Category: Older Versions

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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Slow Cloning and Restoring times

December 5, 2017

Winclone 6 or later is able to clone and restore your Boot Camp partition in either file-based (WIM) or block-based format.  File-based imaging can be …

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Deploy Windows 10 Winclone image with JAMF Pro / Casper

November 30, 2017

Overview and Requirements This article covers the process of creating a macOS installer package of a Winclone image and deploying the package with the JAMF …

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Deploying a Bootcamp Partition with Winclone and Apple Remote Desktop

November 30, 2017

This article is for archive purposes. The current recommended method of mass deployment with ARD is using the package installer. Please refer to the package …

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Install Boot Camp Drivers

November 30, 2017

Open Boot Camp Assistant Boot Camp drivers can be downloaded to an external drive or burned to CD or DVD. This tutorial will explain how …

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Force EFI mode for Package Installs in Winclone 6

November 14, 2017

You can force EFI mode with a package install by editing the postflight script in the package:  Create a package from a Winclone image as …

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Issue: “error running ntfsclone”

September 22, 2017

During cloning, if you receive the message “error running ntfsclone”, review the Console log and see if the process stopped in the middle of a restore or clone

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Issue: Shrink and Expand Options do not appear in Winclone 6

September 21, 2017

In Winclone 6, we changed from Block-based imaging to File-based imaging based on the standard Windows WIM format.  You can read the specifics on the …

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