Issues Cloning HDD

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apparently you can't use usb to sata adapters when cloning drives.

>>170534
that is complete BS
I've done it

>>170507
Install clonezilla in a pendrive and happy cloning
http://www.clonezilla.org/
And if you are cloning a windows partition have this ready in case your computer doesn't boot up
http://www.system-rescue-cd.org/SystemRescueCd_Homepage
That will fix it

>>170507
>my new drive has a sector size of 4096bytes and the old drive has 512bytes
Unless you've done something absolutely retarded like jumper the drive to disable 512->4096 emulations, then the answer is "yes, absolutely". In fact, the answer is "yes, absolutely" anyway, because NTFS has used 4k sectors since NT4, which just celebrated its 20th birthday last week.

All you have to do, and this is important, is not image the whole drive, but instead partition the new drive then move the partitions one-by-one. You need to make sure that the partitions start at offsets that are a multiple of 4096 (i.e. eight 512-byte sectors), so that the filesystem's 4k sectors align with the disk's 4k sectors.

GParted is a free downloadable USB stick/DVD image that lets you manipulate partitions. What you need to do is boot GParted, write a new partition table to the new disk, then copy each of your partitions, and resize them as necessary. Just make sure the address that they start at is a multiple of 4k, which I'm pretty sure GParted does for you.

Then you'll probably have to boot off a Windows install disk and repair your bootloader PC-BIOS:https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/kb/927392, UEFI:(http://superuser.com/questions/460762/how-can-i-repair-the-windows-8-efi-bootloader)

If you're using Windows (and I'm pretty confident that you are), there's a few more things you need to be aware of:

- 3TB drives can't be partitioned past 2TB unless you use GPT partition table
- Windows 32-bit can't boot off a GPT drive
- Windows 64-bit can't boot off a GPT drive unless it's being loaded by UEFI

If your computer doesn't meet these specifications, you need a tiny boot disk to load the bootloader off of (it can even be a USB stick); read http://www.sevenforums.com/installation-setup/320700-boot-windows-7-8-gpt-bios-system-no-hybrid-mbrs-duet.html

Yes, this is all a bit of a pain in the ass. They call it the "2TB Limit" for a reason.

>>170534
Yeah, that's them doing damage control.

Their software is a POS, and one of the reasons it's so bad is that all they don't have access to the existing body of work on filesystems and partitions, because all that is GPL, and if they went GPL they wouldn't be able to sell their shit to stupid people*.

Because they're re-writing everything from scratch, with a smaller development team and less knowledge and experience, they derp like this. Then they try to pass off their derps as "hardware limitations" when the same thing works fine on loads of competing products that don't cost a penny.


* inb4 RMS: yes, you can sell GPL software, but the only way you'll make money doing it is if you provide some special sauce that any old company that forks your shit and resells it can't provide. This is why Red Hat can make money selling Linux, and Macrium would go bust if it tried to compete with GParted.