OS Clone Notes

OS Clone Notes

Overview of steps:
    • SAFE-ish:   Create USB Disk
    • SAFE:       Disconnect other disks (safety)
    • DANGER:     Clone OS Disk
    • SAFE-ish:   Change BIOS Setting
    • SAFE:       Reconnect other Disks

Before we begin, review this video so you know what you are getting into:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0NootjliYE
I will ask you to review it again later, but twice won’t hurt.  ;)


Full Process
    • Create backups…
If you have anything critical on your OS disk, stash a copy away somewhere else.  Games disk, art disk, where ever you have space.  Just a copy, don’t need to move it, can be deleted after.
    • Create USB Disk
        ◦ Download:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/ventoy/files/v1.1.05
        ◦ Download:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/clonezilla/files/clonezilla_live_stable/3.2.2-15/clonezilla-live-3.2.2-15-amd64.iso/download?use_mirror=netactuate
        ◦ Review process at:
https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_start.html
        ◦ Create the USB Drive using the process above.
        ◦ Copy the Clonezilla ISO to your new “Ventroy” disk.
    • Try booting into Clonezilla.
NOTE: This process will change from BIOS to BIOS.
NOTE: This is one of the last places we can still work together.
    • Once in, just turn off your computer and remove the USB stick.  Check in with me and lets answer any questions you have.
    • Disconnect other disks (safety).
Note: Yes this is a pain, but it is MUCH easier than trying to figure out what disk is what by serial number.  Trust me, this is the easy and safe way.
    • Clone OS Disk (DANGER ZONE)
        ◦ Review example video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0NootjliYE
        ◦ Boot to Clonezilla
            ▪ Select lang.
            ▪ Select “device to device”.
            ▪ “Beginner”
            ▪ “Disk to local disk”
            ▪ “Choose local disk as source”
In your case, this should be an “sda” (AKA SATA Disk 1)
            ▪ “Choose local disk as target”
This should be an nvme0n1, it should be the ONLY option.
If there is anther option, we have done some wrong!  CANCEL and REBOOT.
            ▪ Use defaults for checking disk (fschk).
            ▪ “-k1 Create partition table proportionally”
            ▪ -p choose reboot/shutdown/etc
            ▪ “Are you sure you want to continue”  “y” and enter
            ▪ 2x 
“Are you sure you want to continue”  “y” and enter
            ▪ You will see popup progresses for each partition on the disk.
            ▪ If all went well, remove the USB and reboot option.
    • Change BIOS Setting
        ◦ You need to set the new disk as your OS disk.
    • Reconnect other Disks