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So I'm in a middle of recovering data from software broken HDD. There might be some other problems with the HDD itself as well, so I want to clone the entire disk to another working HDD.

 

Now there is a problem. I tried to make an exact copy with Clonezilla, but it's complaining me that there are no partitions on the source disk. I am aware of that but I still want to clone it. Is it in any means possible? Thanks for help in advance !!!  :)

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So I'm in a middle of recovering data from software broken HDD. There might be some other problems with the HDD itself as well, so I want to clone the entire disk to another working HDD.

 

Now there is a problem. I tried to make an exact copy with Clonezilla, but it's complaining me that there are no partitions on the source disk. I am aware of that but I still want to clone it. Is it in any means possible? Thanks for help in advance !!!  :)

 

Try EaseUS. I think i did something like that with it.

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So I'm in a middle of recovering data from software broken HDD. There might be some other problems with the HDD itself as well, so I want to clone the entire disk to another working HDD.

 

Now there is a problem. I tried to make an exact copy with Clonezilla, but it's complaining me that there are no partitions on the source disk. I am aware of that but I still want to clone it. Is it in any means possible? Thanks for help in advance !!!  :)

Clonezilla worked for me...

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There's an option while running to clone the entire disk, preserving any partitions or lack thereof.

Main Gaming Rig:

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Core i7-4770, Cryorig M9i Cooler, ASUS B85M GAMER, 8GB HyperX Fury Red 2x4GB 1866MHz, KFA2 GTX 970 Infin8 Black Edition "4GB", 1TB Seagate SSHD, 256GB Crucial m4 SSD, 60GB Corsair SSD for Kerbal and game servers, Thermaltake Core V21 Case, EVGA SuperNOVA 650W G2.

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i5-2500k OCed, Raijintek Themis, Intel Z77GA-70K, 8GB HyperX Genesis in grey, GTX 750 Ti, Gamemax Falcon case.

 

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