Starting with Winclone 7, the options to shrink or expand a Boot Camp partition only show up when block-based imaging has been selected. Shrinking is not required for file-based (WIM) imaging. File-based imaging does not image the filesystem; it makes a snapshot of all the files and associated metadata. If block-based imaging is required, enable…
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Using command line to restore Winclone Pro image
Create a new image or use an already created image with Winclone Pro. Use Disks Utility to create a new partition if one does not already exist. Open Terminal and run the command “diskutil list”. Under NAME find your Windows partition then confirm under IDENTIFIER the last number in “disk0sx”. In Terminal, type “cd ” then drag your image into Tterminal and run the…
Creating a Boot Camp Partition For Winclone 6 or later
If you are restoring a Winclone 6 image on a Mac that does not currently have a Boot Camp partition, you can use Disk Utility on macOS to create one. First, open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder (located in your Application Folder). Select the Disk as shown above, and click the partition button: As…
What’s New in Winclone 7.3.4
Winclone 7.3.4 fixes an issue with deploying Winclone packages created with Winclone Pro 7.3.3. Packages created with Winclone Pro 7.3.3 that create a Boot Camp partition as a percentage failed when installing the package. Winclone 7.3.4 resolves this issue. Note: Winclone images created with Winclone 7.3.3 can be used in Winclone Pro 7.3.4 for creating…
No Audio on Window 10 After Restoring Winclone Image on MacBook Pro (2012)
On the 2012 MacBook Pro, audio may not work in Windows after restoring a Winclone image. To resolve this, do not boot into Windows after restore the image. Open Winclone and select Tools->Make Legacy Bootable. Select the volume that the Winclone image was restored onto, and click Make Legacy Bootable. Restart into Windows and audio…
Deploying macOS and Windows 10 Using Winclone Pro and MDS
Note: Please use MDS 1.5 or later and Winclone Pro 7.3.3 or later. MDS is a free, efficient way to deploy macOS, packages, and scripts to modern Macs. Winclone Pro creates standard macOS packages that partition and install Windows 10. Using MDS, you can quickly deploy Dual Boot Macs, setting up both the Mac partition…
Winclone 7.3 Released
We just released Winclone 7.3, and it has minor updates to the user interface and progress bar. We also added in offline license validation for customers that use Winclone in environments without network access (like air-gap Macs and some education environments). Full list of updates: Offline license validation Fix for progress bar during Make Image…
Prepare Windows with Sysprep in a Virtual Machine
Introduction If a Windows restore does not start up due to new hardware not being detected, it can be resolved by running Sysprep. Sysprep will force Windows to re-discover devices and hardware. If Windows is in a state where it cannot be booted, it is possible to boot Windows in a Virtual Machine such as…
Migrate Windows 10 to an External Drive
Introduction The focus of this document is on the process of migrating an existing Windows 10 Boot Camp partition from the internal drive to a bootable external drive using Winclone 7. Storage and Migration Scenarios for Windows 10 using Winclone 7 Migrate Boot Camp from internal to external bootable drive Run multiple bootable Windows 10…
Winclone License Key Registration Issues
If you are trying to activate Winclone and are getting an error message such as “Registration Error: Invalid License Key”, there are some steps you can take to resolve the issue: Check network connectivity Our activation servers are located at v3.paddleapi.com. Check that you are able to reach this server in order to activate the license…