Category: Winclone

Inject Drivers into a Winclone Image

May 5, 2018

If you are having issues with initial boot after restoring a Winclone image to new hardware, you can inject basic drivers into the Winclone image using the DISM command line tool in Windows 10. This only works if Windows has been sysprep’ed prior to imaging.

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System Integrity Protection in Winclone 7 (or later)

May 5, 2018

Apple has implemented a new security feature, System Integrity Protection (SIP), starting with OS X 10.11.  SIP prevents anyone from altering the contents of files in key System folders and is designed to protect System files from malware and viruses.  SIP also affects third-party apps like Winclone that need to write to files now under protection of SIP.  If you are getting a message that the boot sector cannot be updated, or that SIP needs to be disabled, this article may help.

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Restore Error – Error creating EFi file

May 4, 2018

If you receive a dialog when restoring a Winclone image that says “Error creating EFi file”, it is related to the inability to mount the …

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Offline Activation For Winclone 6 or later

April 6, 2018

In order to activate your license key, your Mac must be online at the time it is being activated. If you are activating Winclone on …

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Windows 7 does not boot after migrating to new Mac

April 6, 2018

If you are migrating a Boot Camp partition from an older Mac to a newer Mac with Winclone, it may not boot if the new …

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Extracting a Winclone Image from a Package

April 4, 2018

If you created a Winclone package but no longer have the original Winclone image, you can extract the image from the package by following these …

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Windows Boot Issues after Winclone Restore

April 2, 2018

After restoring a Windows image with Winclone, try these steps if the Windows image does not boot: Verify that the version of Windows is supported …

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Switching between File-Based (WIM) and Block-Based Imaging in Winclone 6 (or later)

March 18, 2018

Winclone 6 (or later) can clone and restore in 2 different modes: file-based (WIM) or block-based. The differences are covered in the kbase article here. …

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Forcing EFI or Legacy Booting with Package Install in Winclone

January 25, 2018

When restoring a package, it is sometimes useful to force EFI or Legacy booting after the image is restored. Winclone normally detects the type of …

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“Feature not available in this edition” warning in Winclone Basic

January 1, 2018

If you receiving a “Feature not available in this edition” error in Winclone, you can try these steps: Disk to Disk cloning is not support …

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