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ontariotech
 Post subject: Drive Imaging: Best format of "Destination" Drive?
PostPosted: March 18th, 2013, 20:55 
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When imaging a drive, does it have to be formatted in the same format as Source?

For example, if the Source HDD is HFS+, do you have to format the Destination drive as
HFS+ plus BEFORE the imaging process?
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jono-ats
 Post subject: Re: Drive Imaging: Best format of "Destination" Drive?
PostPosted: March 18th, 2013, 21:37 
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No. In fact, it's best if zeroed out, w/ no bad sectors or other issues.

If the OS transfers perfectly, great. If not, welcome to data recovery!

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ontariotech
 Post subject: Re: Drive Imaging: Best format of "Destination" Drive?
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But if it had a HFS+ partition still on it and the Source drive was NTFS
would this make a difference?
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 Post subject: Re: Drive Imaging: Best format of "Destination" Drive?
PostPosted: March 18th, 2013, 22:03 
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 Post subject: Re: Drive Imaging: Best format of "Destination" Drive?
PostPosted: March 19th, 2013, 0:03 
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Agree if you wan to clone a drive to a drive you used before zerofill the HDD and then clone it. Do not try and clone the drive that has data on it before. Jono-Ats is correct on this one and that is how it works.

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Putting a signature is even better to find bad sectors afterwards.

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 Post subject: Re: Drive Imaging: Best format of "Destination" Drive?
PostPosted: March 19th, 2013, 5:34 
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You want the destination completely zeroed, or else your resulting image will have bits and pieces of other data in it if the image wasn't 100%

Unless you have a proper tool like a DDI which will wipe/zero the unread sectors after the imaging is complete.

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