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New Machine Setup a breeze
If you are in charge of setting up a bunch of machines with both Mac OS X and Bootcamp, Winclone will make your job a breeze. Simply create an image as you would for a backup, and Winclone will create the Windows partition and restore the OS and data onto the new partition.
Quick Lab Deployment
Deploy images with ARD: Using the included script and the image created with Winclone, you can easily send a new winclone image to a group of Intel Macs, imaging the entire lab in minutes.
Features
- Requires Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) New
- Clone either FAT32 or NTFS partitions New
- Mount images in the Finder New
- Fixes boot issues automatically New
- New preference window to fine tune your cloning New
- Source partition is not changed when cloning (except for removal of pagefile.sys) New
- Clone Windows XP or Windows Vista with ease.
- Clone to your Bootcamp partition either on a separate drive or on the same that contains your Mac OS X partition.
- Creates image documents that can be stored on any media and double-clicked to open in WinClone.
- Verbose logging so you know what is going on
- Built on the open source ntfstools
- Fast: Restore a 10 GB image in less than 10 minutes.
- Create a Bootcamp partition from within Winclone.
- Do it all from the boot drive: You don't need to boot from a Firewire drive to clone the Windows partition.
- Clean and uncomplicated interface
Totally Free
Use it for as long as you like, without any pesky reminders about paying fees. Share it with your friends. Be nice to one another.
However, if you'd like to donate a few bucks:
FAT Support
When restoring a FAT32 bootcamp partition, you must restore on to a partition that is the same size or larger as the original partition. If you restore it onto a partition that is larger, the partition will shrink to match the size of the original partition, and you will not be able to expand it. If you want the ability to increase the size of your Windows partition, convert it to NTFS. Winclone will then expand the image on restore to take up all the space on the partition.
NTFS changes
In version 1.x of Winclone, you had the option to "Prepare for restoring on a different partition". This caused much confusion, and the functionality in version 2.0 still exists, but is handled differently. If you want to move your bootcamp partition to a smaller partition, simply shrink the filesystem on the original bootcamp partition first by selecting the Tools->Shrink Windows (NTFS) filesystem.
More Information
If you want more information on how Winclone works, the nitty gritty on ntfstools, and a quick refresher on MBR and partition tables, check it out here.
Leopard Requirement
I know there will be requests for Tiger (10.4) compatibility, but Winclone 2.0 relies on Leopard features for bootable images and FAT32 support. The license for running Bootcamp also expired for Tiger. If you haven't upgraded to Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard), it is time. It is worth it.
Deploying With ARD
Check out the pdf of how to deploy a winclone image with ARD.
Need Help?
Read the FAQ and check out the forums to discuss any issues surrounding Winclone and imaging your Windows partition. If you have any comments or feedback, send an email to feedback@twocanoes.com
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