ntfsclone query

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Old 12-22-2004
Wandering Destiny
 
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Default ntfsclone query

Hi,

Can I restore a NTFS backup to a partition of different size (from the
original NTFS partition) using ntfsclone command?


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Old 01-16-2005
szcs@abuse.co.uk
 
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Default Re: ntfsclone query

You can restore to a larger partition but not to a smaller one.

However if you shrink NTFS first (no need to shrink the partition) then
you can restore to a smaller partition as well. The steps:
ntfsresize --size small_enough_size partition1
ntfsclone --force --output myntfs.img partition1 # backup
ntfsclone --force --overwrite partition2 myntfs.img # restore somewhere
else
ntfsresize --force partition2 # adjust NTFS to the new partition size

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