Cloning bootcamp HDD to SSD

Winclone
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OsX: 10.12.6
Winclone: 7.3.4 (Standard)
Source: 1Tb HDD
Destination: 480Gb SSD

Clone Volume-2-Volume failed (disk size, even though it should fit - followed another support article and created image, then restore.)

During restore:
2019-08-16 06:49:47.371146+0900 localhost com.twocanoes.WincloneHelper[675]: [c[ERROR] ++++winclone.WincloneHelper] +++++
2019-08-16 06:49:47.371185+0900 localhost com.twocanoes.WincloneHelper[675]: [com.twocanoes.winclone.WincloneHelper] +++++ Can’t create link “/Users/lundm/AppData/Local/Packages/Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe/AC/MicrosoftEdge/UrlBlock/URL7EC6.tmp” in NTFS volume: File exists
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2019-08-16 06:49:48.922112+0900 localhost com.twocanoes.WincloneHelper[675]: [com.twocanoes.winclone.WincloneHelper] +++++ ERROR: ++++
2019-08-16 06:49:48.927395+0900 localhost com.twocanoes.WincloneHelper[675]: [com.twocanoes.winclone.WincloneHelper] +++++ Exiting with error code 46:
NTFS-3G encountered an error (check errno).
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2019-08-16 06:49:48.928347+0900 localhost com.twocanoes.WincloneHelper[675]: [com.twocanoes.winclone.WincloneHelper] +++++ ERROR: errno: Invalid argument
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2019-08-16 06:49:49.193071+0900 localhost Winclone[626]: [com.twocanoes.winclone.Application] Helper tool error: Restore failed due to lack of space or file issue. Please check available disk space or try block-based imaging.
2019-08-16 06:49:49.194545+0900 localhost Winclone[626]: Error Error Domain=TaskError Code=1 “Restore failed due to lack of space or file issue. Please check available disk space or try block-based imaging.” UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=Restore failed due to lack of space or file issue. Please check available disk

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Trying block-mode instead, but it failed - most likely due to chkdsk required. Deleted the previously mentioned files that "file exist"ed. Chkdsk and trying a block-mode image and restore next.

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Alas, block-mode is no good, as the SSD is smaller than the source HDD. I’ll try file-mode again after deleting the files and chkdsk.

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Ok so - I cleaned up some more space (SteamApps for example)

  • chkdsk and deleted the directory with bad file (from log)
  • Took another File-Mode backup from HDD, took about 16hrs
  • Restored to SSD, took about 10hrs

Pleasingly, the SSD boots Windows just fine. It shows “Windows” in the Startup Manager (holding opt/alt
while booting) as expected.

Because I now know that backing up Windows from within OS X works, I changed the backup disk from being split into 2 (half osx, and half Windows) to just one partition for OsX and made sure timemachine includes the winclone backup.

All in all, it took a whole week, but I am pleased with the results of using Winclone.

Next I want to explore using Winclone with ZFS!

I no longer have a problem, and this “issue” can be closed.

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Thanks for letting me know. Have a great day.