#Superduper clone recovery partition mac os x#
#Superduper clone recovery partition update#
#Superduper clone recovery partition software#

#Superduper clone recovery partition mac os x#

I'll give it another try, this time with smaller virtual machine disk allocation sizes and see if that, with all the OS, Fusion and CCC updates fixes the problem. I was just wondering if you do a clone with CCC or SuperDuper, does it include the hidden recovery partition in the clone More Less MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6. In the first menu next to 'Copy,' select the source disk you want to clone. Good to know the VM's are just files under OS X disk structure, so they should be able to be copied/cloned/duplicated etc. Once installed, open SuperDuper and youll be greeted with its incredibly simple, intuitive interface. The clone just hangs on either the XP or Vista VM file, but like you said they are large and it might just take awhile.īut launching Activity Monitor shows no disk action when stuck on the virtual machines. Log into my Admin account to do the clone, use the User account for general use for best security.

Yes, I don't run anything else while a clone is proceeding. Having Fusion running while trying to clone a disk where a VM is running from can (and very probably will) result in an inconsistent and unrecoverable backup of the VM. Configuring the backup drive in Disk Utility. Click Apply and wait for a few moments for SuperDuper to do its thing. Give the drive a descriptive name and select Mac OS Extended (Journaled) from the Format dropdown. In the Partition Layout dropdown, select 1 Partition. I do hope that your VM is either suspended or shut down, and that VMware Fusion is not running when you take the clone. Select the backup drive from the left sidebar and navigate to the Partition tab.

#Superduper clone recovery partition update#

(have updated to Fusion 2.0 so perhaps that will fix it.) no bootcamp partition or any other at all.Ĭarbon Copy Cloner 3.1, a new update is out, 3.1.1 will download and try again. Regular virtual machines (XP and Vista), installed in Fusion (1.0) in OS X. Are there any diagnostic messages provided by the cloning utility? When you say 'gets stuck on one of the virtual files', what file does it get 'stuck' on and what exactly do you mean by 'stuck'? Some of the files on the VM can be relatively large (the virtual disk files in particular can be large), and may take a while to copy.

#Superduper clone recovery partition software#

This PC cloning software allows you to clone the entire hard drive including the internal hard drive, external hard drive, USB drive, or SD card to another disk, USB drive, or SD card. Trying to clone a disk when a VM is running from that disk can (and very probably will) result in an inconsistent and unrecoverable backup of the VM. In addition to MiniTool ShadowMaker, there is another SuperDuper equivalent for Windows to clone your hard drive and it is MiniTool Partition Wizard. I do hope that your VM is either suspended or shut down, and that VMware Fusion is not running when you take the clone. What utility are you using to clone your hard drive, and what version are you using? A BootCamp partition can't be cloned by CCC or SD - it's not a MacOS formatted volume.įirst, are you talking about a 'regular' virtual machine or a VM running off the BootCamp partition? You are correct in that a 'regular' VM is just a group of 'files' under the VM's 'bundle' (which in turn is just a special kind of MacOS folder or directory). To MacOS, there's nothing special about the files that make up a non-BootCamp VM.