that problem occurs as I've read about it elsewhere as well as in this forum.
If cloning duplicates the complete HDD, would it not also assign the Target HDD as the "C" HDD?
Also, I read this in the Q&A section at the "DriveClone" site:
Q: "I used your latest version. After it completed I plugged in computer and it showed - 'The copy of Windows is not genuine.'"
A: "This is normal. Your drive has been successfully cloned with DriveClone. When you boot on the cloned drive, Microsoft Windows detects a varieties of things including hard drive unique serial number. The message showed because the cloned drive has not been registered on Microsoft. To eliminate it, you will need to register with Microsoft online."
I haven't seen this problem with any of my PC's. Perhaps that's due to my Source and Target HDD's being identical Seagate Barracuda 1 Tb HDD's. However, all HDD's have unique serial #'s so that doesn't make sense to me when I read this at the DriveClone site.
On the other hand, I've cloned my Mom's Win XP PC with the original Samsung 160 Gb HDD and a Seagate Barracuda HDD (same size) with no issues.
I've been cloning periodically for about 3 years with my Desktop PC and Laptop PC (both Win 7 Home Premium x64 OEM versions) with no issues. I recently began cloning my Mom's Win XP HP "Pavillion" PC.
With all 3 PC's, I've not encountered the cloning issues that I've read about here and elsewhere, with the "The copy of Windows is not genuine" issues. I've also Imaged (full-HDD) using Macrium Reflect and Acronis (2011 ver) with no problems encountered.
I've often wondered why I haven't experienced the various cloning issues on my PC's.
Could it possibly be related to "Retail" vs "OEM" Windows versions or how I'm prepping my Target HDD's before beginning the cloning or Imaging process?
I always delete the partitions on the Target HDD before booting into my cloning tools. That's not necessary but I do that to make it easy to distinguish between the Source and Target HDD's when I'm setting up the cloning process within the cloning/imaging dialog screens since the Target HDD will appear as "unallocated".
I've read about the drive letter conflicts but have never encountered that issue. I'm just curious as to why that problem occurs as I've read about it elsewhere as well as in this forum.
If cloning duplicates the complete HDD, would it not also assign the Target HDD as the "C" HDD?
Also, I read this in the Q&A section at the "DriveClone" site:
Q: "I used your latest version. After it completed I plugged in computer and it showed - 'The copy of Windows is not genuine.'"
A: "This is normal. Your drive has been successfully cloned with DriveClone. When you boot on the cloned drive, Microsoft Windows detects a varieties of things including hard drive unique serial number. The message showed because the cloned drive has not been registered on Microsoft. To eliminate it, you will need to register with Microsoft online."
I haven't seen this problem with any of my PC's. Perhaps that's due to my Source and Target HDD's being identical Seagate Barracuda 1 Tb HDD's. However, all HDD's have unique serial #'s so that doesn't make sense to me when I read this at the DriveClone site.
On the other hand, I've cloned my Mom's Win XP PC with the original Samsung 160 Gb HDD and a Seagate Barracuda HDD (same size) with no issues.
My Computer
At a glance
Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bitIntel i5 650 Dual Core 3.20 GHz Cache 4MB Thr...Corsair 16GB DDR3 1600MHz 9-9-9-24 P/N: CMZ8G...ZOTAC GeFORCE 9500 ZT-95TEK2M-FSL 1GB GDDR2
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Built at Micro Center Richardson, TX
- OS
- Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
- CPU
- Intel i5 650 Dual Core 3.20 GHz Cache 4MB Threads: 4
- Motherboard
- ASUS PRO P7P55D-E
- Memory
- Corsair 16GB DDR3 1600MHz 9-9-9-24 P/N: CMZ8GX3M2A1600C
- Graphics Card(s)
- ZOTAC GeFORCE 9500 ZT-95TEK2M-FSL 1GB GDDR2
- Sound Card
- Mother Bd
- Monitor(s) Displays
- ASUS V228H 21.5” Diag
- Screen Resolution
- 1440 x 900
- Hard Drives
- SEAGATE BARRACUDA (2ea) 3.5” INTERNAL 1Tb 16 MB SATA ST1000DM003-9YN162 7200RPM, 64MB, SATA 6Gb/s ** 2 Sata Hot-Swap Racks installed in Tower
- PSU
- Thermaltake Model TR2 RX 750W
- Cooling
- 2 Tower Fans
- Keyboard
- Dell Quietkey PS/2 Windows 104 P/N 0463CD
- Mouse
- Kensington Mechanical Trackball USB Model 64217
- Internet Speed
- 35/35
- Antivirus
- Norton 360 & MBAM Pro
- Browser
- IE10
- Other Info
- Printer: HP DeskJet 3520 USB 2.0 **
Speakers: ALTEC Model VS4621 2.1 28 W/Channel w/Sub-woofer **
IOGEAR HDMI Monitor Switcher Swx3 MODEL GHDSW3 ** Addonics ZDRWESU3 eSata/USB 3.0 external DVD Read/Write DVD Drive** SEAGATE GoFlex USB 2.0 Portable HD 500GB 5400 RPM P/N: 9ZF2A2-570
